This information
collection request is approved for five months. In order to request
a full three-year clearance, the agency must publish the required
notices in the Federal Register. In the process of developing a new
request, the agency must evaluate whether management of this form
is most appropriately handled by the agency or the Small Business
Administration, must develop revisions to this form in coordination
with SBA so as to ensure consistency with SBA programs, must revise
the form to comply with OMB guidelines on the collection of race
and ethnicity data (issued in 1997), and must develop a supporting
statement that reflects all uses of the data collected on this
form, including those uses by SBA. Approval of this request is
limited to five months to encourage expeditious action on these
items.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
05/31/2005
05/31/2005
12/31/2004
600
0
600
1,200
0
1,200
0
0
0
Ex-Import Bank provides working
capital guarantees to institution financing exports. The form
provides information which allows the Bank to find the
legislatively required reasonable assurance of repayment as well as
other statutory requirements. The affected public consists of all
entities invloved in the export of U.S. goods and services
including exporters, commercial banks and other non-bank lenders
which apply for working capital loans that are advanced by the
lenders to U.S. exporters.
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:
(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;
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.