[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 35 (Wednesday, February 21, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7475-7476]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-03543]


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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM


Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment 
Request

AGENCY: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

ACTION: Notice, request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) 
invites comment on a proposal to extend for three years, without 
revision, the voluntary Quarterly Report of Interest Rates on Selected 
Direct Consumer Installment Loans and the Quarterly Report of Credit 
Card Plans (FR 2835; FR 2835a; OMB No. 7100-0085).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 23, 2018.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by FR 2835 or FR 2835a, 
by any of the following methods:
     Agency Website: http://www.federalreserve.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments at http://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/foia/proposedregs.aspx.
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Email: [email protected]. Include OMB 
number in the subject line of the message.
     FAX: (202) 452-3819 or (202) 452-3102.
     Mail: Ann E. Misback, Secretary, Board of Governors of the 
Federal Reserve System, 20th Street and Constitution Avenue NW, 
Washington, DC 20551.
    All public comments are available from the Board's website at 
http://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/foia/proposedregs.aspx as submitted, 
unless modified for technical reasons. Accordingly, your comments will 
not be edited to remove any identifying or

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contact information. Public comments may also be viewed electronically 
or in paper form in Room 3515, 1801 K Street (between 18th and 19th 
Streets NW), Washington, DC 20006 between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on 
weekdays.
    Additionally, commenters may send a copy of their comments to the 
OMB Desk Officer--Shagufta Ahmed--Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office 
Building, Room 10235, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503 or by 
fax to (202) 395-6974.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A copy of the PRA OMB submission, 
including the proposed reporting form and instructions, supporting 
statement, and other documentation will be placed into OMB's public 
docket files, once approved. These documents will also be made 
available on the Federal Reserve Board's public website at: http://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/reportforms/review.aspx or may be requested 
from the agency clearance officer, whose name appears below.
    Federal Reserve Board Clearance Officer--Nuha Elmaghrabi--Office of 
the Chief Data Officer, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 
System, Washington, DC 20551, (202) 452-3829. Telecommunications Device 
for the Deaf (TDD) users may contact (202) 263-4869, Board of Governors 
of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, DC 20551.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 15, 1984, the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) delegated to the Board authority under the Paperwork 
Reduction Act (PRA) to approve of and assign OMB control numbers to 
collection of information requests and requirements conducted or 
sponsored by the Board. In exercising this delegated authority, the 
Board is directed to take every reasonable step to solicit comment. In 
determining whether to approve a collection of information, the Board 
will consider all comments received from the public and other agencies.

Request for Comment on Information Collection Proposal

    The Board invites public comment on the following information 
collection, which is being reviewed under authority delegated by the 
OMB under the PRA. 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;
    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; and
    e. Estimates of capital or startup costs and costs of operation, 
maintenance, and purchase of services to provide information.
    At the end of the comment period, the comments and recommendations 
received will be analyzed to determine the extent to which the Federal 
Reserve should modify the proposal prior to giving final approval.

Proposal To Approve Under OMB Delegated Authority the Extension for 
Three Years, Without Revision, of the Following Report

    Report title: Quarterly Report of Interest Rates on Selected Direct 
Consumer Installment Loans and Quarterly Report of Credit Card Plans.
    Agency form number: FR 2835; FR 2835a.
    OMB control number: 7100-0085.
    Frequency: Quarterly.
    Respondents: Commercial banks.
    Estimated number of respondents: FR 2835: 150; FR 2835a: 50.
    Estimated average hours per response: FR 2835: .29 hours; FR 2835a: 
.50 hours.
    Estimated annual burden hours: FR 2835: 176 hours; FR 2835a: 100 
hours.
    General description of report: 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 data are used for the analysis of household financial 
conditions. 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 group of 
smaller issuers. The data are used to analyze the credit card market 
and draw implications for the household sector.
    Legal authorization and confidentiality: The Board is authorized to 
collect the information on the FR 2835 and FR 2835a by sections 2A and 
11 of the Federal Reserve Act (``FRA''). Section 2A of the FRA (12 
U.S.C. 225a) requires that the Board and the Federal Open Market 
Committee (``FOMC'') maintain long-run growth of the monetary and 
credit aggregates commensurate with the economy's long run potential to 
increase production, so as to promote effectively the goals of maximum 
employment, stable prices, and moderate long-term interest rates. 
Section 11 of the FRA (12 U.S.C. 248(a)) authorizes the Board to 
require reports from each member bank as it may deem necessary and 
authorizes the Board to prescribe reports of liabilities and assets 
from insured depository institutions to enable the Board to discharge 
its responsibility to monitor and control monetary and credit 
aggregates. The information collected on the FR 2835 and FR 2835a 
assist the Board and the FOMC with fulfilling these obligations. Both 
the 2835 and 2835a are voluntary. With respect to the FR 2835, only the 
narrative information to explain large fluctuations in reported data is 
considered confidential. With respect to the 2835a, the individual 
respondent data is considered confidential. Such treatment is 
appropriate because the data is not publicly available and the public 
release of this data is likely to impair the Board's ability to collect 
necessary information in the future and cause substantial harm to the 
competitive position of the respondent. Thus, this information may be 
kept confidential under exemption (b)(4) of the Freedom of Information 
Act, which exempts from disclosure ``trade secrets and commercial or 
financial information obtained from a person and privileged or 
confidential.'' (5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4)).

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, February 15, 
2018.
Ann E. Misback,
Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2018-03543 Filed 2-20-18; 8:45 am]
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