Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Direct Investment Surveys: BE-15, Annual Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States, 32933-32934 [2015-14188]
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spreadsheets from the Census Bureau’s
Web site. Also provided is a spreadsheet
programmed to consolidate the
information from the various areas of
the company so it can be simply
uploaded into the web instrument.
Research, development and
innovation are important to
competitiveness in today’s economy,
and domestic and foreign researchers in
academia, business, and government
analyze and cite data from the BRDIS.
Among the federal government users are
the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
and the White House’s Office of Science
and Technology Policy (OSTP). BEA
includes R&D in the system of national
accounts that measures the economic
well-being of the country. BRDIS data
are key inputs into these accounts,
which feed into the calculation of the
U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The
White House, in 2006, issued the
American Competitiveness Initiative to
‘‘increase investments in research and
development, strengthen education, and
encourage entrepreneurship.’’ In
support of this initiative and in
response to legislative mandates, data
on R&D are delivered to OSTP,
primarily in the biennial National
Science Board report Science and
Engineering Indicators. Also, the
National Science Foundation (NSF)
produces a series of publications
containing R&D data including the
National Patterns of R&D Resources
series, the S&E State Profile series, and
the annual Business R&D and
Innovation series. Special reports and
other publications are also prepared.
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II. Method of Collection
The Census Bureau will use a
paperless strategy for the standard form
(BRDI–1). Respondents will be mailed a
letter referring them to the Census
Bureau’s Business Help Site where they
can complete the questionnaire online.
They can also obtain a PDF version of
the questionnaire or they can request a
paper form be mailed to them. The
screener is a mail out/mail back survey
form (BRDI–1(S)); a Web-based
collection option also will be available.
Companies will be asked to respond
within 60 days of the initial mail out.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0607–0912.
Form Number: BRDI–1 & BRDI–1S.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: All for-profit (public
or private), domestic businesses that
have 5 or more paid employees and are
classified in certain industries.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
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38,000
Act of 1995, Public Law 104–13 (44
U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).
Total ...............................
45,000
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before August 10, 2015.
Estimated Time per Response:
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
BRDI–1—(Long Form) ..........
14.85 hrs to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental
BRD–1(S)—(Short Form) .....
.59 hrs Paperwork Clearance Officer,
Department of Commerce, Room 6616,
Estimated Total Annual Burden
14th and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Hours: 126,500.
Washington, DC 20230, or via email at
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $0.
jjessup@doc.gov.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C.
Requests for additional information or
Section 131, 182, 224, and 225.
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether directed to Patricia Abaroa, Chief, Direct
Investment Division (BE–50), Bureau of
the proposed collection of information
Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including Commerce, Washington, DC 20230;
phone: (202) 606–9591; or via email at
whether the information shall have
patricia.abaroa@bea.gov.
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
agency’s estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the
I. Abstract
proposed collection of information; (c)
The Annual Survey of Foreign Direct
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
Investment in the United States (BE–15)
clarity of the information to be
obtains sample data on the financial
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
structure and operations of foreignburden of the collection of information
owned U.S. business enterprises. The
on respondents, including through the
data are needed to provide reliable,
use of automated collection techniques
useful, and timely measures of foreign
or other forms of information
direct investment in the United States to
technology.
assess its impact on the U.S. economy.
Comments submitted in response to
The sample data are used to derive
this notice will be summarized and/or
universe estimates in nonbenchmark
included in the request for OMB
years from similar data reported in the
approval of this information collection;
they also will become a matter of public BE–12 benchmark survey, which is
conducted every five years. The data
record.
collected include balance sheets;
Dated: June 5, 2015.
income statements; property, plant, and
Glenna Mickelson,
equipment; employment and employee
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
compensation; merchandise trade; sales
Information Officer.
of goods and services; taxes; and
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research and development activity. In
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addition, several data items are
collected by state, including
employment and property, plant, and
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
equipment.
No changes to the survey forms or
Bureau of Economic Analysis
reporting requirements are proposed.
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Direct Investment
Surveys: BE–15, Annual Survey of
Foreign Direct Investment in the United
States
Bureau of Economic Analysis,
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of
Commerce, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
comment on proposed and/or
continuing information collections, as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
SUMMARY:
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II. Method of Collection
BEA contacts potential respondents
by mail in March of each year;
responses covering a reporting
company’s fiscal year ending during the
previous calendar year are due by May
31 (or by June 30 for respondents that
file using BEA’s eFile system). Reports
are required from each U.S. business
enterprise in which a foreign person has
at least 10 percent of the voting stock in
an incorporated business enterprise, or
an equivalent interest in an
unincorporated business enterprise, and
that meets the additional conditions
detailed in the BE–15 forms and
instructions. Entities required to report
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will be contacted individually by BEA.
Entities not contacted by BEA have no
reporting responsibilities.
BEA offers electronic filing through
its eFile system for use in reporting on
the BE–15 annual survey forms. In
addition, BEA posts all its survey forms
and reporting instructions on its Web
site (www.bea.gov/fdi). These may be
downloaded, completed, printed, and
submitted via fax or mail.
Potential respondents of the BE–15
are selected from those U.S. business
enterprises that were required to report
on the 2012 BE–12, Benchmark Survey
of Foreign Direct Investment in the
United States, along with those U.S.
business enterprises that subsequently
entered the direct investment universe.
The BE–15 is a sample survey, as
described; universe estimates are
developed from the reported sample
data.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0608–0034.
Form Number: BE–15.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
4,800 annually, of which approximately
1,800 file A forms, 1,100 file B forms,
1,400 file C forms, and 500 file Claims
for Exemption.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 88,625 hours. Total annual
burden is calculated by multiplying the
estimated number of submissions of
each form by the average hourly burden
per form, which is 44.5 hours for the A
form, 4 hours for the B form, 1.75 hours
for the C form, and 1 hour for the Claim
for Exemption form.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 18.5
hours per respondent (88,625 hours/
4,800 respondents) is the average, but
may vary considerably among
respondents because of differences in
company size and complexity.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: International
Investment and Trade in Services
Survey Act (Pub. L. 94–472, 22 U.S.C.
3101–3108, as amended).
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IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the Agency,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of
the Agency’s estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
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clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection;
they also will become a matter of public
record.
Dated: June 5, 2015.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of Chief
Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Economic Analysis
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Direct Investment
Surveys: BE–11, Annual Survey of U.S.
Direct Investment Abroad
Bureau of Economic Analysis,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of
Commerce, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
comment on proposed and/or
continuing information collections, as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, Public Law 104–13 (44
U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before August 10, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer,
Department of Commerce, Room 6616,
14th and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230, or via email at
jjessup@doc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Patricia Abaroa, Chief, Direct
Investment Division (BE–50), Bureau of
Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of
Commerce, Washington, DC 20230;
phone: (202) 606–9591; or via email at
patricia.abaroa@bea.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
I. Abstract
The Annual Survey of U.S. Direct
Investment Abroad (BE–11) obtains
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sample data on the financial structure
and operations of U.S. parents and their
foreign affiliates. The data are needed to
provide reliable, useful, and timely
measures of U.S. direct investment
abroad to assess its impact on the U.S.
and foreign economies. The sample data
are used to derive universe estimates in
nonbenchmark years from similar data
reported in the BE–10, Benchmark
Survey of U.S. Direct Investment
Abroad, which is conducted every five
years. The data collected include
balance sheets; income statements;
property, plant, and equipment;
employment and employee
compensation; merchandise trade; sales
of goods and services; taxes; and
research and development activity.
The survey, as proposed, incorporates
two changes that were made to the 2014
BE–10, Benchmark Survey of U.S. Direct
Investment Abroad, and five new
proposed changes. The following two
questions that were added to the 2014
benchmark survey will be added to the
BE–11 survey: (1) A question to collect
the city in which each foreign affiliate
is located; and (2) for majority-owned
foreign affiliates with assets, sales, or
net income greater than $300 million, a
question to collect data on cash and
cash equivalents on the balance sheet.
Other proposed changes are: (1) Two
items will be added to the balance sheet
section for the U.S. reporter: (i) Equity
investments in foreign affiliates, and (ii)
all other assets; (2) a question will be
added to collect the form of organization
of the U.S. reporter; (3) a question will
be added to collect expenditures for
research and development performed by
new foreign affiliates with assets, sales,
or net income between $25 million and
$60 million; (4) a question will be added
to the Claim for Not Filing form to
collect the names and BEA ID numbers
of any foreign affiliates for which BEA
requested a filing but which did not
meet the filing criteria; and (5) the BE–
11E (abbreviated) sample form for
foreign affiliates will be eliminated. The
exemption level for reporting on the
proposed survey is unchanged from the
2013 BE–11 survey.
II. Method of Collection
BEA contacts potential respondents
by mail in March of each year;
responses covering a reporting
company’s fiscal year ending during the
previous calendar year are due by May
31. Reports are required from each U.S.
person that has a direct and/or indirect
ownership interest of at least 10 percent
of the voting stock in an incorporated
foreign business enterprise, or an
equivalent interest in an unincorporated
foreign business enterprise, and that
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Economic Analysis
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Direct
Investment Surveys: BE-15, Annual Survey of Foreign Direct Investment
in the United States
AGENCY: Bureau of Economic Analysis, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed and/or continuing
information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before August 10, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 14th
and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230, or via email at
jjessup@doc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should
be directed to Patricia Abaroa, Chief, Direct Investment Division (BE-
50), Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce,
Washington, DC 20230; phone: (202) 606-9591; or via email at
patricia.abaroa@bea.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The Annual Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States
(BE-15) obtains sample data on the financial structure and operations
of foreign-owned U.S. business enterprises. The data are needed to
provide reliable, useful, and timely measures of foreign direct
investment in the United States to assess its impact on the U.S.
economy. The sample data are used to derive universe estimates in
nonbenchmark years from similar data reported in the BE-12 benchmark
survey, which is conducted every five years. The data collected include
balance sheets; income statements; property, plant, and equipment;
employment and employee compensation; merchandise trade; sales of goods
and services; taxes; and research and development activity. In
addition, several data items are collected by state, including
employment and property, plant, and equipment.
No changes to the survey forms or reporting requirements are
proposed.
II. Method of Collection
BEA contacts potential respondents by mail in March of each year;
responses covering a reporting company's fiscal year ending during the
previous calendar year are due by May 31 (or by June 30 for respondents
that file using BEA's eFile system). Reports are required from each
U.S. business enterprise in which a foreign person has at least 10
percent of the voting stock in an incorporated business enterprise, or
an equivalent interest in an unincorporated business enterprise, and
that meets the additional conditions detailed in the BE-15 forms and
instructions. Entities required to report
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will be contacted individually by BEA. Entities not contacted by BEA
have no reporting responsibilities.
BEA offers electronic filing through its eFile system for use in
reporting on the BE-15 annual survey forms. In addition, BEA posts all
its survey forms and reporting instructions on its Web site
(www.bea.gov/fdi). These may be downloaded, completed, printed, and
submitted via fax or mail.
Potential respondents of the BE-15 are selected from those U.S.
business enterprises that were required to report on the 2012 BE-12,
Benchmark Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States,
along with those U.S. business enterprises that subsequently entered
the direct investment universe. The BE-15 is a sample survey, as
described; universe estimates are developed from the reported sample
data.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0608-0034.
Form Number: BE-15.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 4,800 annually, of which
approximately 1,800 file A forms, 1,100 file B forms, 1,400 file C
forms, and 500 file Claims for Exemption.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 88,625 hours. Total annual
burden is calculated by multiplying the estimated number of submissions
of each form by the average hourly burden per form, which is 44.5 hours
for the A form, 4 hours for the B form, 1.75 hours for the C form, and
1 hour for the Claim for Exemption form.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 18.5 hours per respondent (88,625
hours/4,800 respondents) is the average, but may vary considerably
among respondents because of differences in company size and
complexity.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $0.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: International Investment and Trade in Services
Survey Act (Pub. L. 94-472, 22 U.S.C. 3101-3108, as amended).
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the Agency, including whether the information will have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information;
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on respondents, including through the use of
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and included in the request for OMB approval of this information
collection; they also will become a matter of public record.
Dated: June 5, 2015.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of Chief Information Officer.
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