[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 235 (Friday, December 6, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 66888]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-26366]


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BUREAU OF CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Office of 
Management and Budget Approval of Information Collection Requirements

AGENCY: Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection.

ACTION: Notice of approval of information collection requirements.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) 
and the Code of Federal Regulations, the Consumer Financial Protection 
Bureau (Bureau) is announcing Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
approval of revised information collection requirements contained in a 
final rule published in the Federal Register on October 29, 2019, 
regarding Regulation C, Home Mortgage Disclosure. See the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section below for additional information about this OMB 
approval.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Documentation prepared in support of 
these information collection requests is available at www.reginfo.gov. 
Requests for additional information should be directed to Darrin King, 
PRA Officer, at (202) 435-9575, or email: [email protected]. If you 
require this document in an alternative electronic format, please 
contact [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) the 
Bureau may not conduct or sponsor, and, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, a respondent is not required to respond to, an 
information collection unless it displays a currently valid OMB control 
number. On October 29, 2019, the Bureau published a final rule in the 
Federal Register titled ``Home Mortgage Disclosure (Regulation C).'' 
\1\ The final rule amends 12 CFR part 1003 (Regulation C), which 
implements the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA). The Bureau's OMB 
control number for Regulation C is 3170-0008. This final rule revises 
the information collection requirements contained in Regulation C that 
were previously approved by OMB under that OMB control number as 
follows: (1) Extends for two years Regulation C's current temporary 
threshold of 500 open-end lines of credit for open-end institutional 
and transactional coverage, and (2) implements the new, separate 
Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act \2\ 
partial exemptions that apply to some HMDA reporting requirements. 
Pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.11(h), the Bureau submitted the Final Rule with 
an information collection request (ICR) to OMB on October 17, 2019 and 
OMB approved this ICR on November 27, 2019. In accordance with the PRA 
and 5 CFR 1320.11(k), the Bureau hereby announces OMB approval of the 
revised information collection requirements as contained in the subject 
final rule which will be effective January 1, 2020.
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    \1\ The Bureau issued the final rule for Regulation C on its 
website on October 10, 2019, https://www.consumerfinance.gov/policy-compliance/rulemaking/final-rules/. The Notice of Final Rulemaking 
was published in the Federal Register on October 29, 2019 (84 FR 
57946), RIN 3170-AA76.
    \2\ Public Law 115-174, 132 Stat. 1296 (2018).

    Dated: December 3, 2019.
Darrin King,
Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Bureau of Consumer Financial 
Protection.
[FR Doc. 2019-26366 Filed 12-5-19; 8:45 am]
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