USMCA Automotive Rules of Origin: Economic Impact and Operation, 2025 Report; Submission of Questionnaire and Information Collection Plan for Office of Management and Budget Review

USMCA Automotive Rules of Origin: Economic Impact and Operation, 2025 Report; Submission of Questionnaire and Information Collection Plan for Office of Management and Budget Review

Publication: Federal Register
Agency: International Trade Commission
Byline: Lisa Barton
Date: 22 May 2024
Subject: American Government

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 100 (Wednesday, May 22, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 45015]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-11184]

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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigation No. 332-600]

USMCA Automotive Rules of Origin: Economic Impact and Operation,
2025 Report; Submission of Questionnaire and Information Collection
Plan for Office of Management and Budget Review

AGENCY: U.S. International Trade Commission.

ACTION: Notice of submission of request for approval of a questionnaire
and information collection to the Office of Management and Budget.

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SUMMARY: The information requested by the questionnaire is for use by
the Commission in connection with Investigation No. 332-600, USMCA
Automotive Rules of Origin: Economic Impact and Operation, 2025 Report.

ADDRESSES: All Commission offices are located in the U.S. International
Trade Commission Building, 500 E Street SW, Washington, DC. Persons
with mobility impairments who will need special assistance in gaining
access to the Commission should contact the Office of the Secretary at
202-205-2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Please direct all questions and
comments about this investigation to the project team via email at
USMCAAutoROO@usitc.gov or via phone to Aaron Woodward at 202-205-2663.
The Commission is not accepting paper correspondence for this
investigation.
Comments about the proposal should be provided to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, through the Information Collection Review Dashboard at https://www.reginfo.gov. All comments should be specific, indicating whether
any part of the questionnaire is objectionable, describing the concern
in detail, and including specific suggested revisions or language
changes. Copies of any comments should be provided electronically to
the Commission's project team via email to USMCAAutoROO@usitc.gov.
The public record for this investigation is viewable on the
Commission's electronic docket (EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov.
General information concerning the Commission is available on its
website (https://www.usitc.gov). Hearing-impaired individuals can
obtain information on this matter by contacting the TDD terminal at
202-205-1810.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The information requested by the
questionnaire is for use by the Commission in connection with
Investigation No. 332-600, USMCA Automotive Rules of Origin: Economic
Impact and Operation, 2025 Report, instituted under section 202A(g)(2)
of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act (19
U.S.C. 4532(g)(2)) (USMCA Implementation Act). The USMCA Implementation
Act requires that the Commission prepare a series of five biennial
reports on the USMCA automotive rules of origin (ROOs) and their impact
on the U.S. economy and automotive industry, effect on U.S.
competitiveness, and relevancy in light of technological changes, and
to submit these reports to the President, the House Committee on Ways
and Means, and the Senate Committee on Finance. The Commission
delivered the first of the reports on June 30, 2023, with four more
reports due in 2025, 2027, 2029, and 2031.
This investigation was instituted on November 15, 2023, and the
notice of investigation was published in the Federal Register on
November 21, 2023 (88 FR 81100). The Commission will submit the second
of its five reports to the President, the House Committee on Ways and
Means, and the Senate Committee on Finance by July 1, 2025. The
Commission indicated in its notice of investigation that it intended to
obtain data and information through a survey. The survey will assist
the Commission in gathering responses and data from motor vehicle
producers in the United States to determine the direct impacts of the
ROOs on the aforementioned factors. Such data are not publicly
available, and without this information collection, certain aspects of
the Commission's analysis of the impact of the ROOs will be less robust
in, or absent from, its report.
The Commission intends to submit the following draft information
collection plan to the OMB:
(1) Number of forms submitted: 1.
(2) Title of form: The USMCA Automotive Rules of Origin Motor
Vehicle Producer Questionnaire.
(3) Type of request: New.
(4) Frequency of use: Industry questionnaire, single data
gathering, scheduled for 2024.
(5) Description of respondents: North American motor vehicle
producers with U.S. production operations.
(6) Estimated number of questionnaire requests to be emailed: 30.
(7) Estimated total number of hours to complete the questionnaire
per respondent: 40 hours.
(8) Information obtained from the questionnaire that qualifies as
confidential business information will be so treated by the Commission
and not disclosed in a manner that would reveal the individual
operations of a business.
Information about the investigation and other supplementary
documents can be accessed on the USITC website at https://www.usitc.gov/USMCAAutoROO.

By order of the Commission.

Issued: May 16, 2024.
Lisa Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2024-11184 Filed 5-21-24; 8:45 am]
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