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8246. Records and documents discussed 

during the meetings will be available for 

public viewing as they become available 

at www.facadatabase.gov. Persons 

interested in the work of this advisory 

committee are advised to go to the 

Commission’s website, www.usccr.gov, 

or to contact the Regional Programs Unit 

at the above phone number or email 

address. 

Agenda 

Thursday, September 16, 2021, at 12:00 

p.m. (ET) 

I. Roll Call 

II. Report Review: Digital Equity 

III. Next Steps 

IV. Public Comment 

V. Adjournment 

Dated: August 24, 2021. 

David Mussatt, 

Supervisory Chief,Regional Programs Unit. 

[FR Doc. 2021–18574 Filed 8–27–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 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 

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 06/16/2021 

during a 60-day comment period. This 

notice allows for an additional 30 days 

for public comments. 

Agency: Bureau of Economic Analysis 

(BEA), Commerce. 

Title: Annual Survey of U.S. Direct 

Investment Abroad. 

OMB Control Number: 0608–0053. 

Form Number: BE–11. 

Type of Request: Regular submission, 

reinstatement without change 

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, 1,900 C 

forms, 100 D forms, and 500 Claim for 

Exemption forms. 

Average Hours per Response: 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. 

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. 

Needs and Uses: 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 nonbenchmark 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. 

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 

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 0608–0053. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Chief Information Officer, Commerce 

Department. 

[FR Doc. 2021–18628 Filed 8–27–21; 8:45 am] 

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–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 6/16/2021 

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: Regular submission, 

reinstatement without change. 

Number of Respondents: 6,600 

annually, of which approximately 3,300 

file A forms, 1,600 file B forms, 1,200 

file C forms, and 500 file Claim for 

Exemption forms. 

Average Hours per Response: 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. 

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 


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