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###### Department of Commerce

###### Bureau of Economic Analysis

                    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 (PRA) 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 June 6, 2024, during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.                

*Agency:*                     Bureau of Economic Analysis, Department of Commerce.                

*Title:*                     Quarterly Survey of Insurance Transactions by U.S. Insurance Companies with Foreign Persons.                

*OMB Control Number:*                     0608-0066.                

*Form Number(s):*                     BE-45.                

*Type of Request:*                     Regular submission.                

*Estimated Number of Respondents:*                     2,200 annually (550 filed each quarter; 515 reporting mandatory data, and 35 that would file exemption claims or voluntary responses).                

*Estimated Time Per Response:*                     9 hours is the average for the 515 respondents filing mandatory data and 1 hour for those filing an exemption claim or other response. Hours may vary considerably among respondents because of differences in company size and complexity.                

*Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:*                     18,680.                

*Needs and Uses:*                     The data are needed to monitor U.S. trade in insurance services, to analyze the impact of these cross-border services on the U.S. and foreign economies, to compile and improve the U.S. economic accounts, to support U.S. commercial policy on trade in services, to conduct trade promotion, and to improve the ability of U.S. businesses to identify and evaluate market opportunities. The data are used in estimating the trade in insurance services component of the U.S. international transactions accounts                           ( print page 73062)                        (ITAs) and national income and product accounts (NIPAs).                

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

*Frequency:*                     Quarterly.                

*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/​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 0608-0066.                

Sheleen Dumas,

Departmental PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.

[FR Doc. 2024-20263 Filed 9-6-24; 8:45 am]

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