81_FR_19190 81 FR 19126 - BE-15: Annual Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States

81 FR 19126 - BE-15: Annual Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Economic Analysis

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 64 (April 4, 2016)

Page Range19126-19127
FR Document2016-07460

By this Notice, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), Department of Commerce, is informing the public that it is conducting the mandatory survey titled Annual Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States (BE-15). This survey is authorized by the International Investment and Trade in Services Survey Act.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 64 (Monday, April 4, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 64 (Monday, April 4, 2016)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Economic Analysis

[Docket No. 160316249-6249-01]
XRIN 0691-XC051


BE-15: Annual Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the United 
States

AGENCY: Bureau of Economic Analysis, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of reporting requirements.

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SUMMARY: By this Notice, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), 
Department of Commerce, is informing the public that it is conducting 
the mandatory survey titled Annual Survey of Foreign Direct Investment 
in the United States (BE-15). This survey is authorized by the 
International Investment and Trade in Services Survey Act.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  This Notice constitutes legal notification 
to all U.S. persons (defined below) who meet the reporting requirements 
set forth in this Notice that they must respond to, and comply with, 
the BE-15. A completed report covering a reporting company's fiscal 
year ending during the previous calendar year is due by May 31 (or by 
June 30 for reporting companies that use BEA's eFile system). This 
notice is being issued in conformance with the rule BEA issued in 2012 
(77 FR 24373) establishing guidelines for collecting data on 
international trade in services and direct investment through notices, 
rather than through rulemaking. Additional information about BEA's 
collection of data on international trade in services and direct 
investment can be found in the 2012 rule, the International Investment 
and Trade in Services Survey Act (22 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.), and 15 CFR 
part 801. Survey data on international trade in services and direct 
investment that are not collected pursuant to the 2012 rule are 
described separately in 15 CFR part 801. The BE-15 survey forms and 
instructions are available on the BEA Web site at www.bea.gov/fdi.

Definitions

    (a) United States, when used in a geographic sense, means the 50 
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and 
all territories and possessions of the United States.
    (b) Foreign, when used in a geographic sense, means that which is 
situated outside the United States or which belongs to or is 
characteristic of a country other than the United States.
    (c) Person means any individual, branch, partnership, associated 
group, association, estate, trust, corporation, or other organization 
(whether or not organized under the laws of any State), and any 
government (including a foreign government, the U.S. Government, a 
State or local government, and any agency, corporation, financial 
institution, or other entity or instrumentality thereof, including a 
government-sponsored agency).
    (d) Business enterprise means any organization, association, 
branch, or venture that exists for profit-making purposes or to 
otherwise secure economic advantage, and any ownership of any real 
estate.

Reporting

    Notice of specific reporting requirements, including who is to 
report, the information to be reported, the manner of reporting, and 
the time and place of filing reports, will be mailed to those required 
to complete this survey.
    Who Must Report: (a) Reports are required from each U.S. business 
enterprise in which a foreign person has a direct and/or indirect 
ownership interest of at least 10 percent of the voting stock in an 
incorporated business enterprise, or an equivalent interest in an 
unincorporated business enterprise, and that meets the additional 
conditions detailed in Form BE-15.
    (b) Entities required to report will be contacted individually by 
BEA. Entities not contacted by BEA have no reporting responsibilities.
    What To Report: The survey collects information on the operations 
of U.S. affiliates of foreign companies.
    How To Report: Reports can be filed using BEA's electronic 
reporting system

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at www.bea.gov/efile. Copies of the survey forms and instructions, 
which contain complete information on reporting procedures and 
definitions, can be downloaded from the BEA Web site given above. Form 
BE-15 inquiries can be made by phone to (202) 606-5615 or by sending an 
email to be12/[email protected].
    When To Report: A completed report covering a reporting company's 
fiscal year ending during the previous calendar year is due by May 31 
(or by June 30 for reporting companies that use BEA's eFile system).

Paperwork Reduction Act Notice

    This data collection has been approved by the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act and 
assigned control number 0608-0034.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a valid 
control number assigned by OMB. Public reporting burden for this 
collection of information is estimated to average 18.2 hours per 
response. Additional information regarding this burden estimate may be 
viewed at www.reginfo.gov; under the Information Collection Review tab, 
click on ``Search'' and use the above OMB control number to search for 
the current survey instrument. Send comments regarding this burden 
estimate to Director, Bureau of Economic Analysis (BE-1), U.S. 
Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230; and to the Office of 
Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project 0608-0034, 
Washington, DC 20503.

    Authority: 22 U.S.C. 3101-3108.

Brian C. Moyer,
Director, Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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19126 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 64 / Monday, April 4, 2016 / Notices ways to enhance the quality, utility and Estimated Number of Responses per Survey Act (22 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.), and clarity of the information to be Respondent: 1. 15 CFR part 801. Survey data on collected; and (d) ways to minimize the Estimated Total Annual Burden on international trade in services and direct burden of the collection of information Respondents: 120 hours. investment that are not collected on those who are to respond, including Copies of this information collection pursuant to the 2012 rule are described through the use of appropriate can be obtained from Rebecca Hunt, separately in 15 CFR part 801. The BE– automated, electronic, mechanical, or RUS Program Development and 15 survey forms and instructions are other technological collection Regulatory Analysis, at (202) 205–3660; available on the BEA Web site at techniques or other forms of information Facsimile: (202) 720–8435 or Email: www.bea.gov/fdi. technology. Comments may be sent to: Rebecca.Hunt@wdc.usda.gov. Definitions Thomas P. Dickson, Acting Director, All responses to this notice will be Program Development and Regulatory summarized and included in the request (a) United States, when used in a Analysis, USDA Rural Utilities Service, for OMB approval. All comments will geographic sense, means the 50 States, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., STOP also become a matter of public record. the District of Columbia, the 1522, Washington, DC 20250–1522. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and all Dated: March 28, 2016. FAX: (202) 720–8435. Email: territories and possessions of the United Brandon McBride, Thomas.Dickson@wdc.usda.gov. States. Administrator, Rural Utilities Service. (b) Foreign, when used in a Title: Wholesale Contracts for the [FR Doc. 2016–07506 Filed 4–1–16; 8:45 am] geographic sense, means that which is Purchase and Sale of Electric Power. OMB Control Number: 0572–0089. BILLING CODE P situated outside the United States or Type of Request: Extension of a which belongs to or is characteristic of currently approved information a country other than the United States. collection. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (c) Person means any individual, Abstract: Most RUS financed electric branch, partnership, associated group, Bureau of Economic Analysis association, estate, trust, corporation, or systems are cooperatives and are organized in a two-tiered structure. other organization (whether or not [Docket No. 160316249–6249–01] Retail customers are members of the organized under the laws of any State), distribution system that provides XRIN 0691–XC051 and any government (including a electricity to their homes and business. foreign government, the U.S. BE–15: Annual Survey of Foreign Government, a State or local Distribution cooperatives, in turn, are Direct Investment in the United States members of power supply cooperatives, government, and any agency, also known as generation and AGENCY: Bureau of Economic Analysis, corporation, financial institution, or transmission cooperatives (G&T’s) that Commerce. other entity or instrumentality thereof, generate or purchase power and including a government-sponsored ACTION: Notice of reporting transmit the power to the distribution agency). requirements. (d) Business enterprise means any systems. SUMMARY: By this Notice, the Bureau of organization, association, branch, or For a distribution system, a lien on Economic Analysis (BEA), Department venture that exists for profit-making the borrower’s assets generally of Commerce, is informing the public purposes or to otherwise secure represents adequate security. However, that it is conducting the mandatory economic advantage, and any since most G&T revenues flow from its survey titled Annual Survey of Foreign ownership of any real estate. distribution members, RUS requires, as a condition of a loan or loan guarantee Direct Investment in the United States Reporting to a G&T the long-term requirements (BE–15). This survey is authorized by Notice of specific reporting wholesale power contract to purchase the International Investment and Trade requirements, including who is to their power from the G&T at rates that in Services Survey Act. report, the information to be reported, cover all the G&T’s expenses, including SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This the manner of reporting, and the time debt service and margins. RUS Form Notice constitutes legal notification to and place of filing reports, will be 444 is the standard form of the all U.S. persons (defined below) who mailed to those required to complete wholesale power contract. The Form is meet the reporting requirements set this survey. used by RUS G&T borrowers to enter forth in this Notice that they must Who Must Report: (a) Reports are into agreement with their distribution respond to, and comply with, the BE– required from each U.S. business members for purchase of power from the 15. A completed report covering a enterprise in which a foreign person has G&T. Most borrowers adapt this form to reporting company’s fiscal year ending a direct and/or indirect ownership meet their specific needs. The contract during the previous calendar year is due interest of at least 10 percent of the is prepared and executed by the G&T by May 31 (or by June 30 for reporting voting stock in an incorporated business and each member and by RUS and the companies that use BEA’s eFile system). enterprise, or an equivalent interest in information allows RUS to determine This notice is being issued in an unincorporated business enterprise, credit quality and credit worthiness to conformance with the rule BEA issued and that meets the additional conditions determine repayment ability for loans in 2012 (77 FR 24373) establishing detailed in Form BE–15. and loan guarantees. guidelines for collecting data on (b) Entities required to report will be mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Estimate of Burden: Public reporting international trade in services and direct contacted individually by BEA. Entities burden for this collection of information investment through notices, rather than not contacted by BEA have no reporting is estimated to average 6 hours per through rulemaking. Additional responsibilities. response. information about BEA’s collection of What To Report: The survey collects Respondents: Small business or other data on international trade in services information on the operations of U.S. for-profit; not-for-profit organizations. and direct investment can be found in affiliates of foreign companies. Estimated Number of Respondents: the 2012 rule, the International How To Report: Reports can be filed 20. Investment and Trade in Services using BEA’s electronic reporting system VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:03 Apr 01, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\04APN1.SGM 04APN1

Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 64 / Monday, April 4, 2016 / Notices 19127 at www.bea.gov/efile. Copies of the of Commerce, is informing the public the manner of reporting, and the time survey forms and instructions, which that it is conducting the mandatory and place of filing reports, will be contain complete information on survey titled Quarterly Survey of U.S. mailed to those required to complete reporting procedures and definitions, Airline Operators’ Foreign Revenues this survey. can be downloaded from the BEA Web and Expenses (BE–37). This survey is Who Must Report: (a) Reports are site given above. Form BE–15 inquiries authorized by the International required from each U.S. person whose can be made by phone to (202) 606– Investment and Trade in Services total covered revenues or total covered 5615 or by sending an email to be12/ Survey Act. expenses were $500,000 or more during 15@bea.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This the previous year, or are expected to be When To Report: A completed report Notice constitutes legal notification to $500,000 or more during the current covering a reporting company’s fiscal all U.S. persons (defined below) who year. year ending during the previous meet the reporting requirements set calendar year is due by May 31 (or by forth in this Notice that they must (b) Entities required to report will be June 30 for reporting companies that use respond to, and comply with, the BE– contacted individually by BEA. Entities BEA’s eFile system). 37. Reports are due 45 days after the end not contacted by BEA have no reporting of each calendar quarter. This notice is responsibilities. Paperwork Reduction Act Notice being issued in conformance with the What To Report: The survey collects This data collection has been rule BEA issued in 2012 (77 FR 24373) information on U.S. airline operators’ approved by the Office of Management establishing guidelines for collecting foreign revenues and expenses. and Budget (OMB) in accordance with data on international trade in services the Paperwork Reduction Act and How To Report: Reports can be filed and direct investment through notices, using BEA’s electronic reporting system assigned control number 0608–0034. rather than through rulemaking. An agency may not conduct or at www.bea.gov/efile. Copies of the Additional information about BEA’s survey forms and instructions, which sponsor, and a person is not required to collection of data on international trade respond to, a collection of information contain complete information on in services and direct investment can be reporting procedures and definitions, unless it displays a valid control found in the 2012 rule, the International number assigned by OMB. Public can be downloaded from the BEA Web Investment and Trade in Services site given above. Form BE–37 inquiries reporting burden for this collection of Survey Act (22 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.), and information is estimated to average 18.2 can be made by phone to BEA at (202) 15 CFR part 801. Survey data on 606–5588 or by sending an email to hours per response. Additional international trade in services and direct information regarding this burden be37help@bea.gov. investment that are not collected estimate may be viewed at pursuant to the 2012 rule are described When To Report: Reports are due to www.reginfo.gov; under the Information separately in 15 CFR part 801. The BE– BEA 45 days after the end of each Collection Review tab, click on 37 survey form and instructions are calendar quarter. ‘‘Search’’ and use the above OMB available on the BEA Web site at Paperwork Reduction Act Notice control number to search for the current www.bea.gov/ssb. survey instrument. Send comments This data collection has been regarding this burden estimate to Definitions approved by the Office of Management Director, Bureau of Economic Analysis (a) Person means any individual, and Budget (OMB) in accordance with (BE–1), U.S. Department of Commerce, branch, partnership, associated group, the Paperwork Reduction Act and Washington, DC 20230; and to the association, estate, trust, corporation, or assigned control number 0608–0011. An Office of Management and Budget, other organization (whether or not agency may not conduct or sponsor, and Paperwork Reduction Project 0608– organized under the laws of any State), a person is not required to respond to, 0034, Washington, DC 20503. and any government (including a a collection of information unless it Authority: 22 U.S.C. 3101–3108. foreign government, the U.S. displays a valid control number Government, a State or local assigned by OMB. Public reporting Brian C. Moyer, government, and any agency, burden for this collection of information Director, Bureau of Economic Analysis. corporation, financial institution, or is estimated to average 4 hours per [FR Doc. 2016–07460 Filed 4–1–16; 8:45 am] other entity or instrumentality thereof, response. Additional information BILLING CODE 3510–06–P including a government-sponsored regarding this burden estimate may be agency). viewed at www.reginfo.gov; under the (b) U.S. person means any person Information Collection Review tab, click DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE resident in the United States or subject on ‘‘Search’’ and use the above OMB to the jurisdiction of the United States. control number to search for the current Bureau of Economic Analysis (c) United States, when used in a survey instrument. Send comments [Docket No. 160303194–6194–01] geographic sense, means the 50 States, regarding this burden estimate to the District of Columbia, the Director, Bureau of Economic Analysis XRIN: 0691–XC043 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and all (BE–1), U.S. Department of Commerce, BE–37: Quarterly Survey of U.S. Airline territories and possessions of the United Washington, DC 20230; and to the Operators’ Foreign Revenues and States. Office of Management and Budget, (d) Foreign person means any person Expenses Paperwork Reduction Project 0608– mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES resident outside the United States or 0011, Washington DC 20503. AGENCY: Bureau of Economic Analysis, subject to the jurisdiction of a country Commerce. other than the United States. Authority: 22 U.S.C. 3101–3108. ACTION: Notice of reporting Reporting Brian C. Moyer, requirements. Director, Bureau of Economic Analysis. Notice of specific reporting SUMMARY: By this Notice, the Bureau of requirements, including who is to [FR Doc. 2016–07468 Filed 4–1–16; 8:45 am] Economic Analysis (BEA), Department report, the information to be reported, BILLING CODE 3510–06–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:03 Apr 01, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 E:\FR\FM\04APN1.SGM 04APN1


Document Created: 2016-04-02 03:53:18
Document Modified: 2016-04-02 03:53:18
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of reporting requirements.
FR Citation81 FR 19126 
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