Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Remittance Forwarding Services and Travel and Carrier Services to Cuba
| Published date | 30 April 2019 |
| Citation | 84 FR 18341 |
| Record Number | 2019-08647 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Foreign Assets Control Office,Treasury Department |
Federal Register, Volume 84 Issue 83 (Tuesday, April 30, 2019)
[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 83 (Tuesday, April 30, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18341-18342]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-08647]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Remittance Forwarding
Services and Travel and Carrier Services to Cuba
AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed and/or
continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. Currently, the Office of Foreign Assets Control
(OFAC) within the Department of the Treasury is soliciting comments
concerning OFAC's information collection requirements for persons using
remittance forwarding, travel, or carrier service providers for
remittances or travel to Cuba, which are contained within the Cuban
Assets Control Regulations.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before July 1, 2019 to
be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions on the website for submitting comments. Refer to Docket
Number OFAC-2019-0002 and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
control numbers 1505-0167 and 1505-0168.
Fax: Attn: Request for Comments (Remittance Forwarding Services and
Travel and Carrier Services to Cuba) 202-622-1759.
Mail: Attn: Request for Comments (Remittance Forwarding Services
and Travel and Carrier Services to Cuba), Office of Foreign Assets
Control, Department of the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20220. Refer to Docket Number OFAC-2019-0002 and the OMB
control numbers 1505-0167 and 1505-0168.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and the Federal Register Doc. number that appears at the end of this
document. Comments received will be made available to the public via
regulations.gov or upon request, without change and including any
personal information provided.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: OFAC: Assistant Director for
Licensing, tel.: 202-622-2480; Assistant Director for Regulatory
Affairs, tel.: 202-622-4855; Assistant Director for Sanctions
Compliance & Evaluation, tel.: 202-622-2490; or the Department of the
Treasury's Office of the Chief Counsel (Foreign Assets Control), Office
of the General Counsel, tel.: 202-622-2410.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: Remittance Forwarding Services and
Travel and Carrier Services to Cuba.
OMB Number: 1505-0167 and 1505-0168.
Abstract: The information in 1505-0167 is a certification required
pursuant to Sec. 515.572(a)(4) of the Cuban Assets Control
Regulations, 31 CFR part 515 (CACR) by persons subject to the
jurisdiction of the United States who make authorized remittances to
persons in Cuba. OFAC will use the information to monitor compliance
with regulations governing authorized family and inherited remittances,
donative remittances, remittances to religious organizations,
remittances to students in Cuba pursuant to an educational license,
emigration remittances, and periodic remittances from blocked
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accounts as well as the provision of remittance forwarding services.
The information in 1505-0168 is a certification required pursuant
to Sec. 515.572(a)(4) of the CACR by persons subject to the
jurisdiction of the United States who engage in authorized travel to
Cuba. OFAC will use the information to monitor compliance with
regulations governing persons subject to U.S. jurisdiction, including
travel agents, airlines and vessel operators, providing authorized
travel and carrier services with respect to Cuba and persons who travel
to Cuba.
The record keeping burden associated with these collections is
addressed in 1505-0164.
The burden estimates herein reflect the current CACR. On April 17,
2019, National Security Advisor Ambassador John Bolton announced
forthcoming regulatory changes that may impact these estimates. Because
those regulatory changes have not yet been issued, however, it is not
possible to reflect any potential changes to the relevant burden
estimates. OFAC will update the relevant burden estimates as necessary
and feasible.
Current Actions: OFAC requires that persons subject to U.S.
jurisdiction providing remittance forwarding services or travel or
carrier services authorized pursuant to 31 CFR 515.572 retain for at
least five years from the date of the transaction a certification from
each customer indicating the section of 31 CFR part 515 or, if
relevant, the number of the specific license, that authorizes the
customer to send the remittance to Cuba or that authorizes the customer
to travel to Cuba, respectively. In addition, the service provider must
maintain on file the names and addresses of individual remitters or
travelers, the number and amount of each remittance, and that name and
address of each recipient, as applicable.
Type of Review: Extension of currently approved collections.
Affected Public: Individuals, households, businesses, non-
governmental organizations, and banking institutions. The likely
respondents and record-keepers affected by this collection of
information are persons using U.S. remittance forwarding services and
U.S. travel and carrier services.
For 1505-0167 (remittance forwarding services):
Estimated Number of Respondents: 4,000,000 respondents; 7,000,000
total filings.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 1 minute.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 116,667 hours.
For 1505-0168 (travel and carrier services):
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,750,000.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 1 minute.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 29,167 hours.
Request for Comments
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for OMB approval. All comments will
become a matter of public record. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including whether the information has
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the
burden of the collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents,
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other
forms of information technology; and (e) estimates of capital or start-
up costs and costs of operation, maintenance, and purchase of services
to provide information.
Approved: April 24, 2019.
Andrea Gacki,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2019-08647 Filed 4-29-19; 8:45 am]
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