Five-Year Records Retention Requirement for Export Transactions and Boycott Actions

Forms and Documents

Document Name	Status
0694.0096.SuppStmt.REVISED.050614.doc Supporting Statement A	2014-05-06
EAR 762.6.txt Supplementary Document	2011-02-09
EAR 760.txt Supplementary Document	2011-02-09

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Document Title	Status
4982	Exports	Modified
182242	Antiboycott	Modified

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 0694-0096	ICR Reference No: 201402-0694-002
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201207-0694-002
Agency/Subagency: DOC/BIS	Agency Tracking No: Renewal
Title: Five-Year Records Retention Requirement for Export Transactions and Boycott Actions
Type of Information Collection: Extension without change of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 05/30/2014
	Date Received in OIRA: 04/29/2014
Terms of Clearance: This collection is cleared based on the revised materials provided by the Department.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	05/31/2017	36 Months From Approved	05/31/2014
Responses	1,800,412	0	184,800,892
Time Burden (Hours)	30,007	0	528
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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Abstract: The five year records retention requirement enables BIS to detect violations from records up to five years old to correspond with the five year statue of limitations and prove that a violation did or did not take place.

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 50 USC 1702 Name of Law: International Emergency Economic Powers Act
   PL: Pub.L. 96 - 72 5, 6, 7 Name of Law: Export Administration Act of 1979
   EO: EO 13222 Name/Subject of EO: Continuation of Export Control Regulations
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	79 FR 2817	01/16/2014
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	79 FR 23930	04/29/2014
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 2

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Antiboycott
Exports

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ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	1,800,412	184,800,892	0	0	-183,000,480	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	30,007	528	0	0	29,479	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: Adjustments: The previous estimated recordkeeping requirement of .01 second was increased to 1 minute to file exports and antiboycott documents (after review of public comment). This results in an estimated recordkeeping burden hours net increase of 29,479 (from 528 to 30,007). The number of export transactions subject to the EAR was decreased to 36 million annually based on current Census data. The number of transactions stored in paper form only was estimated to be 5 percent or 1,800,000 (reduced from 184,800,000). The number of antiboycott respondents was decreased from 892 to 412 based on 2012 data. Net decrease of 183,000,480 responses.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $0

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

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Common Form ICR:  No

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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:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(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;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

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.

Certification Date: 04/29/2014

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