[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 229 (Wednesday, November 27, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70915-70916]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-28380]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for clearance the

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following proposal for collection of information under the provisions 
of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Agency: Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA).
    Title: Institutional Remittances to Foreign Countries.
    OMB Control Number: 0608-0002.
    Form Number(s): BE-40.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved submission.
    Burden Hours: 1,265.
    Number of Respondents: 125 quarterly respondents and 343 annual 
respondents.
    Average Hours per Response: 1 hour and 30 minutes per response.
    Needs and Uses: The data are needed by The Bureau of Economic 
Analysis (BEA) to estimate the ``private remittances'' portion of the 
U.S. International Transactions Accounts (ITAs), which BEA publishes 
quarterly. The ITAs are used extensively by both government and private 
organizations for national and international economic policy 
formulation and for analytical purposes. Without this information, an 
integral component of the ITAs would be omitted. No other government 
agency collects comprehensive quarterly/annual data on institutional 
remittances to foreign countries.
    Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions.
    Frequency: Annually/Quarterly.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Bretton Woods Agreement Act, Section 8, and E.O. 
10033, as amended.
    OMB Desk Officer: Paul Bugg, (202) 395-3093.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by writing Jennifer Jessup, Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, 
Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 14th and Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20230 or via email at [email protected].
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Paul Bugg, OMB Desk Officer, via email at [email protected] or by 
FAX at 202-395-7245.

    Dated: November 21, 2013
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-28380 Filed 11-26-13; 8:45 am]
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