[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 68 (Thursday, April 8, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18572-18573]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-7991]


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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
SUMMARY: 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-I's 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: Acting Federal Reserve Clearance 
Officer-Michelle Long--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.

Final approval under OMB delegated authority of the extension for three 
years, without revision, of the following reports:

    1. Report title: Money Market Mutual Fund Asset Reports
    Agency form number: FR 2051a, b
    OMB Control number: 7100-0012
    Frequency: Weekly and Monthly
    Reporters: Money Market Mutual Funds
    Annual reporting hours: 7,140 hours
    Estimated average hours per response: 3 minutes (FR 2051a), 12 
minutes (FR 2051b)

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    Number of respondents: 2,100 (FR 2051a), 700 (FR 2051b)
    General description of report: This information collection is 
voluntary (12 U.S.C. 353 et. seq.) and is given confidential treatment 
(5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4)).
    Abstract: The weekly FR 2051a collects data on total shares 
outstanding for money market mutual funds (MMMFs) and the monthly FR 
2051b collects data on total net assets and portfolio holdings for 
MMMFs. The data are used to construct the monetary aggregates and for 
the analysis of current money market conditions and banking 
developments.
    2. Report title: Uniform Application for Municipal Securities 
Principal or Municipal Securities Representative Associated with a Bank 
Municipal Securities Dealer; Uniform Termination Notice for Municipal 
Securities Principal or Municipal Securities Representative Associated 
with a Bank Municipal Securities Dealer
    Agency form number: FR MSD-4, FR MSD-5
    OMB control number: 7100-0100, 7100-0101
    Frequency: On occasion
    Reporters: State member banks, bank holding companies, and foreign 
dealer banks engaging in activities as municipal securities dealers.
    Annual reporting hours: 30 (FR MSD-4), 18 (FR MSD-5)
    Estimated average hours per response: 1.00 (FR MSD-4), 0.25 (FR 
MSD-5)
    Number of respondents: 30 (FR MSD-4), 70 (FR MSD-5)
    General description of report: These information collections are 
mandatory (15 U.S.C. Sec. Sec.  78o-4, 78q and 78w) and are given 
confidential treatment (5 U.S.C. Sec.  552(b)(6)).
    Abstract: The FR MSD-4 collects information, such as personal 
history and professional qualifications, on an employee whom the bank 
wishes to assume the duties of a municipal securities principal or 
representative. The FR MSD-5 collects the date of, and reason for, 
termination of such an employee.
    3. Report title: Notice By Financial Institutions of Government 
Securities Broker or Government Securities Dealer Activities; Notice By 
Financial Institutions of Termination of Activities as a Government 
Securities Broker or Government Securities Dealer.
    Agency form number: FR G-FIN, FR G-FINW
    OMB control number: 7100-0224
    Frequency: On occasion
    Reporters: State member banks, foreign banks, uninsured state 
branches or state agencies of foreign banks, commercial lending 
companies owned or controlled by foreign banks, and Edge corporations.
    Annual reporting hours: (FR G-FIN), 1 (FR G-FINW)
    Estimated average hours per response: 1.00 (FR G-FIN), 0.25 (FR G-
FINW)
    Number of respondents: 25 (FR G-FIN), 4 (FR G-FINW)
    General description of report: These information collections are 
mandatory (15 U.S.C. 78o-5(a)(1)(B)) and are not given confidential 
treatment.
    Abstract: The Government Securities Act of 1986 (the Act) requires 
financial institutions to notify their appropriate regulatory authority 
of their intent to engage in government securities broker or dealer 
activity, to amend information submitted previously, and to record 
their termination of such activity. The Federal Reserve uses the 
information in its supervisory capacity to measure compliance with the 
Act.
    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, April 2, 2004.

Jennifer J. Johnson,
Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 04-7991 Filed 4-7-04; 8:45 am]
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