[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 112 (Tuesday, June 13, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27102-27103]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-11974]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network


Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Update and Renewal of the 
Bank Secrecy Act Designation of Exempt Person Report

AGENCY: Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (``FinCEN''), Treasury.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: FinCEN, a bureau of the U.S. Department of the Treasury 
(``Treasury''), invites all interested parties to comment on its 
proposed update and renewal of the collection of information through 
its ``Designation of Exempt Person'' (``DoEP'') report, used by banks 
and other depository institutions to designate eligible customers as 
exempt from the requirement to report transactions in currency over 
$10,000. FinCEN is proposing to remove the reference to ``Document 
Control Number,'' which is no longer in use, and add a country field to 
accommodate reporting from U.S. territories in Part II following the 
current item 11, and Part III following the current item 23. This 
request for comments is being made pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (``PRA'') of 1995.

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DATES: Written comments are welcome and must be received on or before 
August 14, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted by any of the following methods:
     Federal E-rulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments. Refer to Docket Number 
FINCEN-2017-0007.
     Mail: Policy Division, Financial Crimes Enforcement 
Network, P.O. Box 39, Vienna, VA 22183. Refer to Docket Number FINCEN-
2017-0007.
    Please submit comments by one method only. All comments submitted 
in response to this notice will become a matter of public record. 
Therefore, you should submit only information that you wish to make 
publicly available.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The FinCEN Resource Center at 800-767-
2825 or electronically at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: BSA Designation of Exempt Persons (DoEP) Report by 
Depository Financial Institutions, (See 31 CFR 1020.315(a)-(i)).
    Office of Management and Budget (``OMB'') Number: 1506-0012.
    Form Number: FinCEN Form 110.
    Abstract: The statute generally referred to as the ``Bank Secrecy 
Act,'' Titles I and II of Public Law 91-508, as amended, codified at 12 
U.S.C. 1829b, 12 U.S.C. 1951-1959, and 31 U.S.C. 5311-5332, authorizes 
the Secretary of the Treasury, among other things, to require financial 
institutions to keep records and file reports that are determined to 
have a high degree of usefulness in criminal, tax, and regulatory 
matters, or in the conduct of intelligence or counter-intelligence 
activities to protect against international terrorism, and to implement 
counter-money laundering programs and compliance procedures.\1\ 
Regulations implementing Title II of the Bank Secrecy Act (``BSA'') 
appear at 31 CFR Chapter X. The authority of the Secretary to 
administer the BSA has been delegated to the Director of FinCEN.
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    \1\ Language expanding the scope of the Bank Secrecy Act to 
intelligence or counter-intelligence activities to protect against 
international terrorism was added by Section 358 of the Uniting and 
Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to 
Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, Public Law 107-56.
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    The Secretary of the Treasury was granted authority in 1992, with 
the enactment of 31 U.S.C. 5313, to permit financial institutions to 
exempt certain persons from the requirement to file currency 
transaction reports.
    The information collected on the DoEP is required to be provided 
pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 5313, as implemented by FinCEN regulations found 
at 31 CFR 1020.315(a)-(i). The information collected under this 
requirement is made available to appropriate agencies and organizations 
as disclosed in FinCEN's Privacy Act System of Records Notice relating 
to Bank Secrecy Act (``BSA'') Reports.\2\
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    \2\ Treasury Department bureaus such as FinCEN renew their 
System of Records Notices every three years unless there is cause to 
amend them more frequently. FinCEN's System of Records Notice for 
the BSA Report System was most recently published at 79 FR 20969, 
April 14, 2014, effective May 19, 2014.
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    Current Action: An update and a renewal of the current DOEP, FinCEN 
Form 110. The report is accessible on the FinCEN Web site at: http://www.fincen.gov/forms/bsa_forms/.
    Type of Review: Update and renewal of a currently approved 
collection.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit and not-for-profit 
financial institutions.
    Frequency: As required.
    Estimated Reporting Burden: Average of 60 minutes per report and 15 
minutes recordkeeping per filing. (The reporting burden of the 
regulations 31 CFR 1020.315(a)-(i) is reflected in the burden for the 
form.)
    Estimated Recordkeeping and Reporting Burden for 31 CFR 
1020.315(a)-(i): 75 minutes.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 13,520.\3\
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    \3\ As of January 31, 2014, there are 6,900 banks, and savings 
and loans, and 6,620 credit unions.
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    Estimated Total Annual Responses: 25,160.\4\
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    \4\ Number of responses are based on actual 2013 filings as 
reported to the FinCEN System of Record.
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    Estimated Total Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden: 31,450 
hours.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
to respond to, a collection of information unless the collection of 
information displays a valid OMB control number. Records required to be 
retained under the BSA must be retained for five years.

Request 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. 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 of automated collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology; and (e) estimates 
of capital or start-up costs and costs of operation, maintenance and 
purchase of services to provide information; (f) removal of the 
reference to ``document control number'' and the addition of a 
``country'' field in Parts II and III.

Jamal El Hindi,
Deputy Director, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.
[FR Doc. 2017-11974 Filed 6-12-17; 8:45 am]
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