[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 139 (Friday, July 19, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34890-34892]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-15365]
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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, with revision,
the Report of Selected Balance Sheet Items for Discount Window
Borrowers (FR 2046; OMB No. 7100-0289).
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 17, 2019.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by FR 2046, by any of
the following methods:
Agency Website: https://www.federalreserve.gov/. Follow
the instructions for submitting comments at https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/foia/proposedregs.aspx.
Email: [email protected]. Include the 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
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Reserve System, 20th Street and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC
20551.
All public comments are available from the Board's website at
https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/foia/proposedregs.aspx as
submitted, unless modified for technical reasons or to remove
personally identifiable information at the commenter's request.
Accordingly, comments will not be edited to remove any identifying or
contact information. Public comments may also be viewed electronically
or in paper in Room 146, 1709 New York Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20006,
between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on weekdays. For security reasons, the
Board requires that visitors make an appointment to inspect comments.
You may do so by calling (202) 452-3684. Upon arrival, visitors will be
required to present valid government-issued photo identification and to
submit to security screening in order to inspect and photocopy
comments.
Additionally, commenters may send a copy of their comments to the
Office of Management and Budget (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 Paperwork Reduction Act
(PRA) OMB submission, including the reporting form and instructions,
supporting statement, and other documentation will be placed into OMB's
public docket files, if approved. These documents will also be made
available on the Board's public website at https://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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 15, 1984, OMB delegated to the Board
authority under the PRA to approve and assign OMB control numbers to
collections of information 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 Board's functions, including whether the
information has practical utility;
b. The accuracy of the Board'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 Board
should modify the proposal.
Proposal Under OMB Delegated Authority To Extend for Three Years, With
Revision, the Following Information Collection
Report title: Report of Selected Balance Sheet Items for Discount
Window Borrowers.
Agency form number: FR 2046.
OMB control number: 7100-0289.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondents: Depository institutions.
Estimated number of respondents: Primary and Secondary Credit, 1;
Seasonal Credit, 83; Seasonal Credit, borrower in questionable
financial condition, 1.
Estimated average hours per response: Primary and Secondary Credit,
0.75 hours; Seasonal Credit, 0.25 hours; Seasonal Credit, borrower in
questionable financial condition, 0.75 hours.
Estimated annual burden hours: Primary and Secondary Credit, 1
hour; Seasonal Credit, 375 hours; Seasonal Credit, borrower in
questionable financial condition, 1 hour.
General description of report: The balance sheet data collected on
the FR 2046 report from certain institutions that borrow from the
discount window are used to monitor discount window borrowing. The
Board's Regulation A, Extensions of Credit by Federal Reserve Banks (12
CFR 201), requires that Reserve Banks review balance sheet data in
determining whether to extend credit and to help ascertain whether
undue use is made of such credit. The FR 2046 report is primarily used
to assess appropriate use of seasonal credit. Certain depository
institutions that borrow from the discount window report on the FR 2046
certain balance sheet data for a period that encompasses the dates of
borrowing.
Proposed revisions: The Board proposes to update data element
definitions to account for the introduction of the FFIEC 051 reporting
form. In addition, the face of the FR 2046 report will be updated to
(1) reflect all of the legal statutes that authorize the collection of
the report; (2) indicate that the report is ``authorized'' (not
``required'') by law; and (3) clarify that, if the report is requested
under the Freedom of Information Act, the report will be treated as
confidential unless the borrower's identity has already been disclosed
pursuant to the two year lag provided under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street
Reform and Consumer Protection Act.\1\
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\1\ 12 U.S.C. 248(s).
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Legal authorization and confidentiality: The FR 2046 report is
authorized pursuant to sections 4(8), 10B, and 19(b)(7) of the Federal
Reserve Act (``FRA''), 12 U.S.C. 301, 347b, and 461(b)(7), which
authorize Federal Reserve Banks to provide discounts or advances to a
member bank or other depository institution and to demand notes secured
to the satisfaction of each Reserve Bank, and authorize the Board to
establish rules and regulations under which a Reserve Bank may extend
such credit. Specifically, section 4(8) of the FRA, 12 U.S.C. 301,
requires each Reserve Bank to keep itself informed of the general
character and amount of the loans and investments of a depository
institution ``with a view to ascertaining whether undue use is being
made of bank credit,'' and instructs that, ``in determining whether to
grant or refuse advances, rediscounts, or other credit accommodations,
the Federal Reserve Bank shall give consideration to such
information.'' Section 4(8) of the FRA also authorizes the Board to
``prescribe regulations further defining . . . the conditions under
which discounts, advancements, and the accommodations may be extended
to member banks.'' Section 10B of the FRA, 12 U.S.C. 347b, permits
Federal Reserve Banks to make advances to member banks ``under rules
and regulations prescribed by the
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Board.'' Section 19(b)(7) of the FRA, 12 U.S.C. 461(b)(7), provides
that any depository institutions that hold reservable deposits are
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entitled to the same discount and borrowing privileges as member banks.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, July 15, 2019.
Michele Taylor Fennell,
Assistant Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2019-15365 Filed 7-18-19; 8:45 am]
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