[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 8 (Monday, January 13, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1614-1615]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-568]


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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM


Agency Information Collection Activities: Announcement of Board 
Approval Under Delegated Authority and Submission to OMB

AGENCY: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Background: Notice is hereby given of the final approval of 
proposed information collections 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. Copies of the OMB 83-Is and supporting statements and 
approved collection of information instrument(s) are 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: Federal Reserve Board Clearance 
Officer -Cindy Ayouch--Division of Research and Statistics, Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, DC 20551 (202-452-
3829); OMB Desk Officer-Joseph Lackey--Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive 
Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Final Approval Under OMB Delegated Authority of the Extension for Three 
Years, Without Revision, of the Following Report:

    Report title: Report of Terms of Credit Card Plans
    Agency form number: FR 2572
    OMB Control number: 7100-0239
    Frequency: Semi-annual
    Reporters: Financial institutions
    Annual reporting hours: 75 hours
    Estimated average hours per response: 0.25 hours
    Number of respondents: 150
    Small businesses are affected.
    General description of report: This information collection is 
voluntary (15 U.S.C. Sec. 1646(b)) and is not given confidential 
treatment.
    Abstract: This report collects data on credit card pricing and 
availability from a sample of at least 150 financial

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institutions that offer credit cards to the general public. The 
information is reported to the Congress and made available to the 
public in order to promote competition within the industry. The Board 
publishes the information in a brochure titled ``SHOP: The Card You 
Pick Can Save You Money'' (SHOP), available through Publication 
Services at the Board and on the Board's public web site, 
www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/shop.
    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, January 7, 2003.

Jennifer J. Johnson
Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 03-568 Filed 1-10-03; 8:45 am]
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