Treasury disseminates to other
agencies that are members of the Committee on Foreign Investment in
the United States information collected under the regulations from
parties involved in a foreign acquisition of a U.S. company in
order to do a national security analysis of the
acquisition.
Due to the uncertainty in how
many more notices and declarations will be submitted as a result of
these proposed rules, the Department of the Treasury is estimating
that the number of respondents will increase from the
previously-approved information collections for notices under part
800 and from the estimated number of declarations for the Pilot
Program Interim Rule. The estimated number of burden hours
increased by 37,320 hours, primarily due to the addition of covered
investments and covered real estate transactions, which were not
subject to CFIUS jurisdiction previously. The Department of the
Treasury also estimates an increase in the cost to the Federal
Government in Item 14, due to the expected increase in the number
of FTEs working on CFIUS matters.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.