[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 104 (Friday, May 30, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32580-32581]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-13574]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Community Development Financial Institutions Fund


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Treasury, as part of its continuing effort 
to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public 
and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on 
proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. L. No. 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 
3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently, the Community Development Financial 
Institutions Fund (the Fund) of the Department of the Treasury is 
soliciting comments concerning an information collection required by 
the allocation agreement that will be entered into by the Fund and 
allocatees of the New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) Program. The specific 
information collection relates to the section of the allocation 
agreement that requires an allocatee to provide notice to the Fund of 
the receipt of a Qualified Equity Investment. The Fund will publish a 
separate notice seeking public comments regarding other information 
collections contained in the allocation agreement (e.g., use of QEI 
proceeds).

DATES: Written comments should be received on or before July 29, 2003, 
to be assured of consideration.

ADDRESS: Direct all comments to Matthew Josephs, Acting Financial 
Equity Manager, Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, U.S. 
Department of the Treasury, 601 13th Street, NW., Suite 200 South, 
Washington, DC 20005, Facsimile Number (202) 622-8911.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A draft of the information collection 
may be obtained from the Fund's Web site at http://www.cdfifund.gov. 
Requests for additional information should be directed to Matthew 
Josephs, Acting Financial Equity Manager, Community Development 
Financial Institutions Fund, U.S. Department of the Treasury, 601 13th 
Street, NW., Suite 200 South, Washington, DC 20005, or by phone to 
(202) 622-7373.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: New Markets Tax Credit Program--
Allocation Agreement, Notice of Receipt of Qualified Equity Investment.
    Abstract: Title I, subtitle C, section 121 of the Community Renewal 
Tax Relief Act of 2000 (the Act), as enacted by section 1(a)(7) of the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001 (Pub. L. No. 106-554, December 
21, 2000), amended the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) by adding IRC Sec.  
45D, New Markets Tax Credit. Pursuant to IRC Sec.  45D, the Department 
of the Treasury, through the Fund, administers the NMTC Program, which 
will provide an incentive to investors in the form of tax credits over 
seven years, which is expected to stimulate the provision of private 
investment capital that, in turn, will facilitate economic and 
community development in low-income communities. In order to qualify 
for an allocation of tax credits under the NMTC Program, an entity must 
be certified as a qualified community development entity and submit an 
allocation application to the Fund. Upon receipt of such applications, 
the Fund will conduct a competitive review process to evaluate 
applications for the receipt of NMTC allocations. Entities receiving an 
NMTC allocation must enter into an allocation agreement with the Fund. 
The allocation agreement contains the terms and conditions, including 
all reporting requirements, associated with the receipt of a NMTC 
allocation. The Fund will require each allocatee to use an electronic 
data collection and submission system, known as the allocation tracking 
system, to report on the information related to its receipt of a 
Qualified Equity Investment.
    The Fund has developed the allocation tracking system to, among 
other things: (1) Enhance the allocatee's ability to report to the Fund 
timely information regarding the issuance of its Qualified Equity 
Investments; (2) enhance the Treasury Department's ability to monitor 
the issuance of Qualified Equity Investments to ensure that no 
allocatee exceeds its allocation authority, and to ensure that 
Qualified Equity Investments are issued within the timeframes required 
by the allocation agreement and the NMTC Program regulations; and (3) 
provide the Treasury Department with basic investor data which may be 
aggregated and analyzed in connection with NMTC Program evaluation 
efforts.
    Current Actions: Selected allocatees for the NMTC Program.
    Type of review: New.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit institutions, not-
for-profit institutions and State, local and tribal entities.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 66.
    Estimated Annual Time Per Respondent: 1 hour.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 66 hours.
    Requests for Comments: Comments submitted in response to this 
notice will be summarized and/or included in the request for OMB 
approval. All comments will become a matter of public record. The 
specific section of the allocation agreement for which comments are 
sought is the reporting requirement that allocatees provide notice to 
the Fund, through the Fund's allocation tracking system, of the receipt 
of a Qualified Equity Investment. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 
the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance 
of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall 
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of 
the burden of the collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the 
quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; (d) 
ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
respondents, including through the use

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of technology; and (e) estimates of capital or start-up costs and costs 
of operation, maintenance, and purchase of services required to provide 
information.

    Authority: Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2001, Pub. L. No. 
106-554; 31 U.S.C. 321.

    Dated: May 22, 2003.
Tony T. Brown,
Director, Community Development Financial Institutions Fund.
[FR Doc. 03-13574 Filed 5-29-03; 8:45 am]
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