[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 245 (Friday, December 21, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65805-65806]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-27751]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Prohibition on Funding of Unlawful internet 
Gambling

AGENCY: Departmental Offices, U.S. Department of the Treasury.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury will submit the following 
information collection requests to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, on or after the date of publication of this 
notice. The public is invited to submit comments on these requests.

DATES: Comments should be received on or before January 22, 2019 to be 
assured of consideration.

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ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding the burden estimate, or any other 
aspect of the information collection, including suggestions for 
reducing the burden, to (1) Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for 
Treasury, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 
20503, or email at [email protected] and (2) Treasury PRA 
Clearance Officer, 1750 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Suite 8100, Washington, 
DC 20220, or email at [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the submissions may be 
obtained from Jennifer Quintana by emailing [email protected], calling 
(202) 622-0489, or viewing the entire information collection request at 
www.reginfo.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Treasury Departmental Offices (DO)

    Title: Prohibition on Funding of Unlawful internet Gambling.
    OMB Control Number: 1505-0204.
    Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved 
collection.
    Description: The Unlawful internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 
(Act) (enacted as Title VIII of the Security and Accountability For 
Every Port Act of 2006, Public Law 109-347, 120 Stat. 1884, and 
codified at 31 U.S.C. 5361-5367) required the Secretary of the Treasury 
(Treasury) and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System 
(Board), in consultation with the Attorney General, to prescribe 
regulations requiring designated payment systems and all participants 
therein to prevent or prohibit unlawful internet gambling transactions 
(referred to in the Act as ``restricted transactions'') through the 
establishment of reasonably designed policies and procedures. 31 U.S.C. 
5364(a).
    To carry out the Act, the Treasury's Departmental Offices and the 
Board, after consulting with the Justice Department, published a final 
rule on November 18, 2008 in the Federal Register (73 FR 69382) 
requiring designated payment systems and all participants therein 
(referred to collectively in the final rule as ``participants in 
designated payment systems'') to establish and implement written 
policies and procedures reasonably designed to prevent or prohibit 
restricted transactions. 31 CFR 132.5(a).
    Form: None.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 6,038.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 6,038.
    Estimated Time per Response: 100 hours for each new institution, 8 
hours to maintain existing policies and procedures.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 48,580.

    Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.

    Dated: December 18, 2018.
Spencer W. Clark,
Treasury PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-27751 Filed 12-20-18; 8:45 am]
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