[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 107 (Thursday, June 4, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30495-30496]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-14807]


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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM


Agency information collection activities: Announcement of Board 
approval under delegated authority and submission to OMB

SUMMARY

Background

    Notice is hereby given of the final approval of a proposed 
information collection by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 
System (Board) under OMB delegated authority, as per 5 CFR 1320.16 (OMB 
Regulations on Controlling Paperwork Burdens on the Public). Board-
approved collections of information are incorporated into the official 
OMB inventory of currently approved collections of information. A copy 
of the OMB 83-I and supporting statement and an approved collection of 
information instrument is placed into OMB's public docket files. The 
Federal Reserve may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not 
required to respond to, an information collection that has been 
extended, revised, or implemented on or after October 1, 1995, unless 
it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:Chief, Financial Reports Section--Mary 
M. McLaughlin--Division of Research and Statistics, Board of Governors 
of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, DC 20551 (202-452-3829)
OMB Desk Officer--Alexander T. Hunt--Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive 
Office Building, Room 3208, Washington, DC 20503 (202-395-7860)
    Final approval under OMB delegated authority the extension for 
three years, with revision, of the following report:
    1. Report title: Annual Report of Bank Holding Companies
Agency form number: FR Y-6

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OMB control number: 7100-0124
Frequency: annual
Reporters: bank holding companies
Annual reporting hours: 22,552
Estimated average hours per response: 4.0
Number of respondents: 5,638
Small businesses are affected.
    General description of report: This information collection is 
mandatory (12 U.S.C. 1844(b) and (c)). Confidential treatment is not 
routinely given to the information in this report. However, 
confidential treatment for the report information can be requested, in 
whole or part, in accordance with the instructions to the form.
    Abstract: The annual FR Y-6 report provides structure information 
that includes an organizational chart and information about 
shareholders that meet certain criteria as well as information on the 
identity, percentage ownership, and business interests of principal 
shareholders, directors, and executive officers. The report enables the 
Federal Reserve to monitor bank holding company operations and to 
ensure that the operations are conducted in a safe and sound manner and 
are in compliance with the provisions of the Bank Holding Company Act 
and Regulation Y (12 C.F.R. 225).
    On March 2, 1998, the Board issued for public comment proposed 
revisions to the FR Y-6 report (63 FR 10224). The comment period 
expired on May 1, 1998. The Board proposed to revise the reporting 
requirements of the item providing information on directors and 
officers (report item 4) to eliminate the reporting of the number of 
voting securities owned, controlled or held with the power to vote by 
principal shareholders, officers, directors or other individuals in the 
bank holding company exercising similar functions. Respondents would 
still be required to disclose the percentage of each class of voting 
securities owned, controlled or held with the power to vote by such 
individuals. Board staff also propose to add lines to the report cover 
page and the supplemental cover page to disclose holding company 
physical locations, and to add an appendix to provide an example of an 
accurately completed FR Y-6 to assist respondents in completing this 
free-form report.
     The Board received comment letters from five consulting firms. 
Each commenter objected to the proposed revision to eliminate the 
reporting of the number of voting securities owned, controlled or held 
with the power to vote by principal shareholders, officers, directors 
or other individuals in the bank holding companies exercising similar 
functions. The commenters generally stated that this information 
provides a measure of an officer or a director's commitment to the 
safety and soundness of the holding company.
    Board staff contacted commenters and discovered that they did not 
realize that respondents will still be required to disclose the 
percentage of each class of voting securities owned, controlled or held 
with the power to vote by such individuals. The commenters indicated 
that continued collection of this item addresses their concerns. The 
Board believes that the requirement to only provide the percentage of 
voting shares held will still provide the Federal Reserve with adequate 
regulatory information. The Board approved the information collection 
as initially proposed.
    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, May 29, 1998.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 98-14807 Filed 6-3-98; 8:45 am]
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