82 FR 61535 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 248 (December 28, 2017)
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 248 (December 28, 2017)
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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 248 (Thursday, December 28, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 61535-61536] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-28021] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of [[Page 61536]] information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act. Agency: U.S. Census Bureau. Title: Survey of Housing Starts, Sales & Completions. OMB Control Number: 0607-0110. Form Number(s): SOC-Q1/SF.1, SCO-Q1/MF.1. Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection. Number of Respondents: 19,440. Average Hours per Response: 5 minutes. Burden Hours: 150,066. Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census Bureau is requesting a revision and extension of the currently approved collection for the Survey of Housing Starts, Sales, and Completions, otherwise known as the Survey of Construction (SOC). Government agencies and private companies use statistics from SOC to monitor and evaluate the large and dynamic housing construction industry. Data for two Principal Federal Economic Indicators are produced from the SOC: New Residential Construction (housing starts and housing completions) and New Residential Sales. In addition, a number of other statistical series are produced, including extensive information on the physical characteristics of new residential buildings, and indexes measuring rates of inflation in the price of new buildings. The collection of data on housing units sold and completed and physical characteristics is funded by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) via a reimbursable agreement with the Census Bureau. HUD uses data on housing market conditions to inform its policies. These statistics are based on a sample of residential buildings in permit-issuing places and a road canvass in a sample of land areas not covered by building permit systems. The respondents are homebuilders, real estate agents, rental agents, or new homeowners of sampled residential buildings. Field Representatives contact respondents multiple times based on the number of projects in the sample and the number of months required to complete the project (usually about 8 months). After discussions with HUD and other key data users, we identified one new data item on ceiling height to be added to the single-family questionnaire. The Census Bureau uses the information collected in the SOC to publish estimates of the number of new residential housing units started, under construction, completed, and the number of new houses sold and for sale. The Census Bureau also publishes many financial and physical characteristics of new housing units. Government agencies use these statistics to evaluate economic policy, measure progress towards the national housing goal, make policy decisions, and formulate legislation. For example, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System uses data from this survey to evaluate the effect of interest rates in this interest-rate sensitive area of the economy. The Bureau of Economic Analysis uses the data in developing the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The private sector uses the information for estimating the demand for building materials and the many products used in new housing and to schedule production, distribution, and sales efforts. The financial community uses the data to estimate the demand for short- term (construction loans) and long-term (mortgages) borrowing. Affected Public: Individuals; Businesses. Frequency: Monthly. Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary. Legal Authority: Title 13, United States Code, Sections 131 and 182. 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 sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to [email protected] or fax to (202) 395-5806. Sheleen Dumas, Departmental PRA Lead, Office of the Chief Information Officer. [FR Doc. 2017-28021 Filed 12-27-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-07-P
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Form Number(s): ABS–1 Worksheet, 2018. Responses will be due • The Small Business Administration
ABS–2 Worksheet. approximately 40 days from initial (SBA) and the Minority Business
Type of Request: New collection. mailout. Select respondents will receive Development Agency (MBDA) to assess
Number of Respondents: 850,000. a due date reminder approximately one business assistance needs and allocate
Average Hours per Response: 52 week before responses are due. available program resources.
minutes. Additionally, there will be two follow- • Local government commissions on
Burden Hours: 735,934. up letter mailings to nonrespondents small and disadvantaged businesses to
Needs and Uses: In an effort to after the due date. Select establish and evaluate contract
improve the measurement of business nonrespondents may receive a certified procurement practices.
dynamics in the United States, the mailing for the second follow-up if • Federal, state and local government
Census Bureau plans to conduct the needed. Closeout of mail operations is agencies as a framework for planning,
Annual Business Survey (ABS). The directing and assessing programs that
scheduled for December 2018. Upon the
ABS is a new survey designed to promote the activities of disadvantaged
close of the collection period, the
combine Census Bureau firm-level groups.
response data will be processed, edited,
collections to reduce respondent • The National Women’s Business
reviewed, tabulated, and released
burden, increase data quality, reduce Council to assess the state of women’s
publicly.
operational costs, and operate more business ownership for policymakers,
efficiently. The ABS replaces the five- Statistics from the ABS will be used
by government program officials, researchers, and the public at large.
year Survey of Business Owners (SBO) • Consultants and researchers to
for employer businesses, the Annual industry organization leaders, economic
and social analysts, business analyze long-term economic and
Survey of Entrepreneurs (ASE), and the demographic shifts, and differences in
Business R&D and Innovation for entrepreneurs, and domestic and foreign
researchers in academia, business, and ownership and performance among
Microbusinesses (BRDI–M) surveys. geographic areas.
government. Estimates produced on
ABS estimates will include the number
owner demographic data may be used to • Individual business owners to
of firms, sales/receipts, annual payroll, analyze their operations in comparison
and employment by gender, ethnicity, assess business assistance needs,
allocate available program resources, to similar firms, compute their market
race, and veteran status as well as R&D share, and assess their growth and
and Innovation and various other and create a framework for planning,
directing, and assessing programs that future prospects.
relevant topics. The ABS will be Affected Public: Business or other for-
conducted jointly by the National promote the activities of disadvantaged
groups; to assess minority-owned profit.
Center for Science and Engineering Frequency: Annually.
Statistics (NCSES) within the National businesses by industry and area and to Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Science Foundation (NSF) and the educate industry associations, Legal Authority: Title 13 United States
Census Bureau for five reference years corporations, and government entities; Code, Sections 8(b), 131, and 182, Title
(2017–2021). to analyze business operations in 42 United States Code, Section 1861–76
The ABS universe includes all comparison to similar firms, compute (National Science Foundation Act of
nonfarm employer businesses filing market share, and assess business 1950, as amended), and Section 505
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) tax forms growth and future prospects. Estimates within the America COMPETES
as individual proprietorships, produced on research and development Reauthorization Act of 2010 authorize
partnerships, or any type of corporation, and innovation may be used to compare this collection. Sections 224 and 225 of
and with receipts of $1,000 or more. The R&D costs across industries, determine Title 13 United States Code requires
ABS will sample approximately 850,000 where R&D activity is conducted response from sampled firms.
employer businesses in 2017 and geographically, and identify the types of This information collection request
approximately 300,000 employer businesses with R&D; to contribute to may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov.
businesses in years 2018–2021. The the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) Follow the instructions to view
sample is stratified by state, frame, and system of national accounts; to increase Department of Commerce collections
industry. The Census Bureau selects investments in research and currently under review by OMB.
certain companies with certainty based development, strengthen education, and Written comments and
on volume of sales, payroll, number of encourage entrepreneurship; and to recommendations for the proposed
paid employees or NAICS. All certainty compare business innovation in the information collection should be sent
cases are sure to be selected and United States to that of other countries, within 30 days of publication of this
represent only themselves. including those in the European Union. notice to OIRA_Submission@
The ABS is designed to incorporate Additionally, the data will help omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806.
new content each survey year based on provide insight into the technology
sector based on how businesses respond Sheleen Dumas,
topics of relevance. Each year a new
module of questions is submitted to the to questions about technology usage and Departmental PRA Lead, Office of the Chief
approximate costs of technology usage. Information Officer.
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for approval. Topics for the 2017 Historical ASE and SBO data have [FR Doc. 2017–28012 Filed 12–27–17; 8:45 am]
ABS include: Owner & Business been widely used by private firms and BILLING CODE 3510–07–P
Characteristics; R&D from individuals to evaluate their own
microbusiness; Innovation; and businesses and markets. The ABS will
be able to provide most of the same DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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Technology.
The ABS collection is electronic only. continuity as previous statistics, with
Submission for OMB Review;
Those selected for the survey receive an enhanced content, to provide a more
Comment Request
initial letter informing the respondents comprehensive view of domestic
of their requirement to complete the employer businesses, their owners and The Department of Commerce will
survey as well as instructions on corresponding characteristics and submit to the Office of Management and
accessing the survey. The 2017 ABS activities. Additional examples of data Budget (OMB) for clearance the
initial mailout is scheduled for June use include: following proposal for collection of
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information under the provisions of the new housing units. Government a defense article on the United States
Paperwork Reduction Act. agencies use these statistics to evaluate Munitions List, without the required
Agency: U.S. Census Bureau. economic policy, measure progress U.S. Department of State license.
Title: Survey of Housing Starts, Sales towards the national housing goal, make Esequiel-Gonzalez was sentenced to 55
& Completions. policy decisions, and formulate months in prison, three years of
OMB Control Number: 0607–0110. legislation. For example, the Board of supervised release, and a special
Form Number(s): SOC–Q1/SF.1, SCO– Governors of the Federal Reserve assessment of $100.
Q1/MF.1. System uses data from this survey to Section 766.25 of the Export
Type of Request: Revision of a evaluate the effect of interest rates in Administration Regulations (‘‘EAR’’ or
currently approved collection. this interest-rate sensitive area of the ‘‘Regulations’’) 1 provides, in pertinent
Number of Respondents: 19,440. economy. The Bureau of Economic part, that ‘‘[t]he Director of the Office of
Average Hours per Response: 5 Exporter Services, in consultation with
Analysis uses the data in developing the
minutes. the Director of the Office of Export
Burden Hours: 150,066. Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The
private sector uses the information for Enforcement, may deny the export
Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census privileges of any person who has been
Bureau is requesting a revision and estimating the demand for building
materials and the many products used convicted of a violation of the EAA
extension of the currently approved [Export Administration Act], the EAR,
collection for the Survey of Housing in new housing and to schedule
production, distribution, and sales or any order, license, or authorization
Starts, Sales, and Completions, issued thereunder; any regulation,
otherwise known as the Survey of efforts. The financial community uses
the data to estimate the demand for license or order issued under the
Construction (SOC). Government International Emergency Economic
agencies and private companies use short-term (construction loans) and
long-term (mortgages) borrowing. Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701–1706); 18
statistics from SOC to monitor and U.S.C. 793, 794 or 798; section 4(b) of
Affected Public: Individuals;
evaluate the large and dynamic housing the Internal Security Act of 1950 (50
Businesses.
construction industry. Data for two U.S.C. 783(b)); or section 38 of the Arms
Frequency: Monthly.
Principal Federal Economic Indicators Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778).’’ 15
are produced from the SOC: New Legal Authority: Title 13, United CFR 766.25(a); see also Section 11(h) of
Residential Construction (housing starts States Code, Sections 131 and 182. the EAA, 50 U.S.C. 4610(h). The denial
and housing completions) and New This information collection request of export privileges under this provision
Residential Sales. In addition, a number may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov. may be for a period of up to 10 years
of other statistical series are produced, Follow the instructions to view from the date of the conviction. 15 CFR
including extensive information on the Department of Commerce collections 766.25(d); see also 50 U.S.C. 4610(h). In
physical characteristics of new currently under review by OMB. addition, Section 750.8 of the
residential buildings, and indexes Written comments and Regulations states that the Bureau of
measuring rates of inflation in the price recommendations for the proposed Industry and Security’s Office of
of new buildings. The collection of data information collection should be sent Exporter Services may revoke any
on housing units sold and completed within 30 days of publication of this Bureau of Industry and Security (‘‘BIS’’)
and physical characteristics is funded notice to OIRA_Submission@ licenses previously issued pursuant to
by the Department of Housing and omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806. the Export Administration Act (‘‘EAA’’
Urban Development (HUD) via a or ‘‘the Act’’) or the Regulations in
reimbursable agreement with the Census Sheleen Dumas,
which the person had an interest at the
Bureau. HUD uses data on housing Departmental PRA Lead, Office of the Chief time of his/her conviction.
market conditions to inform its policies. Information Officer. BIS has received notice of Esequiel-
These statistics are based on a sample of [FR Doc. 2017–28021 Filed 12–27–17; 8:45 am] Gonzalez’s conviction for violating
residential buildings in permit-issuing BILLING CODE 3510–07–P Section 38 of the AECA, and has
places and a road canvass in a sample provided notice and an opportunity for
of land areas not covered by building Esequiel-Gonzalez to make a written
permit systems. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE submission to BIS, as provided in
The respondents are homebuilders, Section 766.25 of the Regulations. BIS
real estate agents, rental agents, or new Bureau of Industry and Security
has not received a submission from
homeowners of sampled residential In the Matter of: Joseph Esequiel- Esequiel-Gonzalez.
buildings. Field Representatives contact Gonzalez, Inmate Number: 04655–479, Based upon my review and
respondents multiple times based on the FCI Bastrop Federal Correctional consultations with BIS’s Office of
number of projects in the sample and Institution, P.O. Box 1010, Bastrop, TX Export Enforcement, including its
the number of months required to 78602; Order Denying Export Director, and the facts available to BIS,
complete the project (usually about 8 Privileges I have decided to deny Esequiel-
months).
After discussions with HUD and other On August 30, 2016, in the U.S. 1 The Regulations are currently codified in the
key data users, we identified one new District Court for the Southern District Code of Federal Regulations at 15 CFR parts 730–
774 (2017). The Regulations issued pursuant to the
data item on ceiling height to be added of Texas, Joseph Esequiel-Gonzalez Export Administration Act (50 U.S.C. 4601–4623
to the single-family questionnaire. (‘‘Esequiel-Gonzalez’’) was convicted of (Supp. III 2015) (available at http://
The Census Bureau uses the violating Section 38 of the Arms Export
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uscode.house.gov)) (‘‘EAA’’ or ‘‘the Act’’). Since
information collected in the SOC to Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778 (2012)) August 21, 2001, the Act has been in lapse and the
President, through Executive Order 13222 of August
publish estimates of the number of new (‘‘AECA’’). Specifically, Esequiel- 17, 2001 (3 CFR, 2001 Comp. 783 (2002)), which
residential housing units started, under Gonzalez was convicted of knowingly has been extended by successive Presidential
construction, completed, and the and willfully exporting, attempting to Notices, the most recent being that of August 15,
2017 (82 FR 39005 (Aug. 16, 2017)), has continued
number of new houses sold and for sale. export, and causing to be exported from the Regulations in effect under the International
The Census Bureau also publishes many the United States to Mexico a .380 Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701,
financial and physical characteristics of caliber pistol, which was designated as et seq. (2012)).
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