Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 65 / Tuesday, April 7, 2009 / Notices 15697 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting 

of the District of Columbia Advisory 

Committee 

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 

the provisions of the rules and 

regulations of the U.S. Commission on 

Civil Rights and the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, that a planning meeting 

of the District of Columbia Advisory 

Committee will convene at 12 p.m. on 

Thursday, April 23, 2009, at the 

Heritage Foundation, 214 Massachusetts 

Avenue, NE., Washington, DC 20002. 

The purpose of the planning meeting is 

for the Committee to discuss the draft 

subcommittee report and plan future 

activities. 

Members of the public are entitled to 

submit written comments. The address 

is U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 

Eastern Regional Office, 624 Ninth 

Street NW., Suite 740, Washington, DC 

20425. Persons wishing to email their 

comments, present their comments at 

the meeting, or who desire additional 

information should contact Alfreda 

Greene, Secretary, at 202–376–7533 or 

by e-mail to: ero@usccr.gov. 

Hearing-impaired persons who will 

attend the meeting and require the 

services of a sign language interpreter 

should contact the Regional Office at 

least ten (10) working days before the 

scheduled date of the meeting. 

Records generated from this meeting 

may be inspected and reproduced at the 

Eastern Regional Office, as they become 

available, both before and after the 

meeting. Persons interested in the work 

of this advisory committee are advised 

to go to the Commission’s Web site, 

http://www.usccr.gov, or to contact the 

Eastern Regional Office at the above email or street address. 

The meeting will be conducted 

pursuant to the rules and regulations of 

the Commission and FACA. 

Dated in Washington, DC, April 2, 2009. 

Christopher Byrnes, 

Chief, Regional Programs Coordination Unit. 

[FR Doc. E9–7819 Filed 4–6–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6335–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Economic Analysis 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Quarterly Survey 

of Insurance Transactions by U.S. 

Insurance Companies With Foreign 

Persons 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, invites the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

comment on proposed and/or 

continuing information collections, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before 5 p.m. June 8, 

2009. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Diana Hynek, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 7845, 

14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20230, or via the 

Internet at dhynek@doc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Direct requests for additional 

information or copies of the survey and 

instructions to Christopher Emond, 

Chief, Special Surveys Branch, Balance 

of Payments Division, (BE–50), Bureau 

of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department 

of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230; 

phone: (202) 606–9826; fax: (202) 606– 

5318; or via the Internet at 

christopher.emond@bea.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

Form BE–45, Quarterly Survey of 

Insurance Transactions by U.S. 

Insurance Companies with Foreign 

Persons, obtains quarterly data from 

U.S. insurance companies that have 

engaged in reinsurance transactions 

with foreign persons, that have earned 

premiums from, or incurred losses to, 

foreign persons in the capacity of 

primary insurers, or that have engaged 

in international sale or purchase 

transactions in auxiliary insurance 

services greater than $8 million 

(positive or negative) for the prior 

calendar year or that are expected to be 

greater than $8 million (positive or 

negative) in the current calendar year. 

The data collected are cut-off sample 

data. In addition, estimates are 

developed based upon previously 

reported or estimated data for nonrespondents, including those U.S. 

insurance companies that fall below the 

reporting threshold for the survey. 

The data are needed to monitor U.S. 

international trade in insurance 

services, analyze its impact on the U.S. 

and foreign economies, compile and 

improve the U.S. economic accounts, 

support U.S. commercial policy on 

insurance services, conduct trade 

promotion, and improve the ability of 

U.S. businesses to identify and evaluate 

market opportunities. 

Responses will be due within 60 days 

after the close of each calendar quarter, 

except for the final quarter of the 

calendar year, when reports are due 

within 90 days after the close of the 

quarter. The data from the survey are 

primarily intended as general purpose 

statistics. They are needed to answer 

any number of research and policy 

questions related to cross-border trade 

in services. 

The form remains the same as in the 

past. No changes in the data collected or 

in exemption levels are proposed. 

II. Method of Collection 

The surveys are sent to the 

respondents by U.S. mail; the surveys 

are also available from our Web site. 

Respondents return the surveys one of 

four ways: U.S. mail, electronically 

using BEA’s electronic collection system 

(eFile), fax or e-mail. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0608–0066. 

Form Number: BE–45. 

Type of Review: Regular submission. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,200. 

Estimated Time per Response: 8 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 9,600. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $0. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

Legal Authority: The International 

Investment and Trade in Services 

Survey Act, 22 U.S.C. 3101–3108, as 

amended. 

IV. Request for Comments 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the Agency, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of 

the Agency’s estimate of the burden 

(including hours and cost) of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they also will become a matter of public 

record.