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OMB Control No: 0608-0065	ICR Reference No: 201207-0608-002
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 200910-0608-003
Agency/Subagency: DOC/EASA	Agency Tracking No: 200707-0608-185
Title: Quarterly Survey of Financial Services Transactions Between U.S. Financial Services Providers and Foreign Persons
Type of Information Collection: Extension without change of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 10/21/2012
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 08/23/2012
Terms of Clearance: Prior to the commencement of the Quarterly Survey of Financial Services Transactions Between U.S. Financial Services Providers and Foreign Persons survey form distribution, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) shall provide on its Internet site prominent links to a complete set of finalized survey forms, including instructions and cover letters.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	10/31/2015	36 Months From Approved	12/31/2012
Responses	2,700	0	2,500
Time Burden (Hours)	22,500	0	16,900
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	2,700	2,500	200
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	22,500	16,900	5,600
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The estimated change in the burden hours is an increase of 5,600 hours. This is an adjustment caused by 1) an increase, from 1,600 to 2,200, in the estimated number of mandatory respondents meeting the (unchanged) requirements for filing on an annual basis and 2) a decrease, from 900 to 500, in other responses per year. The average burden level remains at 10 hours per mandatory response and 1 hour per other responses. The new estimated annual respondent burden is 22,500 hours.