Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Commerce The Department of Commerce 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: U.S. Census Bureau. Title: Automated Export System. OMB Control Number: 0607-0152. Form Number(s): None. Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection. Burden Hours: 910,115. Number of Respondents: 275,843. Average Hours per Response: 3 minutes per AES transaction. Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau is requesting continued clearance with revisions for the Automated Export System (AES) program. The AES record provides the means for collecting data on U.S. exports. The Census Bureau requires mandatory filing of all export information via the AES. Public Law 107-228 of the Foreign Trade Relations Act of 2003 mandates this requirement. This law authorizes the Secretary of Commerce with the concurrences of the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security to require all persons who file export information according to Title 13, United States Code (U.S.C.), Chapter 9, to file such information through the AES. The regulatory provisions for the collection of these data are contained in the Foreign Trade Regulations (FTR), Title 15, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 30. The official export statistics collected from these tools provide the basic component for the compilation of the U.S. position on …