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questionnaires will be used by staff from 

the Census Bureau and sponsoring 

agencies to evaluate and improve the 

quality of the data in the surveys and 

censuses that are ultimately conducted. 

Because the questionnaires being tested 

under this clearance are still in the 

process of development, the data that 

result from these collections are not 

considered official statistics of the 

Census Bureau or other Federal 

agencies. Data will be included in 

research reports prepared for sponsors 

inside and outside of the Census 

Bureau. The results may also be 

prepared for presentations related to 

survey methodology at professional 

meetings or publications in professional 

journals. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0607–0978. 

Form Number(s): TBD. 

Type of Review: Regular submission, 

Request for an Extension, without 

Change, of a Currently Approved 

Collection. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

67,600. 

Estimated Time per Response: 15 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 16,900. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $0. (This is not the cost of 

respondents’ time, but the indirect costs 

respondents may incur for such things 

as purchases of specialized software or 

hardware needed to report, or 

expenditures for accounting or records 

maintenance services required 

specifically by the collection.) 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Legal Authority: Data collection for 

this project is authorized under the 

authorizing legislation for the 

questionnaire being tested. This may be 

Title 13, Sections 131, 141, 161, 181, 

182, 193, and 301 for Census Bureausponsored surveys, and Title 13 and 15 

for surveys sponsored by other Federal 

agencies. We do not now know what 

other titles will be referenced, since we 

do not know what survey questionnaires 

will be pretested during the course of 

the clearance. 

IV. Request for Comments 

We are soliciting public comments to 

permit the Department/Bureau to: (a) 

Evaluate whether the proposed 

information collection is necessary for 

the proper functions of the Department, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the 

accuracy of our estimate of the time and 

cost burden for this proposed collection, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

Evaluate ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (d) Minimize the 

reporting burden on those who are to 

respond, including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Comments that you submit in 

response to this notice are a matter of 

public record. We will include, or 

summarize, each comment in our 

request to OMB to approve this ICR. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you may ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, 

Commerce Department. 

[FR Doc. 2023–22896 Filed 10–16–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Economic Analysis 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Direct Investment Surveys: 

BE–15, Annual Survey of Foreign 

Direct Investment in the United States 

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 08/09/2023 

during a 60-day comment period. This 

notice allows for an additional 30 days 

for public comments. 

Agency: Bureau of Economic Analysis 

(BEA), Department of Commerce. 

Title: Annual Survey of Foreign Direct 

Investment in the United States. 

OMB Control Number: 0608–0034. 

Form Number: BE–15. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Number of Respondents: 6,550 

annually, of which approximately 3,350 

file A forms, 1,700 file B forms, 1,000 

file C forms, and 500 file Claim for 

Exemption forms. 

Average Hours per Response: 24.3 

hours per respondent (159,038 hours/ 

6,550 respondents) is the average but 

may vary considerably among 

respondents because of differences in 

company size and complexity. 

Burden Hours: 159,038 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 44.75 

hours for the A form, 3.75 hours for the 

B form, 2.25 hours for the C form, and 

1 hour for the Claim for Exemption 

form. 

Needs and Uses: 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 non-benchmark 

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 for 

the U.S. operations. In addition to these 

national data, several data items are 

collected by the state, including 

employment and property, plant, and 

equipment. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit organizations. 

Frequency: Annual. 

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). 

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/ 


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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 0608–0034. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, 

Commerce Department. 

[FR Doc. 2023–22813 Filed 10–16–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Industry and Security 

Information Systems Technical 

Advisory Committee; Notice of 

Partially Closed Meeting 

The Information Systems Technical 

Advisory Committee (ISTAC) will meet 

on November 1, 2023, 9:00 a.m., Eastern 

Standard Time, in the Herbert C. Hoover 

Building, Room 3884, 1401 Constitution 

Avenue NW, Washington, DC (enter 

through Main Entrance on 14th Street 

between Constitution and Pennsylvania 

Avenues). The Committee advises the 

Office of the Assistant Secretary for 

Export Administration on technical 

questions that affect the level of export 

controls applicable to information 

systems equipment and technology. The 

purpose of the meeting is to have 

Committee members and U.S. 

Government representatives mutually 

review updated technical data and 

policy-driving information that has been 

gathered. 

Agenda 

Open Session 

1. Welcome and Introductions 

2. Open Business 

3. Industry Wassenaar Proposals for 

2024 

Closed Session 

Discussion of matters determined to 

be exempt from the open meeting and 

public participation requirements found 

in sections 1009(a)(1) and 1009(a)(3) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA) (5 U.S.C. 1001–1014). The 

exemption is authorized by section 

1009(d) of the FACA, which permits the 

closure of advisory committee meetings, 

or portions thereof, if the head of the 

agency to which the advisory committee 

reports determines such meetings may 

be closed to the public in accordance 

with subsection (c) of the Government 

in the Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b(c)). 

In this case, the applicable provisions of 

5 U.S.C. 552b(c) are subsection 

552b(c)(4), which permits closure to 

protect trade secrets and commercial or 

financial information that is privileged 

or confidential, and subsection 

552b(c)(9)(B), which permits closure to 

protect information that would be likely 

to significantly frustrate implementation 

of a proposed agency action were it to 

be disclosed prematurely. The closed 

session of the meeting will involve 

committee discussions and guidance 

regarding U.S. Government strategies 

and policies. 

The open session will be accessible 

via teleconference. To join the 

conference, submit inquiries to Ms. 

Yvette Springer at Yvette.Springer@

bis.doc.gov, no later than October 25, 

2023. 

A limited number of seats will be 

available for the public session. 

Reservations are not accepted. To the 

extent time permits, members of the 

public may present oral statements to 

the Committee. The public may submit 

written statements at any time before or 

after the meeting. However, to facilitate 

distribution of public presentation 

materials to Committee members, the 

Committee suggests that presenters 

forward the public presentation 

materials prior to the meeting to Ms. 

Springer. 

The Assistant Secretary for 

Administration, with the concurrence of 

the delegate of the General Counsel, 

formally determined on July 5, 2023, 

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. chapter 10 of the 

FACA, (5 U.S.C. 1009(d)), that the 

portion of the meeting dealing with predecisional changes to the Commerce 

Control List and the U.S. export control 

policies shall be exempt from the 

provisions relating to public meetings 

found in 5 U.S.C. 1009(a)(1) and 

1009(a)(3). The remaining portions of 

the meeting will be open to the public. 

For more information, contact Ms. 

Springer via email. 

Yvette Springer, 

Committee Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2023–22895 Filed 10–16–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–JT–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Industry and Security 

Sensors and Instrumentation 

Technical Advisory Committee; Notice 

of Partially Closed Meeting 

The Sensors and Instrumentation 

Technical Advisory Committee (SITAC) 

will meet on Tuesday, October 31, 2023, 

at 1:00 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time, in 

the Herbert C. Hoover Building, Room 

3884, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC (enter through Main 

Entrance on 14th Street between 

Constitution and Pennsylvania 

Avenues). This meeting will be virtual. 

The Committee advises the Office of the 

Assistant Secretary for Export 

Administration on technical questions 

that affect the level of export controls 

applicable to sensors and 

instrumentation equipment and 

technology. The purpose of the meeting 

is to have Committee members and U.S. 

Government representatives mutually 

review updated technical data and 

policy-driving information that has been 

gathered. 

Agenda 

Open Session 

1. Welcome and Introductions. 

2. Remarks from the Bureau of 

Industry and Security Management. 

3. Industry Presentations. 

4. New Business. 

Closed Session 

5. Discussion of matters determined to 

be exempt from the open meeting and 

public participation requirements found 

in Sections 1009(a)(1) and 1009(a)(3) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA) (5 U.S.C. 1001–1014). The 

exemption is authorized by section 

1009(d) of the FACA, which permits the 

closure of advisory committee meetings, 

or portions thereof, if the head of the 

agency to which the advisory committee 

reports determines such meetings may 

be closed to the public in accordance 

with subsection (c) of the Government 

in the Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b(c)). 

In this case, the applicable provisions of 

5 U.S.C. 552b(c) are subsection 

552b(c)(4), which permits closure to 

protect trade secrets and commercial or 

financial information that is privileged 

or confidential, and subsection 

552b(c)(9)(B), which permits closure to 

protect information that would be likely 

to significantly frustrate implementation 

of a proposed agency action were it to 

be disclosed prematurely. The closed 

session of the meeting will involve 

committee discussions and guidance 

regarding U.S. Government strategies 

and policies. 

The open session will be accessible 

via teleconference. To join the 

conference, submit inquiries to Ms. 

Yvette Springer at Yvette.Springer@

bis.doc.gov 202–482–2813, no later than 

October 24, 2023. 

A limited number of seats will be 

available for the public session. 

Reservations are not accepted. To the 

extent time permits, members of the 

public may present oral statements to 

the Committee. The public may submit 


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