[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 234 (Thursday, December 6, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62953-62954]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-26382]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency


Agency Information Collection Activities: Information Collection 
Renewal; Comment Request; Annual Stress Test Rule

AGENCY: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Treasury (OCC).

ACTION: Notice and request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The OCC, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork 
and respondent burden, invites the general public and other federal 
agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the renewal of this 
information collection as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995 (PRA).
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a respondent is not 
required to respond to, an information collection unless it displays a 
currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number.
    Currently, the OCC is soliciting comment concerning the renewal of 
its information collection titled ``Annual Stress Test Rule.''

DATES: Comments must be received by February 4, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Commenters are encouraged to submit comments by email, if 
possible. You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
     Email: [email protected].
     Mail: Legislative and Regulatory Activities Division, 
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Attention: 1557-0311, 400 
7th Street SW, Suite 3E-218, Washington, DC 20219.
     Hand Delivery/Courier: 400 7th Street SW, Suite 3E-218, 
Washington, DC 20219.
     Fax: (571) 465-4326.
    Instructions: You must include ``OCC'' as the agency name and 
``1557-0311'' in your comment. In general, the OCC will publish 
comments on www.reginfo.gov without change, including any business or 
personal information provided, such as name and address information, 
email addresses, or phone numbers. Comments received, including 
attachments and other supporting materials, are part of the public 
record and subject to public disclosure. Do not include any information 
in your comment or supporting materials that you consider confidential 
or inappropriate for public disclosure.
    You may review comments and other related materials that pertain to 
this information collection beginning on the date of publication of the 
second notice for this collection \1\ by any of the following methods:
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    \1\ Following the close of the 60-day comment period for this 
notice, the OCC will publish a notice for 30 days of comment for 
this collection.
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     Viewing Comments Electronically: Go to www.reginfo.gov. 
Click on the ``Information Collection Review'' tab. Underneath the 
``Currently under Review'' section heading, from the drop-down menu, 
select ``Department of Treasury'' and then click ``submit.'' This

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information collection can be located by searching by OMB control 
number ``1557-0311'' or ``Annual Stress Test Rule.'' Upon finding the 
appropriate information collection, click on the related ``ICR 
Reference Number.'' On the next screen, select ``View Supporting 
Statement and Other Documents'' and then click on the link to any 
comment listed at the bottom of the screen.
     For assistance in navigating www.reginfo.gov, please 
contact the Regulatory Information Service Center at (202) 482-7340.
     Viewing Comments Personally: You may personally inspect 
comments at the OCC, 400 7th Street SW, Washington, DC. For security 
reasons, the OCC requires that visitors make an appointment to inspect 
comments. You may do so by calling (202) 649-6700 or, for persons who 
are deaf or hearing impaired, TTY, (202) 649-5597. Upon arrival, 
visitors will be required to present valid government-issued photo 
identification and submit to security screening in order to inspect 
comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shaquita Merritt, Clearance Officer, 
(202) 649-5490 or, for persons who are deaf or hearing impaired, TTY, 
(202) 649-5597, Chief Counsel's Office, Office of the Comptroller of 
the Currency, 400 7th St. SW, Washington, DC 20219.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 
U.S.C. 3501-3520), federal agencies must obtain approval from the OMB 
for each collection of information that they conduct or sponsor. 
``Collection of information'' is defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 
1320.3(c) to include agency requests or requirements that members of 
the public submit reports, keep records, or provide information to a 
third party. Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of title 44 requires federal 
agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register concerning 
each proposed collection of information, including each proposed 
extension of an existing collection of information, before submitting 
the collection to OMB for approval. To comply with this requirement, 
the OCC is publishing notice of the renewal of the collection of 
information set forth in this document.
    Title: Annual Stress Test Rule.
    OMB Control No.: 1557-0311.
    Description: Section 165(i)(2) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform 
and Consumer Protection Act requires certain financial companies, 
including national banks and federal savings associations, to conduct 
annual stress tests \2\ and requires the primary financial regulatory 
agency \3\ of those financial companies to issue regulations 
implementing the stress test requirements.\4\
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    \2\ 12 U.S.C. 5365(i)(2)(A).
    \3\ 12 U.S.C. 5301(12).
    \4\ 12 U.S.C. 5365(i)(2)(C).
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    Twelve CFR 46.6(a) specifies the calculations of the potential 
impact on capital that must be made during each quarter of a planning 
horizon. Section 46.6(c)(1) requires the senior management of each 
covered institution to establish and maintain a system of controls, 
oversight, and documentation, including policies and procedures that, 
at a minimum, describe the covered institution's stress test practices 
and methodologies and processes for updating the covered institution's 
stress test practices. Section 46.6(c)(2) provides that the board of 
directors of the covered institution shall approve and review these 
policies and procedures no less than annually and provide the board of 
directors and senior management with a summary of the stress test 
results.
    Section 46.7 provides that each covered institution shall report to 
the OCC and to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System 
annually the results of the stress test in the time, manner and form 
specified by the OCC.
    Section 46.8 requires that a covered institution publish a summary 
of the results of its annual stress tests on its website or in any 
other forum that is reasonably accessible to the public. The summary 
must include a description of the types of risks included in the stress 
test, a summary description of the methodologies used in the stress 
test, estimates of aggregate losses, pre-provision net revenue, 
provisions for loan and lease losses, net income, and pro forma capital 
ratios and an explanation of the most significant causes of the changes 
in regulatory capital ratios. The summary also must reflect, for 
estimates of aggregate losses, pre-provision net revenue, provisions 
for loan and lease losses, the estimated cumulative effects and 
estimated capital ratios, net income, and pro forma capital ratios 
(including regulatory and any other capital ratios specified by the 
OCC) at the end of the planning horizon, under the severely adverse 
scenario.
    Type of Review: Regular.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 61.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 63,440 hours.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and 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 OCC, including whether the 
information has practical utility;
    (b) The accuracy of the OCC'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 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.

    Dated: November 29, 2018.
Theodore J. Dowd,
Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.
[FR Doc. 2018-26382 Filed 12-4-18; 8:45 am]
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