[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 20 (Tuesday, January 30, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3046-3047]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-1674]



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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Office of the Secretary
[Docket No. FR-3481-O-04]


The Secretary of HUD's Regulation of the Federal National 
Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage 
Corporation (Freddie Mac), Final Rule; Announcement of OMB Approval 
Number

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HUD.

ACTION: Announcement of OMB approval number.

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SUMMARY: On December 1, 1995 (60 FR 61846), the Department published in 
the Federal Register, a final rule that implemented the Secretary's 
regulatory authorities respecting the Federal National Mortgage 
Association (``Fannie Mae'') and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage 
Corporation (``Freddie Mac'') (collectively the ``Government-Sponsored 
Enterprises'' or ``GSEs'') under the Federal Housing Enterprises 
Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 (``FHEFSSA''). FHEFSSA's 
purpose is to establish a new regulatory framework for the GSEs that 
reflects their unique status as shareholder-owned corporations that 
receive substantial public benefits. The document indicated that 
information collection requirements contained in the notice had been 
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget for emergency review 
and approval under section 3507 of the Paperwork 

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Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), and that when approved, 
the OMB control number would be announced by separate notice in the 
Federal Register.

    The purpose of this document is to announce the OMB approval number 
for the December 1, 1995 final rule.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet Tasker, Director, Office of 
Government-Sponsored Enterprises, Room 6154, telephone (202) 708-2224; 
or, for questions on data or methodology, Harold Bunce, Director, 
Financial Institutions Regulation, Office of Policy Development and 
Research, Room 8204, telephone (202) 708-2770; or, for legal questions, 
Kenneth A. Markison, Assistant General Counsel for Government Sponsored 
Enterprises/RESPA, Office of the General Counsel, Room 9262, telephone 
(202) 708-3137. The address for all of these persons is: Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20410. A telecommunications device for deaf persons (TDD) is available 
at (202) 708-9300. (The telephone numbers are not toll-free).


SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Accordingly, the control number approved by 
the Office of Management and Budget in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520) for The Secretary of HUD's 
Regulation of the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) 
and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), Final 
Rule, published in the Federal Register on December 1, 1995 (60 FR 
61846) is 2502-0514. This approval number expires on January 31, 1999. 
An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to 
respond to, a collection of information unless the collection displays 
a valid control number.


    Dated: January 24, 1996.

Camille E. Acevedo,

Assistant General Counsel for Regulations.

[FR Doc. 96-1674 Filed 1-29-96; 8:45 am]

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