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 is listed under ICR 202511-1520-001.

All Historical Document Collections

Historical document collections
ReferenceFilingReceivedConcludedAction
202511-1520-001 Extension without change of a currently approved collection 2025-11-26
202308-1520-001 No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection 2023-08-10 Approved with change
202210-1520-001 New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number) 2022-10-05 Approved without change