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###### Department of Commerce

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The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). 

*Agency:*                     Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS).                 

*Title:*                     Offsets in Military Exports.                 

*OMB Control Number:*                     0694-0084.                 

*Form Number(s):*                     None.                 

*Type of Request:*                     Regular submission.                 

*Burden Hours:*                     270.                 

*Number of Respondents:*                     30.                 

*Average Hours per Response:*                     9.                 

*Needs and Uses:*                     This information collection is required by the Defense Production Act. The Act requires United States firms to furnish information to the Department of Commerce regarding offset agreements exceeding $5,000,000 in value associated with sales of weapon systems or defense-related items to foreign countries or foreign firms. Offsets are industrial or commercial compensation practices required as a condition of purchase in either government-to-government or commercial sales of defense articles and/or defense services as defined by the Arms Export Control Act and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations. Such offsets are required by most major trading partners when purchasing U.S. military equipment or defense-related items.                 

*Affected Public:*                     Business or other for-profit organizations.                 

*Frequency:*                     On occasion.                 

*Respondent's Obligation:*                     Mandatory.                 

*OMB Desk Officer:*                     Jasmeet Seehra, (202) 395-3123.                 

                    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained by calling or writing Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, (202) 482-0266, Department of Commerce, Room 7845, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at                     *dHynek@doc.gov*).                 

                    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to Jasmeet Seehra, OMB Desk Officer, FAX number (202) 395-5167, or                     *Jasmeet_K._Seehra@omb.eop.gov*.                 

Dated: January 29, 2009. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.

 [FR Doc. E9-2239 Filed 2-2-09; 8:45 am] 

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