[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 86 (Thursday, May 6, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 24393]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-09533]


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BUREAU OF CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION

[Docket No: CFPB-2021-0009]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Approval of 
Information Collection Requirements

AGENCY: Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), 
the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Bureau) is announcing 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval of new information 
collection requirements contained in an interim final rule published in 
the Federal Register on April 22, 2021, ``Debt Collection Practices in 
Connection with the Global COVID-19 Pandemic (Regulation F).'' See the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below for additional information 
about this OMB approval.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Documentation prepared in support of 
this information collection request is available at 
www.regulations.gov. Requests for additional information should be 
directed to Suzan Muslu, Data Governance Program Manager, at (202) 435-
9267, or email: [email protected]. If you require this document in an 
alternative electronic format, please contact 
[email protected]. Please do not submit comments to this 
mailbox.

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 April 22, 2021, the Bureau published an interim final rule 
in the Federal Register titled ``Debt Collection Practices in 
Connection with the Global COVID-19 Pandemic (Regulation F)'' to amend 
Regulation F, which implements the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act 
(FDCPA). The interim final rule addresses certain debt collector 
conduct associated with an eviction moratorium issued by the Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in response to the global 
COVID-19 pandemic. The amendments prohibit debt collectors from taking 
certain covered eviction actions unless the debt collectors provide 
written notice to certain consumers of their protections under the CDC 
temporary eviction moratorium and prohibit misrepresentations about 
consumers' ineligibility for protection under such moratorium. This 
moratorium is in place now and currently set to expire at the end of 
June.
    Pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.13, the Bureau submitted a request for 
emergency approval of these information collection on April 22, 2021, 
and OMB approved this ICR on April 30, 2021 and assigned it OMB Control 
Number 3170-0074. Therefore, in accordance with the PRA and 5 CFR 
1320.11(k), the Bureau hereby announces OMB approval of the information 
collection requirements as contained in the subject interim final rule 
which is effective May 3, 2021.

    Dated: April 30, 2021.
Suzan Muslu,
Data Governance Program Manager, Bureau of Consumer Financial 
Protection.
[FR Doc. 2021-09533 Filed 5-5-21; 8:45 am]
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