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OMB Control No: 0608-0004	ICR Reference No: 202206-0608-001
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202004-0608-004
Agency/Subagency: DOC/EASA	Agency Tracking No: 2022 BE-577
Title: BE-577, Quarterly Survey of U.S. Direct Investment Abroad--Transactions of U.S. Reporter With Foreign Affiliate
Type of Information Collection: Extension without change of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: Yes
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 11/04/2022
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 10/03/2022
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	11/30/2025	36 Months From Approved	12/31/2022
Responses	90,800	0	83,200
Time Burden (Hours)	90,800	0	83,200
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	90,800	83,200	7,600
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	90,800	83,200	7,600
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

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

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The estimated annual respondent burden for this collection is 90,800 hours; the estimated respondent burden for the previous collection was 83,200 hours. The increase in the estimated respondent burden is due to the growth in the number of reporting U.S. parents and foreign affiliates since the survey was last cleared.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $2,000,000

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? Yes Part B of Supporting Statement

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

Agency Contact: Ricardo Limes 301 278-9659 ricardo.limes@bea.gov