[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 189 (Monday, October 2, 2017)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 45697]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-21050]
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FEDERAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS EXAMINATION COUNCIL
12 CFR Part 1101
[Docket No. FFIEC-2017-0003]
Description of Office, Procedures, and Public Information
AGENCY: Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC).
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC
or Council) is adopting as a final rule the interim final rule
published July 3, 2017. The interim final rule announced revisions and
additions to the Council's information disclosure regulations under the
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA Regulations). The interim final rule
also replaced the interim final rule published on December 27, 2016.
The revisions in the interim final rule implement recent statutory
amendments to the FOIA that are mandated by the FOIA Improvement Act of
2016, as well as update the language of the Council's regulations to
more closely mirror the language of the FOIA and to reflect the
Council's current FOIA procedures.
DATES: Effective October 2, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Judith Dupre, Executive Secretary,
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council, via telephone:
(703) 516-5590, or via email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Council \1\ is finalizing its interim
rule (82 FR 30724 (July 3, 2017)), which revised its information
disclosure regulations under the Freedom of Information Act \2\ (FOIA
Regulations). On June 30, 2016, the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
was amended by the FOIA Improvement Act of 2016 \3\ (FOIA Improvement
Act). Among other things, section 3 of the FOIA Improvement Act
required each Federal agency to revise its disclosure regulations and
procedures for processing FOIA requests in order to conform to the
substantive amendments made by section 2 of the FOIA Improvement Act by
December 27, 2016. Accordingly, the Council implemented the required
substantive and procedural changes necessary to comply with the FOIA
Improvement Act's amendments through issuance of the interim final rule
(81 FR 94937 (December 27, 2016)). In addition, the Council made
certain changes to its FOIA Regulations to reflect revisions brought
about by prior amendments to the FOIA that were incorporated into the
Council's procedures and to make the FOIA process easier for the public
to navigate. In drafting these amendments to the FOIA Regulations, the
Council consulted the ``Guidance for Agency FOIA Regulations'' issued
by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office for Information Policy. No
comments were received in response to the interim final rule and it is
being finalized without change.
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\1\ The members of the Council are the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau,
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the National Credit Union
Administration, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and
the State Liaison Committee.
\2\ 5 U.S.C. 552.
\3\ Public Law 114-185, 130 Stat. 538 (June 30, 2016).
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Authority and Issuance
For the reasons set forth in the preamble, the Federal Financial
Institutions Examination Council adopts as a final rule, without
changes, the interim final rule amending 12 CFR 1101.4, which was
published at 82 FR 30724 on July 3, 2017.
Dated: September 27, 2017.
Federal Financial Institutions Examinations Council.
Judith E. Dupre,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-21050 Filed 9-29-17; 8:45 am]
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