OMB control number

Bureau of Engraving and Printing Features of Interest Survey for Banknote Equipment Manufacturers

OMB 1520-0012 · TREAS/BEP.

OMB 1520-0012

The Bureau of Engraving and Printing Feature of Interest Survey for Banknote Equipment Manufacturers (BEMs) is voluntarily completed by BEM companies to inform BEP's efforts to develop features to be included in future Federal Reserve Note (FRN) redesigns. The survey gives BEM companies the opportunity to comment whether proposed features and/or FRN redesigns (a.k.a. Features of Interest) can be detected, validated, transported, and stored by their products. Banknote Equipment Manufacturers (BEMs) are companies that produce any type of equipment that handles banknotes for commercial purposes involving accept/reject decisions for FRNs.

The latest form for Bureau of Engraving and Printing Features of Interest Survey for Banknote Equipment Manufacturers expires 2029-01-31 and can be found here.