[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 129 (Friday, July 5, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40548-40549]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-16150]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

July 1, 2013.
    The Department of the Treasury will submit the following 
information collection requests as revisions to currently approved 
collections to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and 
clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 
Public Law 104-13, on or after the date of publication of this notice.

DATES: Comments should be received on or before August 5, 2013 to be 
assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding the burden estimate, or any other 
aspect of the information collection, including suggestion for reducing 
the burden, to (1) Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office 
of Management and Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for Treasury, New 
Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, or email 
at [email protected] and (2) Treasury PRA Clearance Officer, 
1750 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Suite 8140, Washington, DC 20220, or email 
at [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the submission(s) may be 
obtained by calling (202) 927-5331, email at [email protected], or the 
entire information collection request may be found at www.reginfo.gov.

Office of International Affairs

    (1) OMB Number: 1505-0016.
    Title: Report of Customers' U.S. Dollar Claims on Foreign 
Residents.
    Form: TIC Form BQ-1.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 1,214.
    (2) OMB Number: 1505-0017.
    Title: Report of U.S. Dollar Claims of Financial Institutions on 
Foreign Residents.
    Form: TIC Form BC.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 47,847.
    (3) OMB Number: 1505-0018.
    Title: Report of Customers' U.S. Dollar Liabilities to Foreign 
Residents.
    Form: TIC Form BL-2.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 8,456.
    (4) OMB Number: 1505-0019.
    Title: Report of U.S. Dollar Liabilities of Financial Institutions 
to Foreign Residents.
    Form: TIC Form BL-1.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 34,042.
    (5) OMB Number: 1505-0020.
    Title: Form BQ-2: Part 1--Report of Foreign Currency Liabilities 
and Claims of Financial Institutions and of Their Domestic Customers' 
Foreign Currency Claims with Foreign Residents; Part 2--Report of 
Customers' Foreign Currency Liabilities to Foreign Residents.
    Form: TIC Form BQ-2.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 5,437.
    (6) OMB Number: 1505-0189.
    Title: Report of Maturities of Selected Liabilities and Claims of 
Financial Institutions with Foreign Residents.
    Form: TIC Form BQ-3.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 4,914.
    Abstract: Forms BC, BL-1, BL-2, BQ-1, BQ-2, and BQ-3 are part of 
the Treasury International Capital (TIC) reporting system, which is 
required by law (22 U.S.C. 286f; 22 U.S.C. 3103; E.O. 10033; 31 CFR 
part 128) and are designed to collect timely information on 
international portfolio capital movements. These forms are filed by all 
U.S.-resident banks, other depository institutions, brokers and 
dealers, and Bank Holding Companies/Financial Holding Companies (BHC/
FHC). On the monthly forms, these organizations report their own claims 
on (BC), their own liabilities to (BL-1), and their U.S. customers' 
liabilities to (BL-2) foreign residents, denominated in U.S. dollars. 
On the quarterly forms, these organizations report their U.S.-resident 
customers' U.S. dollar claims on foreign residents (BQ-1), and their 
own and their domestic customers' claims and liabilities with foreign 
residents, where all claims and liabilities are denominated in foreign 
currencies (BQ-2). On the quarterly BQ-3 form, these organizations 
report the remaining maturities of all their own U.S. dollar and 
foreign currency liabilities (excluding securities) to foreign 
residents. This information is necessary for compiling the U.S. balance 
of payments accounts and the U.S. international investment position, 
and for use in formulating U.S. international financial and monetary 
policies.
    Affected public: Private Sector: Businesses or other for-profits.
    (7) OMB Number: 1505-0024.
    Title: Report of Financial Liabilities to, and Financial Claims on, 
Unaffiliated Foreign-Residents (CQ-1) and Report of Commercial 
Liabilities to, and Commercial Claims on, Unaffiliated Foreign-
Residents (CQ-2).
    Form: TIC Forms CQ-1 and CQ-2.
    Abstract: Forms CQ-1 and CQ-2 are required by law to collect timely 
information on international portfolio capital movements, in particular 
data on financial and commercial liabilities to,

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and claims on, unaffiliated foreign residents held by non-financial 
enterprises in the U.S. This information is necessary in the 
computation of the U.S. balance of payments accounts and the U.S. 
international investment position, and in the formulation of U.S. 
international financial and monetary policies.
    Affected Public: Private Sector: Businesses or other for-profits.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 4,904.

Dawn D. Wolfgang,
Treasury PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-16150 Filed 7-3-13; 8:45 am]
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