[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 70 (Friday, April 11, 1997)]
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31 CFR Part 357



Regulations Governing Book-Entry Treasury Bonds, Notes and Bills; Final 
Rule

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Fiscal Service

31 CFR Part 357


Regulations Governing Book-Entry Treasury Bonds, Notes and Bills

AGENCY: Bureau of the Public Debt, Fiscal Service, Treasury.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This final rule amends 31 CFR part 357, the general 
regulations governing book-entry Treasury securities, to provide a new 
schedule for the provision of a statement of account and to provide for 
the provision of a confirmation notice to the TREASURY DIRECT investor. 
This rule also provides that the statement of account and confirmation 
notice may be sent by electronic means. The change will benefit the 
TREASURY DIRECT investor by ensuring that each investor will receive a 
statement of account at least yearly. The confirmation notice will also 
benefit the investor by providing notification of a change in an 
account master record, notification upon the scheduling or canceling of 
a reinvestment and by confirming the interest that an investor has 
earned on an inflation indexed security.

DATES: Effective on March 10, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maureen Parker, Director, Division of 
Securities Systems, Bureau of the Public Debt (304) 480-7761; Susan 
Klimas, Attorney-Adviser, Office of the Chief Counsel, Bureau of the 
Public Debt (304) 480-5192.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A revised timetable has been created to 
provide the TREASURY DIRECT investor a statement of account, which 
contains detailed information about the investor's TREASURY DIRECT 
account. Such statement will be sent upon the establishment of an 
account master record, upon a change in the securities portfolio, at an 
owner's request, or if it is determined on December 31 that an owner 
has not received a statement of account for that current calendar year. 
In addition to the revised timetable for the statement of account, this 
amendment provides that the investor will be sent a confirmation notice 
upon a change in an account master record, the scheduling or 
cancellation of a reinvestment, or to confirm the interest earned on a 
Treasury Inflation Indexed Security. In addition, this amendment will 
permit such statement and notice to be sent by electronic means.

Procedural Requirements

    It has been determined that this final rule does not meet the 
criteria for a ``significant regulatory action,'' as defined in 
Executive Order 12866. Therefore, the regulatory review procedures 
contained therein do not apply.
    This final rule relates to matters of public contract and 
procedures for U.S. securities. Accordingly, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
553(a)(2), the notice, public comment and delayed effective date 
provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act do not apply. As no 
notice of proposed rulemaking is required, the provisions of the 
Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601, et seq.) do not apply.
    There are no new collections of information contained in this final 
rule. Therefore, the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3504(h)) does 
not apply.

List of Subjects in 31 CFR Part 357

    Banks, Banking, Bonds, Federal Reserve System, Government 
securities.

    Dated: April 4, 1997.
Gerald Murphy,
Fiscal Assistant Secretary.

    For the reasons set out in the preamble, 31 CFR Part 357 is amended 
as follows:

PART 357--GENERAL REGULATIONS GOVERNING BOOK-ENTRY TREASURY BONDS, 
NOTES AND BILLS

    1. The authority citation for Part 357 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 31 U.S.C. Chapter 31, 5 U.S.C. 301 and 12 U.S.C. 391.

    2. Section 357.20 is amended to revise paragraph (e), to 
redesignate paragraph (f) as paragraph (g), and to add a new paragraph 
(f) to read as follows:


Sec. 357.20  Securities account in TREASURY DIRECT.

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    (e) Statement of account. The Department shall send a statement of 
account (statement):
    (1) Upon the establishment of an account master record;
    (2) Upon a change in the securities portfolio;
    (3) At an owner's request; or
    (4) Upon the determination on December 31 that an owner has not 
received a statement of account for that current calendar year.
    * * * The statement may be sent to the correspondence address 
designated in the account master record, or may be sent by electronic 
means.
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    (f) Confirmation notice. The Department shall send a confirmation 
notice (notice):
    (1) Upon a change in an account master record;
    (2) Upon scheduling or canceling a reinvestment; or
    (3) To confirm the interest earned on a Treasury Inflation Indexed 
Security. The notice shall contain information regarding the account as 
of the date of such confirmation. The notice may be sent to the 
correspondence address designated in the account master record, or may 
be sent by electronic means. All changes reflected in paragraph (f) (1) 
and (2) of this section will be included in the next regularly 
scheduled statement of account. See paragraph (e) of this section for 
the statement schedule.

[FR Doc. 97-9332 Filed 4-10-97; 8:45 am]
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