[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 241 (Monday, December 16, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68452-68453]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-27041]


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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM


Agency Information Collection Activities: Announcement of Board 
Approval Under Delegated Authority and Submission to OMB

AGENCY: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

SUMMARY: The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) 
is adopting a proposal to extend for three years, without revision, the 
Payments Research Survey (FR 3067; OMB No. 7100-0355).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

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    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.
    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.
    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. 
These documents also are available on the Federal Reserve 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 above.

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. Board-
approved collections of information are incorporated into the official 
OMB inventory of currently approved collections of information. Copies 
of the PRA Submission, supporting statements, and approved collection 
of information instrument(s) are placed into OMB's public docket files.

Final Approval Under OMB Delegated Authority of the Extension for Three 
Years, Without Revision, of the Following Information Collection

    Report title: Payments Research Survey.
    Agency form number: FR 3067.
    OMB control number: 7100-0355.
    Frequency: As needed.
    Respondents: Private sector, individuals or households, and state 
and local governments.
    Estimated number of respondents: Private sector: 4,300; individuals 
or households: 5,500; state and local governments: 200.
    Estimated average hours per response: Private sector: 1.5; 
individuals or households: 1.5; state and local governments: 1.5.
    Estimated annual burden hours: Private sector: 12,900; individuals 
or households: 16,500; state and local governments: 600; total: 30,000.
    General description of report: The Board uses this collection to 
obtain information, as needed, on specific and time sensitive issues 
related to payments research. Respondents may comprise depository 
institutions, financial and nonfinancial businesses, for profit and 
nonprofit enterprises, federal, state, and local governments, 
individual consumers, or households. The Board may conduct various 
surveys under this collection, as needed. The frequency and content of 
the questions depend on changing economic, regulatory, supervisory, or 
legislative developments.
    Legal authorization and confidentiality: The legal framework for 
the collection of checks and other items by Reserve Banks and for funds 
transfers through Fedwire is provided by section 13 of the Federal 
Reserve Act (FRA),\1\ section 16 of the FRA,\2\ the Expedited Funds 
Availability Act,\3\ and the Check Clearing for the 21st Century 
Act.\4\ Within the Federal Reserve System, the Reserve Banks are 
generally the entities engaged in the payments system. The Board has 
broad authority to supervise the actions of Reserve Banks, provided by 
section 11 of the FRA.\5\ To successfully maintain the operation of the 
payments system, the Board must collect payments related data and 
information related to the performance of Reserve Banks involved in the 
payments system. The Federal Reserve System has a long history of 
conducting surveys, including surveys of supervised institutions and of 
outside parties. Accordingly, FR 3067 is authorized by sections 11, 13, 
and 16 of the FRA, as well as the Expedited Funds Availability Act and 
the Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act. Depending on the survey 
respondent, the information collection may also be authorized under a 
specific statute. These statutes include:
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    \1\ 12 U.S.C. 342.
    \2\ 12 U.S.C. 360.
    \3\ 12 U.S.C. 4001-4010.
    \4\ 12 U.S.C. 5001-5018.
    \5\ 12 U.S.C. 248.
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     Section 809 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and 
Consumer Protection Act,\6\
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    \6\ 12 U.S.C. 5468.
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     Section 7 of the Bank Service Company Act,\7\ and
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    \7\ 12 U.S.C. 1867.
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     Section 920 of the Electronic Fund Transfer Act.\8\
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    \8\ 15 U.S.C. 1693o-2.
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    Survey submissions are voluntary.
    While unlikely, individual respondents may request that information 
submitted to the Board through a survey under FR 3067 be kept 
confidential. If a respondent requests confidential treatment, the 
Board will determine whether the information is entitled to 
confidential treatment on a case-by-case basis. Information collected 
through these surveys may be kept confidential under exemption 4 for 
the Freedom of Information Act, which protects privileged or 
confidential commercial or financial information,\9\ or under FOIA 
exemption 6, which covers personal information, the disclosure of which 
would constitute an unwarranted invasion of privacy.\10\
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    \9\ 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4).
    \10\ 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(6).
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    Current actions: On September 10, 2019, the Board published a 
notice in the Federal Register (84 FR 47511) requesting public comment 
for 60 days on the extension, without revision, of the Payments 
Research Survey. The comment period for this notice expired on November 
12, 2019. The Board did not receive any comments.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, December 11, 
2019.
Ann Misback,
Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2019-27041 Filed 12-13-19; 8:45 am]
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