# 2026-12727: Exporters Must Keep Boycott Records for Five Years

2026-12727, Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Five-Year Records Retention Requirement for Export Transactions and Boycott Actions., is a Federal Register notice from Commerce Department, Industry and Security Bureau published 2026-06-24, effective To ensure consideration, comments regarding this proposed information collection must be received on or before August 24, 2026.; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-07-01).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-12727
- As of: 2026-07-01
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-12727
- Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Five-Year Records Retention Requirement for Export Transactions and Boycott Actions.
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Commerce Department; Industry and Security Bureau
- Citation: 91 FR 37947
- Published: 2026-06-24
- Effective: To ensure consideration, comments regarding this proposed information collection must be received on or before August 24, 2026.
- Comments close: 2026-08-24
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-07-01

## In one line

Exporters Must Keep Boycott Records for Five Years

## Summary

If you’re involved in exporting goods or handling boycott requests, you need to keep your records for five years to help with any future investigations. The government is asking for public feedback on this rule until August 24, 2026, but no big changes or costs are expected—just a reminder to keep your paperwork tidy! This helps everyone stay clear and ready if questions pop up later.

## Abstract

The Department of Commerce, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of our information collection requirements and minimize the public's reporting burden. The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment preceding submission of the collection to OMB.

## Effects PRIA read

- Five-Year Export Record Retention: cost, low. If you are a business involved in exporting, reexporting, transshipping, or diverting items subject to the Export Administration Regulations, or the U.S. party in a transaction with a reportable boycott request, you must keep records for five years. The notice says the government estimates 102,970…

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## Sources
- [2026-12727 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/24/2026-12727/agency-information-collection-activities-submission-to-the-office-of-management-and-budget-omb-for)
- [2026-12727 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-24/pdf/2026-12727.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-12727 (as of 2026-07-01).