# Proposed Collection; Comment Request
**AGENCY:**
Departmental Offices; Department of the Treasury.
**SUMMARY:**
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on renewal of a currently approved information collection that is to be proposed for approval by the Office of Management and Budget. The Office of International Affairs of the Department of the Treasury is soliciting comments concerning Treasury International Capital (TIC) Forms CQ-1 and CQ-2, “Financial and Commercial Liabilities to, and Claims on, Unaffiliated Foreign Residents.” The collections are mandatory.
**DATES:**
Written comments should be received on or before December 1, 2025 to be assured of consideration.
**ADDRESSES:**
Direct all written comments to Dwight Wolkow, International Portfolio Investment Data Systems, Department of the Treasury, Room 1050, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20220. In view of possible delays in mail delivery, please also notify Mr. Wolkow by email ( *[email protected]* ) or telephone (202-622-1276).
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Copies of the proposed forms and instructions are available on the Treasury's TIC Forms web page, *https://home.treasury.gov/data/treasury-international-capital-tic-system/tic-forms-instructions.* Requests for additional information should be directed to Mr. Wolkow ( *[email protected]* or 202-622-1276).
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
*Titles:* Treasury International Capital Form CQ-1, “Financial Liabilities to, and Claims on, Unaffiliated Foreign Residents;” and Treasury International Capital Form CQ-2, “Commercial Liabilities to, and Claims on, Unaffiliated Foreign Residents.”
*OMB Control Number:* 1505-0024.
*Abstract:* Forms CQ-1 and CQ-2 are part of the Treasury International Capital (TIC) reporting system, which is required by law (22 U.S.C. 286f; 22 U.S.C. 3103; E.O. 10033; 31 CFR 128), and is designed to collect timely information on international portfolio capital movements. Forms CQ-1 and CQ-2 are quarterly reports filed by non-financial enterprises in the U.S. to report their international portfolio transactions with unaffiliated foreign residents. This information is used by the U.S. Government in the formulation of international financial and monetary policies and for the preparation of the U.S. balance of payments accounts and the U.S. international investment position.
*Current Actions:* No changes in the forms or instructions are being proposed at this time.
*Type of Review:* Extension of a currently approved data collection.
*Affected Public:* Business or other for-profit organizations.
*Forms:* CQ-1 and CQ-2 (1505-0024).
*Estimated Number of Respondents:* 110 for both forms.
*Estimated Average Time per Respondent per Filing:* Six and seven-tenths (6.7) hours.
*Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:* 2,950 hours, based on four reporting periods per year.
*Request for Comments:* Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget approval. All comments will become a matter of public record. The public is invited to submit written comments concerning: (a) whether Forms CQ-1 and CQ-2 are necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Office, including whether the information will have practical uses; (b) the accuracy of the above estimate of the burdens; (c) ways to enhance the quality, usefulness and clarity of the information to be collected; (d) ways to minimize the reporting and/or record keeping burdens on respondents, including the use of information technologies to automate the collection of the data; and (e) estimates of capital or start-up costs of operation, maintenance and purchase of services to provide information.
Dwight Wolkow,
Administrator, International Portfolio Investment Data Reporting Systems.