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Federal Register
Vol. 90, No. 39
Friday, February 28, 2025

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Census Bureau

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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; High-Frequency Surveys
Program/Household Trends and
Outlook Pulse Survey (HTOPS)
On July 22, 2024, the Department of
Commerce received clearance from the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 to
conduct Phase 4.2 of the Household
Pulse Survey (OMB No. 0607–1029,
Exp. 01/31/27) and on July 12, 2024,
clearance was received to conduct the
tenth, eleventh, and twelfth Census
Household Panel topical operations
(OMB No. 0607–1025, Exp. 6/30/26).
Clearance for the Household Trends and
Outlook Pulse Survey (HTOPS)
recruitment operation, January topical
operation and February topical
operation (0607–1029) were approved
by OMB on January 15, 2025. The
Household Trends and Outlook Pulse
Survey (HTOPS) is designed to ensure
the availability of frequent data
collection for nationwide estimates on a
variety of topics for a variety of
subgroups of the population. This notice
serves to inform you of the Department’s
intent to request clearance from OMB to
conduct HTOPS March, April, and May
data collections.
The topical survey that will field in
March will include labor force focused
content to test a series of questions that
are being designed for production use in
the Survey of Income and Program
Participation (SIPP) labor force module.
The April topical survey will include
content from the Household Pulse
Survey. The Household Pulse Survey
will continue to serve as an
experimental endeavor in cooperation
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near real-time data to understand the
effects of current events, including
natural disaster events or other social or
economic events facing the nation or a
significant portion of the nation.
Data collected in the Household Pulse
Survey demonstrate the ability to
quickly collect and disseminate highfrequency data products that inform the
public in urgent circumstances. Data
products will include public-use data
files and detailed data tables, which can
be used by federal, state, and local
agencies; academic and non-government
organizations; the media; and the
public.
The May topical will provide
important methodological data to
compare the HTOPS responses against a
national benchmark and similar survey
design, pulling questions from Pew’s
National Public Opinion Reference
Survey. These will be used for
methodological assessment of the
current panel members
representativeness compared to this
national benchmark and other similar
data collection strategies and will be
used to inform directions for future
recruitment and replenishment. The
May topical also pilots a short series
seeking to measure reasons for
migration to be used in other surveys
like the Survey of Income and Program
Participation.
It is the Department’s intention to
commence data collection using the
revised instrument on or about March
18, 2025, April 15, 2025, and May 20,
2025. We invite the general public and
other Federal agencies to comment on
proposed and continuing information
collections, which helps us assess the
impact of our information collection
requirements and minimize the public’s
reporting burden. Public comments
were previously requested via the
Federal Register on December 9, 2024
(OMB No. 0607–1029) during a 30-day
comment period. This notice allows for
an additional 30 days for public
comments.
Agency: U.S. Census Bureau,
Department of Commerce.
Title: High Frequency Surveys
Program/Household Trends and
Outlook Pulse Survey.
OMB Control Number: 0607–1029.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission,
Request for a Revision of a Currently
Approved Collection.

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Number of Respondents: March:
10,000; April/May: 20,350 (244,200
annually).
Average Hours per Response: .333 (20
minutes).
Burden Hours: March: 3.330; April/
May: 6,777 (81,399 annually).
Needs and Uses: The High-Frequency
Surveys Program was established as a
natural progression from the creation of
the Household Pulse Survey. The
Household Trends and Outlook Pulse
Survey (HTOPS) is a probability-based
nationwide nationally-representative
survey panel designed to test the
methods to collect data on a variety of
topics of interest, and for conducting
experimentation on alternative question
wording and methodological
approaches. The goal of the HTOPS is
to ensure availability of frequent data
collection for nationwide estimates on a
variety of topics and a variety of
subgroups of the population, meeting
standards for transparent quality
reporting of the Federal Statistical
Agencies and the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB).
Panelists and households selected for
the HTOPS were recruited from the
Census Bureau’s gold standard Master
Address File. This ensures that HTOPS
is rooted in this rigorously developed
and maintained frame and available for
linkage to administrative records
securely maintained and curated by the
Census Bureau. Invitations to complete
the monthly surveys will be sent via
email and SMS messages.
Questionnaires will be mainly internet
self-response. The HTOPS will maintain
representativeness by allowing
respondents who do not use the internet
to respond via computer-assisted
telephone interviewing (CATI). All
panelists will receive an incentive for
each complete questionnaire. Periodic
replenishment samples will maintain
representativeness and panelists will be
replaced after a period of three years.
Affected Public: Households.
Frequency: Monthly.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title 13, United
States Code, Sections 141, 182 and 193.
This information collection request
may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov.
Follow the instructions to view the
Department of Commerce collections
currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and
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information collection should be
submitted within 30 days of the
publication of this notice on the
following website www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain. Find this
particular information collection by
selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day
Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or
by using the search function and
entering either the title of the collection
or the OMB Control Number 0607–1029.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Compliance Officer, Office
of the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs,
Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2025–03194 Filed 2–27–25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510–07–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Economic Analysis
[Docket No. 250224–0018]
RIN 0691–XC156

BE–30: Quarterly Survey of Ocean
Freight Revenues and Foreign
Expenses of U.S. Carriers
Bureau of Economic Analysis,
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of reporting
requirements.
AGENCY:

By this Notice, the Bureau of
Economic Analysis (BEA), Department
of Commerce, is informing the public
that it is conducting the mandatory
survey titled Quarterly Survey of Ocean
Freight Revenues and Foreign Expenses
of U.S. Carriers (BE–30). The data
collected on the BE–30 survey are
needed to measure U.S. trade in
transport services and to analyze the
impact of U.S. trade on the U.S. and
foreign economies. This survey is
authorized by the International
Investment and Trade in Services
Survey Act.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christopher Stein, Chief, Services
Surveys Branch, Balance of Payments
Division, via phone at (301) 278–9189 or
via email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Through
this Notice, BEA publishes the reporting
requirements for the BE–30 survey form.
As noted below, all U.S. persons
required to respond to this mandatory
survey will be contacted by BEA. U.S.
persons must submit the completed
survey forms within 30 days after the
end of each quarter. This Notice is being
issued in conformance with 15 CFR
801.3. Additional information about
BEA’s collection of data on international
trade in services and direct investment
can be found in the International

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Investment and Trade in Services
Survey Act (22 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.), as
well as BEA’s final rule, published April
24, 2012 (77 FR 24373), establishing
guidelines for collecting data on
international trade in services and direct
investment through public notice rather
than separate rulemaking. 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–
30 survey form and instructions are
available at www.bea.gov/ssb.
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 U.S. ocean carriers that
had total reportable revenues or total
reportable expenses that were $500,000
or more during the previous year, or are
expected to be $500,000 or more during
the current year. See BE–30 survey form
for more details.
(b) U.S. persons required to report
will be contacted individually by BEA.
U.S. persons not contacted by BEA have
no reporting responsibilities.
What To Report: The survey collects
information on U.S. ocean freight
carriers’ foreign revenues and expenses.
How To Report: Reports can be filed
using BEA’s electronic reporting system
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 www.bea.gov/
ssb and submitted through mail or fax.
Form BE–30 inquiries can be made by
phone to BEA at (301) 278–9303 or by
sending an email to [email protected].
When To Report: Reports are due to
BEA 30 days after the end of each
quarter.
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 0608–0011. 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 4 hours per
response. Additional information
regarding this burden estimate may be
viewed at www.reginfo.gov; under the

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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
Christopher Stein, Chief, Services
Surveys Branch (BE–50), Balance of
Payments Division, via email at
[email protected]; and to the
Office of Management and Budget,
Paperwork Reduction Project 0608–
0011, via email at OIRA_Submission@
omb.eop.gov.
(Authority: 22 U.S.C. 3101–3108)
Paul W. Farello,
Associate Director for International
Economics, Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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BILLING CODE 3510–06–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Economic Analysis
[Docket No. 250224–0026]
RIN 0691–XC164

BE–15: Annual Survey of Foreign
Direct Investment in the United States
Bureau of Economic Analysis,
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of reporting
requirements.
AGENCY:

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). The data collected on the BE–
15 survey are needed to measure the
size and economic significance of
foreign direct investment in the United
States and its impact on the U.S.
economy. This survey is authorized by
the International Investment and Trade
in Services Survey Act.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kirsten Brew, Chief, Multinational
Operations Branch (BE–49), via phone
at (301) 278–9152 or via email at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Through
this Notice, BEA publishes the reporting
requirements for the BE–15 survey form.
As noted below, all entities required to
respond to this mandatory survey will
be contacted by BEA. A completed
report covering the entity’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 15 CFR
801.3. Additional information about
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