[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 60 (Wednesday, March 29, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15745-15746]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-4531]


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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM


Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment 
Request

AGENCY: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
SUMMARY: Background.
    On June 15, 1984, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
delegated to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System 
(Board) its approval authority under the Paperwork Reduction Act, as 
per 5 CFR 1320.16, to approve of and assign OMB control numbers to 
collection of information requests and requirements conducted or 
sponsored by the Board under conditions set forth in 5 CFR 1320 
Appendix A.1. 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 instruments 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.

Request for comment on information collection proposals

    The following information collections, which are being handled 
under this delegated authority, have received initial Board approval 
and are hereby published for comment. At the end of the comment period, 
the proposed information collections, along with an analysis of 
comments and recommendations received, will be submitted to the Board 
for final approval under OMB delegated authority. Comments are invited 
on the following:
    a. Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for 
the proper performance of the Federal Reserve's functions; including 
whether the information has practical utility;
    b. The accuracy of the Federal Reserve's estimate of the burden of 
the proposed information collection, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
    c. Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
    d. Ways to minimize the burden of information collection on 
respondents, including through the use of automated collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 30, 2006.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by FR 2018, FR 2023, FR 
2835, FR 2835a, by any of the following methods:
     Agency Web Site: http://www.federalreserve.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments at http://www.federalreserve.gov/generalinfo/foia/ProposedRegs.cfm.
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     E-mail: [email protected]. Include docket 
number in the subject line of the message.
     FAX: 202/452-3819 or 202/452-3102.
     Mail: Jennifer J. Johnson, Secretary, Board of Governors 
of the Federal Reserve System, 20th Street and Constitution Avenue, 
N.W., Washington, DC 20551.
    All public comments are available from the Board's Web site at 
http://www.federalreserve.gov/generalinfo/foia/ProposedRegs.cfm as 
submitted, unless modified for technical reasons. Accordingly, your 
comments will not be edited to remove any identifying or contact 
information. Public comments may also be viewed electronically or in 
paper in Room MP-500 of the Board's Martin Building (20th and C 
Streets, NW.) between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on weekdays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A copy of the proposed form and 
instructions, the Paperwork Reduction Act Submission (OMB 83-I), 
supporting statement, and other documents that will be placed into 
OMB's public docket files once approved may be requested from the 
agency clearance officer, whose name appears below.
    Michelle Long, Federal Reserve Board Clearance Officer (202-452-
3829), Division of Research and Statistics, Board of Governors of the 
Federal Reserve System, Washington, DC 20551. Telecommunications Device 
for the Deaf (TDD) users may contact (202-263-4869), Board of Governors 
of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, DC 20551.

Proposal to approve under OMB delegated authority the extension for 
three years, without revision of the following reports:

    1. Report title: Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending 
Practices.
    Agency form number: FR 2018.
    OMB control number: 7100-0058.
    Frequency: Up to six times a year.
    Reporters: Large U.S. commercial banks and large U.S. branches and 
agencies of foreign banks.
    Annual reporting hours: 1,008 hours.
    Estimated average hours per response: 2 hours.
    Number of respondents: 84.
    General description of report: This information collection is 
voluntary (12 U.S.C. Sec. Sec.  248(a), 324, 335, 3101, 3102, and 3105) 
and is given confidential treatment (5 U.S.C. Sec.  552 (b)(4)).
    Abstract: The FR 2018 is conducted with a senior loan officer at 
each respondent bank, generally through a telephone interview. The 
purpose of the survey is to provide qualitative information with 
respect to current price and flow developments and evolving techniques 
and practices in the U.S. loan markets. Consequently, a significant 
portion of the questions in each survey consists of unique questions on 
topics of timely interest. The respondents' answers provide crucial 
information for monitoring and understanding the evolution of lending 
practices at banks and developments in credit markets.
    2. Report title: Senior Financial Officer Survey.
    Agency form number: FR 2023.
    OMB control number: 7100-0223.
    Frequency: Up to four times a year.
    Reporters: Commercial banks, other depository institutions, 
corporations or large money-stock holders.
    Annual reporting hours: 232 hours.
    Estimated average hours per response: 1 hour.
    Number of respondents: 58.
    General description of report: This information collection is 
voluntary (U.S.C. Sec. Sec.  225a, 248(a), and 263); confidentiality 
will be determined on a case-by-case basis.
    Abstract: The 2023 requests qualitative and limited quantitative 
information about liability management, the provision of financial 
services, and the functioning of key financial markets from a selection 
of up to sixty large commercial banks (or, if appropriate, from other 
depository institutions or major financial market participants). 
Responses are obtained from a senior officer at each participating 
institution through a telephone interview

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conducted by Reserve Bank or Board staff. The survey does not have a 
fixed set of questions; each survey consists of a limited number of 
questions directed at topics of timely interest.

Proposal to approve under OMB delegated authority the extension for 
three years, with minor revision of the following reports:

    1. Report titles: Quarterly Report of Interest Rates on Selected 
Direct Consumer Installment Loans and Quarterly Report of Credit Card 
Plans.
    Agency form numbers: FR 2835 and FR 2835a.
    OMB control number: 7100-0085.
    Frequency: Quarterly.
    Reporters: Commercial banks.
    Annual reporting hours: FR 2835: 132 hours; and FR 2835a: 100 
hours.
    Estimated average hours per response: FR 2835: 13 minutes; and FR 
2835a: 30 minutes
    Number of respondents: FR 2835: 150; and FR 2835a: 50.
    General description of report: These information collections are 
voluntary (12 U.S.C. 248(a)(2)). The FR 2835a individual respondent 
data are given confidential treatment.
    Abstract: The FR 2835 collects information from a sample of 
commercial banks on interest rates charged on loans for new vehicles 
and loans for other consumer goods and personal expenses. The FR 2835a 
collects information on two measures of credit card interest rates from 
a sample of commercial banks with $1 billion or more in credit card 
receivables and a representative of smaller issuers.
    Current Actions: The Federal Reserve proposes to add a new data 
item, New automobiles (60-month), to the FR 2835. This item will 
collect the most common interest rate on 60-month loans for new 
automobiles. The Federal Reserve also proposes to decrease the 
authorized sample size for the FR 2835a from 80 to 50 commercial banks.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, March 24, 
2006.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. E6-4531 Filed 3-28-06; 8:45 am]
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