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topics to the Advisory Committee. The

‘‘open forum’’ is scheduled as part of

agenda item (3) for this meeting.

Interested speakers will need to register

prior to the open forum period. The

committee welcomes the public’s

written comments on committee

business at any time.

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Forest Headquarters Office, Gifford

Pinchot National Forest, 10600 NE. 51st

Circle, Vancouver, WA 98682.

Dated: October 26, 2000.

Claire Lavendel,

Forest Supervisor.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

DOC has submitted 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 Economic

Analysis.

Title: Annual Survey of Selected

Services Transactions With Unaffiliated

Foreign Persons.

Form Number(s): BE–22.

Agency Approval Number: 0608–

0060.

Type of Request: Extension of a

currently approved collection without

any change in the substance or in

method of collection.

Burden: 17,250 hours.

Number of Respondents: 1,500.

Avg Hours Per Response: 11.5.

Needs and Uses: The Government

requires data from the BE–22 annual

survey to obtain reliable and up-to-date

information on selected U.S. services

transactions with unaffiliated foreign

persons, by type of service crossclassified by foreign country. The data

will update the results of the BE–20

benchmark survey, which covers the

universe of such transactions. The BE–

20 is conducted once every five years,

and the last survey covered 1996. A BE–

22 survey is conducted each of the four

years between two benchmark surveys;

the last BE–22 covered 1999. Some of

the major purposes of the survey are to

provide information needed in

formulating U.S. international trade

agreements, compile the U.S.

international transactions and national

income and product accounts, assess

and promote U.S. competitiveness in

international trade in services, and

improve the ability of U.S. businesses to

identify and evaluate market

opportunities.

Affected Public: Businesses and other

for-profit and not-for-profit institutions,

State and local governments, or other

institutions engaging in international

transactions in the covered services.

Frequency: Annual.

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.

Legal Authority: Title 22 U.S.C.,

Sections 3101–3108, as amended.

OMB Desk Officer: Paul Bugg, (202)

395–3093.

Copies of the above information

collection proposal can be obtained by

calling or writing DOC Forms Clearance

Officer, Madeleine Clayton, (202) 482–

3129, Department of Commerce, Room

6086, 14th and Constitution Avenue,

NW, Washington DC 20230 or by E-mail

to MClayton@doc.gov.

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,

Room 10201, New Executive Office

Building, Washington DC 20503.

Dated: October 27, 2000.

Madeleine Clayton,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of the Chief Information Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

DOC has submitted 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 Economic Analysis

(BEA).

Title: Transactions of U.S. Affiliate,

Except a U.S. Banking Affiliate, with

Foreign Parent (Form BE–605) and

Transactions of U.S. Banking Affiliate

with Foreign Parent (Form BE–605

Bank).

Form Number(s): BE–605 and BE–605

Bank.

Agency Approval Number: 0608–

0009.

Type of Request: Extension of a

currently approved collection without

any change in the substance or in the

method of collection.

Burden: 19,750 hours.

Number of Respondents: 3,950 per

quarter; 15,800 annually.

Avg Hours Per Response: 11⁄4 hours.

Needs and Uses: The U.S.

Government requires data from the BE–

605 (quarterly) survey for compiling the

international transactions accounts,

input-output accounts, and national

income and product accounts of the

United States. The data are also needed

to measure the amount of foreign direct

investment in the United States,

monitor changes in such investment,

assess its impact on the U.S. and foreign

economies, and, based upon this

assessment, make informed policy

decisions regarding foreign direct

investment in the United States.

Also, the data from the BE–605 survey

complement data from BEA’s other

ongoing surveys of foreign direct

investment in the United States, namely

the BE–13, Initial Report on a Foreign

Person’s Direct or Indirect Acquisition,

Establishment, or Purchase of the

Operating Assets, of a U.S. Business

Enterprise, Including Real Estate, and

the BE–12 (benchmark) and BE–15

(annual) surveys, which provide data on

the overall operations of U.S. affiliates.

Affected Public: U.S. businesses or

other for-profit institutions.

Frequency: Quarterly.

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.

Legal Authority: Title 22 U.S.C.,

Sections 3101–3108, as amended.

OMB Desk Officer: Paul Bugg, (202)

395–3093.

You may obtain copies of the above

information collection proposal by

calling or writing Madeleine Clayton,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer,

Office of the Chief Information Officer,

(202) 482–3129, Department of

Commerce, Room 6086, 14th Street and

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington,

DC 20230.

Send comments on the proposed

information collection within 30 days of

publication of this notice to Paul Bugg,

OMB Desk Officer, Room 10201, New

Executive Office Building, Washington,

DC 20503.

Dated: October 27, 2000.

Madeleine Clayton,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of the Chief Information Officer.

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