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Agenda 

Welcome and Roll Call 

Discussion Selected Topic(s) 

Next Steps 

Public Comment 

Adjournment 

Dated: August 17, 2017. 

David Mussatt, 

Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce (DOC) 

will submit 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), Commerce. 

Title: Expenditures Incurred by 

Recipients of Biomedical Research and 

Development Awards from the National 

Institutes of Health (NIH). 

OMB Control Number: 0608–0069. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Request: Regular submission. 

Number of Respondents: 120. 

Average Hours per Response: 16 

hours is the average, but may vary 

among respondents because of 

differences in institution structure, size, 

and complexity. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 1,920 hours. 

Needs and Uses: The survey obtains 

the distribution of expenditures 

incurred by recipients of biomedical 

research awards from the National 

Institutes of Health (NIH) and will 

provide information on how the NIH 

award amounts are expended across 

several major categories. This 

information, along with wage and price 

data from other published sources, will 

be used to generate the Biomedical 

Research and Development Price Index 

(BRDPI). The Bureau of Economic 

Analysis (BEA) of the Department of 

Commerce develops this index for NIH 

under a reimbursable contract. The 

BRDPI is an index of prices paid for the 

labor, supplies, equipment, and other 

inputs required to perform the 

biomedical research the NIH supports in 

its intramural laboratories and through 

its awards to extramural organizations. 

The BRDPI is a vital tool for planning 

the NIH research budget and analyzing 

future NIH programs. A survey of award 

recipients is currently the only means 

for updating the expenditure category 

weights that are used to prepare the 

BRDPI. 

A survey questionnaire with a cover 

letter that includes a brief description 

of, and rationale for, the survey will be 

sent to potential respondents by 

September of 2017, 2018, and 2019. A 

report of the respondent’s expenditures 

of the NIH award amounts following the 

proposed format for expenditure 

categories attached to the survey’s cover 

letter, will be requested to be returned 

no later than December 8, which in most 

years will be approximately 120 days 

after mailing. Survey respondents will 

be selected on the basis of award levels, 

which determine the weight of the 

respondent in the biomedical research 

and development price index. BEA 

proposes to survey 150 organizations 

that receive NIH biomedical research 

awards. This will include the top 100 

organizations in total awards received; 

40 additional organizations that are not 

primarily in the ‘‘Research and 

Development (R&D) contracts’’ category; 

and 10 additional organizations that are 

primarily in the ‘‘R&D contracts’’ 

category. Based on awards data for FY 

2015 by type of organization, the top 

100 organizations received $17.0 billion 

in awards (approximately 77 percent of 

total awards); the remaining awardsreceiving organizations received $5.2 

billion. 

Affected Public: Universities or other 

organizations that are NIH award 

recipients. 

Frequency: Annual. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Legal Authority: 45 CFR subpart C, 

Post-Award Requirements, sections 

74.21 and 74.53; 42 U.S.C. 282; 

Economy Act (31 U.S.C. 1535 and 1536); 

and 15 U.S.C. 1525. 

OMB Desk Officer: Jessica Park, (202) 

395–9046. 

This information collection request 

may be viewed at 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 sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to Jessica Park, OMB Desk 

Officer, phone number (202) 395–9046, 

or via email at jessica.park@

omb.eop.gov. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Departmental PRA Lead, Office of Chief 

Information Officer. 

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