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Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 156,875 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. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 23.8 

hours per respondent (156,875 hours/ 

6,600 respondents) is the average but 

may vary considerably among 

respondents because of differences in 

company size and complexity. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $0. 

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). 

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 Chief Information Officer, Commerce 

Department. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–06–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–11, Annual Survey of U.S. Direct 

Investment Abroad 

AGENCY: Bureau of Economic Analysis, 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection, 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), invites 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. The purpose of this 

notice is to allow for 60 days of public 

comment preceding submission of the 

collection to OMB. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, 

comments regarding this proposed 

information collection must be received 

on or before August 16, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments to 

Ricardo Limes, Chief, Multinational 

Operations Branch, Bureau of Economic 

Analysis, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, by email to Ricardo.limes@

bea.gov and PRAcomments@doc.gov. 

Please reference OMB Control Number 

0608–0053 in the subject line of your 

comments. Do not submit Confidential 

Business Information or otherwise 

sensitive or protected information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

specific questions related to collection 

activities should be directed to Ricardo 

Limes, Chief, Multinational Operations 

Branch, Bureau of Economic Analysis, 

U.S. Department of Commerce; via 

phone at (301) 278–9659; or via email at 

Ricardo.Limes@bea.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The Annual Survey of U.S. Direct 

Investment Abroad (BE–11) obtains 

sample data on the financial structure 

and operations of U.S. parents and their 

foreign affiliates. The data are needed to 

provide reliable, useful, and timely 

measures of U.S. direct investment 

abroad to assess its impact on the U.S. 

and foreign economies. The sample data 

are used to derive universe estimates in 

non-benchmark years from similar data 

reported in the BE–10, Benchmark 

Survey of U.S. Direct Investment 

Abroad, 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. 

The Bureau of Economic Analysis 

(BEA) is not proposing any changes to 

the BE–11 survey. 

II. Method of Collection 

BEA contacts potential respondents 

by mail in March of each year; 

responses covering a reporting 

company’s fiscal year ending during the 

previous calendar year are due by May 

31. Reports are required from each U.S. 

person that has a direct and/or indirect 

ownership interest of at least 10 percent 

of the voting stock in an incorporated 

foreign business enterprise, or an 

equivalent interest in an unincorporated 

foreign business enterprise, and that 

meets the additional conditions detailed 

in the BE–11 forms and instructions. 

Entities required to report will be 

contacted individually by BEA. Entities 

not contacted by BEA have no reporting 

responsibilities. 

BEA offers electronic filing through 

its eFile system for use in reporting on 

the BE–11 annual survey forms. In 

addition, BEA posts all its survey forms 

and reporting instructions on its website 

(www.bea.gov/dia). These may be 

downloaded, completed, printed, and 

submitted via fax or mail. 

Potential respondents of the BE–11 

are selected from those U.S. parents that 

reported owning foreign business 

enterprises in the 2019 BE–10, 

Benchmark Survey of U.S. Direct 

Investment Abroad, along with entities 

that subsequently entered the direct 

investment universe. The BE–11 is a 

sample survey; universe estimates are 

developed from the reported sample 

data. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0608–0053. 

Form Number: BE–11. 

Type of Review: Regular submission, 

reinstatement without change. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

3,500 respondents (U.S. parents). A 

complete response includes a BE–11 A 

form for the U.S. parent’s domestic 

operation and one or more BE–11 B, C, 

or D forms for its foreign affiliates that 

meet the BE–11 survey requirements. 

BEA estimates that U.S. parents will 

submit 3,500 A forms, 24,000 B forms, 


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1,900 C forms, 100 D forms, and 500 

Claim for Exemption forms. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 316,900 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 7 hours for the A 

form, 12 hours for the B form, 2 hours 

for the C form, 1 hour for the D form, 

and 1 hour for the Claim for Exemption 

form. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 90.5 

hours per respondent (316,900 hours/ 

3,500 U.S. parents) is the average but 

may vary considerably among 

respondents because of differences in 

company structure, complexity, and the 

number of foreign affiliates each U.S. 

parent must report. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $0. 

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). 

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 Chief Information Officer, Commerce 

Department. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Civil Nuclear Trade Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: International Trade 

Administration, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of an open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

schedule and proposed topics for a 

meeting of the Civil Nuclear Trade 

Advisory Committee (CINTAC). 

DATES: The meeting is scheduled for 

Wednesday, June 30, 2021, from 9:00 

a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time 

(EDT). The deadline for members of the 

public to register to participate, 

including requests to make comments 

during the meeting and for auxiliary 

aids, or to submit written comments for 

dissemination prior to the meeting, is 

5:00 p.m. EDT on Friday, June 25, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held 

virtually via Microsoft Teams. Requests 

to register to participate (including to 

speak or for auxiliary aids) and any 

written comments should be submitted 

via email to Mr. Jonathan Chesebro, 

Office of Energy & Environmental 

Industries, International Trade 

Administration, at jonathan.chesebro@

trade.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Jonathan Chesebro, Office of Energy & 

Environmental Industries, International 

Trade Administration (Phone: 202–482– 

1297; email: jonathan.chesebro@

trade.gov). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: The CINTAC was 

established under the discretionary 

authority of the Secretary of Commerce 

and in accordance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 

U.S.C. App.), in response to an 

identified need for consensus advice 

from U.S. industry to the U.S. 

Government regarding the development 

and administration of programs to 

expand United States exports of civil 

nuclear goods and services in 

accordance with applicable U.S. laws 

and regulations, including advice on 

how U.S. civil nuclear goods and 

services export policies, programs, and 

activities will affect the U.S. civil 

nuclear industry’s competitiveness and 

ability to participate in the international 

market. 

The Department of Commerce 

renewed the CINTAC charter on August 

5, 2020. This meeting is being convened 

under the seventh charter of the 

CINTAC. 

On June 30, 2021, the CINTAC will 

hold the first meeting of its current 

charter term. The Committee, with 

officials from the U.S. Department of 

Commerce and other agencies, will 

discuss major issues affecting the 

competitiveness of the U.S. civil nuclear 

energy industry, determine 

subcommittee structure, and provide 

consultation on CINTAC leadership. An 

agenda will be made available by June 

25, 2021 upon request to Mr. Jonathan 

Chesebro. 

Members of the public wishing to 

attend the public session of the meeting 

must notify Mr. Chesebro at the contact 

information above by 5:00 p.m. EDT on 

Friday, June 25, 2021 in order to preregister to participate. Please specify 

any requests for reasonable 

accommodation at least five business 

days in advance of the meeting. Last 

minute requests will be accepted but 

may not be possible to fill. A limited 

amount of time will be available for 

brief oral comments from members of 

the public attending the meeting. To 

accommodate as many speakers as 

possible, the time for public comments 

will be limited to two (2) minutes per 

person, with a total public comment 

period of 30 minutes. Individuals 

wishing to reserve speaking time during 

the meeting must contact Mr. Chesebro 

and submit a brief statement of the 

general nature of the comments and the 

name and address of the proposed 

participant by 5:00 p.m. EDT on Friday, 

June 25, 2021. If the number of 

registrants requesting to make 

statements is greater than can be 

reasonably accommodated during the 

meeting, the International Trade 

Administration may conduct a lottery to 

determine the speakers. 

Any member of the public may 

submit written comments concerning 

the CINTAC’s affairs at any time before 

or after the meeting. Comments may be 

submitted to Mr. Jonathan Chesebro at 

Jonathan.chesebro@trade.gov. For 

consideration during the meeting, and 

to ensure transmission to the Committee 

prior to the meeting, comments must be 

received no later than 5:00 p.m. EDT on 

Friday, June 25, 2021. Comments 

received after that date will be 

distributed to the members but may not 

be considered at the meeting. 


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