Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Construction Progress Reporting Surveys, 90665 [2024-26802]

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• Census Bureau
• DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 222 (Monday, November 18, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 90665]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-26802]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Census Bureau


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Construction Progress Reporting Surveys

    The Department of Commerce will submit the following information 
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. We invite the 
general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and 
continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of 
our information collection requirements and minimize the public's 
reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the 
Federal Register on July 16, 2024 during a 60-day comment period. This 
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
    Agency: U.S. Census Bureau, Department of Commerce.
    Title: Construction Progress Reporting Surveys.
    OMB Control Number: 0607-0153.
    Form Number(s): C-700, C-700R, C-700SL, C-700F.
    Type of Request: Regular submission, Request for an Extension, 
without Change, of a Currently Approved Collection.
    Number of Respondents: 22,000 respondents report monthly over the 
duration of the construction project (an average of 12 months).
    Average Hours per Response: 30 minutes for month 1; 10 minutes for 
months 2 through 12.
    Burden Hours: 51,333.
    Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census Bureau is requesting an extension 
of a currently approved collection for forms: C-700, for Private 
Construction Projects; C-700(R), for Multifamily Residential Projects; 
C-700(SL), for State and Local Governments Projects; and C-700(F), for 
Federal Government Projects.
    These forms are used to conduct the Construction Progress Reporting 
Surveys (CPRS) which collect information on the dollar value of 
construction put in place on non-residential building projects under 
construction by private companies or individuals, private multifamily 
residential buildings, and building projects under construction by 
federal and state and local governments.
    The Census Bureau uses the information collected on these forms to 
publish estimates of the monthly dollar value of construction put in 
place. Statistics from the CPRS become part of the monthly ``Value of 
Construction Put in Place'' or ``Construction Spending'' series, a 
Principal Economic Indicator that is used extensively by the federal 
government in making policy decisions and is used by the Bureau of 
Economic Analysis (BEA) to estimate the gross domestic product (GDP). 
The private sector uses the statistics for market analysis and other 
research. Construction now accounts for 7.4 percent of GDP.
    Published estimates are used by a variety of private business and 
trade associations to estimate the demand for building materials and to 
schedule production, distribution, and sales efforts. They also provide 
various government agencies with a tool to evaluate economic policy. 
For example, Bureau of Economic Analysis staff use data to develop the 
construction components of gross private domestic investment in the 
gross domestic product. The Federal Reserve Board and the Department of 
the Treasury use the value put in place data to predict the gross 
domestic product, which is presented to the Board of Governors and has 
an impact on monetary policy.
    Frequency: Monthly.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., Sections 131 and 182.
    This information collection request may be viewed at 
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view the Department of 
Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of 
this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently 
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search 
function and entering either the title of the collection or the OMB 
Control Number 0607-0153.

Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for 
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024-26802 Filed 11-15-24; 8:45 am]
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