15 CFR § 702.2 - Scope and purpose of surveys—avoiding duplicative requests for information.

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title: "15 CFR § 702.2 - Scope and purpose of surveys—avoiding duplicative requests for information."
title_number: 15
title_name: "Commerce and Foreign Trade"
section_number: "702.2"
section_name: "Scope and purpose of surveys—avoiding duplicative requests for information."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "NATIONAL SECURITY INDUSTRIAL BASE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "702"
part_name: "INDUSTRIAL BASE SURVEYS—DATA COLLECTIONS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "50 U.S.C. 4501  E.O. 13603, 77 FR 16651, 3 CFR, 2012 Comp., p. 225."
regulatory_source: "80 FR 41430, July 15, 2015, unless otherwise noted."
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# 702.2 Scope and purpose of surveys—avoiding duplicative requests for information.

(a) BIS will not send any survey to any person for completion unless the scope and purpose of the survey have been established, that scope and purpose are consistent with BIS's authorities under the DPA, and the data requested by the survey does not duplicate adequate and authoritative data already available to BIS from a Federal or other authoritative source.

(b) BIS personnel of appropriate competence and authority will ensure that the requirements of paragraph (a) of this section are met.

(c) This section shall not be construed as limiting the criteria that BIS may consider in determining whether to proceed with a survey. This paragraph shall not be construed as replacing or in any way modifying the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 *et seq.*).