[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 171 (Wednesday, September 8, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50354-50357]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-19298]


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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM


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 Financial Statements for Holding Companies (FR Y-9 reports; OMB 
Control Number 7100-0128).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before November 8, 2021.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by FR Y-9, 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 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 confidential 
business information, identifying information, 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 for the Federal 
Reserve Board, 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: 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 Paperwork Reduction Act (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.
    During the comment period for this proposal, a copy of the proposed 
PRA OMB submission, including the draft reporting form and 
instructions, supporting statement, and other documentation, will 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 above. Final 
versions of these documents will be made available at https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, if approved.

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,

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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: Financial Statements for Holding Companies.
    Agency form number: FR Y-9C, FR Y-9LP, FR Y-9SP, FR Y-9ES, and FR 
Y-9CS.
    OMB control number: 7100-0128.
    Frequency: Quarterly, semiannually, and annually.
    Respondents: Bank holding companies (BHCs), savings and loan 
holding companies (SLHCs), securities holding companies, and U.S. 
intermediate holding companies (IHCs) (collectively, holding 
companies).\1\
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    \1\ The following depository institution holding companies are 
exempt: (1) A unitary savings and loan holding company with 
primarily commercial assets that meets the requirements of section 
10(c)(9)(c) of the Home Owners' Loan Act, for which thrifts make up 
less than 5 percent of its consolidated assets; and (2) a SLHC that 
primarily holds insurance-related assets and does not otherwise 
submit financial reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission 
pursuant to sections 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 
1934.
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    Estimated number of respondents:

Reporting

    FR Y-9C (non-advanced approaches holding companies with less than 
$5 billion in total assets): 119; FR Y-9C (non-advanced approaches 
holding companies with $5 billion or more in total assets): 221; FR Y-
9C (advanced approaches holding companies): 9; FR Y-9LP: 412; FR Y-9SP: 
3,708; FR Y-9ES: 78; FR Y-9CS: 236.

Recordkeeping

    FR Y-9C: 349; FR Y-9LP: 412; FR Y-9SP: 3,708; FR Y-9ES: 78; FR Y-
9CS: 236.
    Estimated average hours per response:

Reporting

    FR Y-9C (non-advanced approaches holding companies with less than 
$5 billion in total assets): 35.74; FR Y-9C (non-advanced approaches 
holding companies with $5 billion or more in total assets): 44.94; FR 
Y-9C (advanced approaches holding companies): 50.16; FR Y-9LP: 5.27; FR 
Y-9SP: 5.45; FR Y-9ES: 0.50; FR Y-9CS: 0.50.

Recordkeeping

    FR Y-9C: 1; FR Y-9LP: 1; FR Y-9SP: 0.50; FR Y-9ES: 0.50; FR Y-9CS: 
0.50.
    Estimated annual burden hours:

Reporting

    FR Y-9C (non-advanced approaches holding companies with less than 
$5 billion in total assets): 17,012; FR Y-9C (non-advanced approaches 
holding companies with $5 billion or more in total assets): 39,727; FR 
Y-9C (advanced approaches holding companies): 1,806; FR Y-9LP: 8,685; 
FR Y-9SP: 40,417; FR Y-9ES: 39; FR Y-9CS: 472.

Recordkeeping

    FR Y-9C: 1,396; FR Y-9LP: 1,648; FR Y-9SP: 3,708; FR Y-9ES: 39; FR 
Y-9CS: 472.
    General description of report: The FR Y-9 family of reporting forms 
continues to be the primary source of financial data on holding 
companies that examiners rely on in the intervals between on-site 
inspections. The Board requires holding companies to provide 
standardized financial statements to fulfill the Board's statutory 
obligation to supervise these organizations. Financial data from these 
reporting forms are used to detect emerging financial problems, to 
review performance and conduct pre-inspection analysis, to monitor and 
evaluate capital adequacy, to evaluate holding company mergers and 
acquisitions, and to analyze a holding company's overall financial 
condition to ensure the safety and soundness of its operations. The FR 
Y-9C, FR Y-9LP, and FR Y-9SP serve as standardized financial statements 
for the holding companies. The FR Y-9ES is a financial statement for 
holding companies that are Employee Stock Ownership Plans. The Board 
uses the voluntary FR Y-9CS (a free-form supplement) to collect 
additional information deemed to be critical and needed in an expedited 
manner. Holding companies file the FR Y-9C on a quarterly basis, the FR 
Y-9LP quarterly, the FR Y-9SP semiannually, the FR Y-9ES annually, and 
the FR Y-9CS on a schedule that is determined when this supplement is 
used.
    Proposed revisions:

Chief Executive Officer Contact Information

    The Federal Reserve periodically needs to communicate directly with 
the CEOs of holding companies via email; however, the Federal Reserve 
currently does not have a complete list of CEO email addresses. To 
streamline communications to CEOs, the Board proposes to collect the 
name, email address, and phone number of the holding company's CEO on 
the FR Y-9C and FR Y-9SP reports. CEO communications would be initiated 
or approved by the Board's senior management and would involve topics 
such as new initiatives and policy notifications.
    The proposed CEO contact information would be for the confidential 
use of the Federal Reserve and would not be released to the public. The 
Board intends for CEO email addresses and phone numbers to be used 
judiciously and only for significant matters requiring CEO-level 
attention. Having a comprehensive database of holding companies' CEO 
contact information, including email addresses and phone numbers, would 
allow the Federal Reserve to have current information to communicate 
important and time-sensitive information to CEOs. This information is 
proposed to be collected quarterly on the FR Y-9C report for 
consistency with the Call Report and semiannually on the FR Y-9SP 
report. The information would be collected from top tier holding 
companies only.

Full-Time Employees

    Consistent with the Interagency Policy Statement Establishing Joint 
Standards for Assessing the Diversity Policies of Entities Regulated by 
the Agencies,\2\ which was issued as required by section 342 of the 
Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, the Board's 
Office of Minority and Women Inclusion (OMWI) conducts an annual survey 
of entities the Board regulates. In this voluntary survey, the Board 
collects a self-assessment report on diversity policies and practices 
from entities with 100 or more full-time equivalent employees.
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    \2\ See 80 FR 33016 (June 10, 2015). Agencies include the Office 
of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Board; Federal Deposit 
Insurance Corporation (FDIC); National Credit Union Administration 
(NCUA); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); and Securities 
and Exchange Commission (SEC).
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    Currently, to identify those entities that should be invited to 
participate in the survey, the Board's OMWI relies on the FR Y-9C and 
Call Report, which collect data on the number of full-time equivalent 
employees for the consolidated entity. Because these data are not 
collected on the parent-only FR Y-9SP or the nonbank subsidiary 
reports,\3\ the Board cannot accurately identify the FR Y-9SP reporters 
with 100 or more full-time equivalent employees on a consolidated basis 
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should be invited to participate in this survey.
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    \3\ The nonbank subsidiary reports include the Financial 
Statements of Foreign Subsidiaries of U.S. Banking Organizations (FR 
2314/2314S), Financial Statements of U.S. Nonbank Subsidiaries held 
by Foreign Banking Organizations (FR Y-7N/7NS/7Q), and Financial 
Statements of U.S. Nonbank Subsidiaries of U.S. Holding Companies 
(FR Y-11/11S).
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    Therefore, the Board proposes to add a new check box, Memorandum 
item 5, ``Does your holding company have 100 or more full-time 
equivalent employees on a consolidated basis?'' to Schedule SI, Income 
Statement of the FR Y-9SP report. The addition of this item on the FR 
Y-9SP would enable OMWI to have a comprehensive list of the 
institutions with full-time equivalent employees of 100 or more on a 
consolidated basis. The proposed data item would only be collected from 
top tier holding companies and would be collected only on the report 
for the December 31 as-of date. Given that the additional information 
to be reported should be easily obtainable, the Board expects a small 
burden increase for reporters.

Brokered Deposits Glossary Entries

    The FR Y-9C instructions Glossary defines ``Brokered Deposits'' and 
``Brokered Retail Deposits'' consistent with section 29(g) of the 
Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDI Act) and the FDIC's brokered 
deposits regulation.\4\ Under these definitions, the meaning of the 
term ``brokered deposit'' references the defined term ``deposit 
broker.'' On January 22, 2021, the FDIC published in the Federal 
Register a final rule to amend its brokered deposits regulation 
(brokered deposits final rule),\5\ which established a new framework 
for analyzing certain provisions of the ``deposit broker'' definition 
in the FDI Act.\6\ The brokered deposits final rule clarified the term 
``deposit broker'' and the analysis of whether entities are engaged in 
the business of placing, or facilitating the placement of, deposits. 
The revised FDIC regulation describes exceptions to the definition of 
``deposit broker'' including when the primary purpose of an agent's or 
nominee's business relationship with its customers is not the placement 
of funds with depository institutions (primary purpose exception). The 
brokered deposits final rule introduced in the FDIC's regulation a list 
of business relationships that are designated as meeting the primary 
purpose exception. In February 2021, the Federal Financial Institutions 
Examination Council proposed changes to the Call Reports forms and 
instructions consistent with the brokered deposits final rule and 
proposed conforming clarifications in the Call Reports Glossary.
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    \4\ 12 CFR 337.6
    \5\ 86 FR 6742 (Jan. 22, 2021).
    \6\ 12 U.S.C. 1831f(g).
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    To provide clarity for respondents, the Board is proposing to 
revise the FR Y-9C Glossary instructions to incorporate changes under 
the brokered deposits final rule consistent with the proposed Call 
Report revisions. Specifically, the Board proposes to reorder the 
content of the Glossary entries for ``Brokered Deposits'' and 
``Brokered Retail Deposits,'' to incorporate the revised content of the 
FDIC regulation, and to update reference to the FDIC insurance limit of 
$250,000. The Board is not proposing otherwise to revise the FR Y-9C 
form or instructions in respect to brokered deposits.

SA-CCR Check Box

    On January 24, 2020, the agencies issued a final rule \7\ (SA-CCR 
final rule) that amends the regulatory capital rule to implement a new 
approach for calculating the exposure amount for derivatives contracts 
for purposes of calculating the total risk-weighted assets (RWA), which 
is called SA-CCR. The final rule also incorporates SA-CCR into the 
determination of the exposure amounts of derivatives for total leverage 
exposure under the supplementary leverage ratio and the cleared 
transaction framework under the capital rule.
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    \7\ See 85 FR 4362 (January 24, 2021).
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    Holding companies that are not advanced approaches banking 
organizations \8\ may elect to use SA-CCR to calculate standardized 
total RWA by notifying the Board.\9\ Advanced approaches holding 
companies are required to use SA-CCR to calculate standardized total 
RWA starting on January 1, 2022. Advanced approaches holding companies 
may adopt SA-CCR prior to January 1, 2022, but must notify the Board of 
their early adoption.\10\
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    \8\ See 12 CFR 217.2 (defining ``Advanced approaches Board-
regulated institution'').
    \9\ 12 CFR 217.34(a)(1)(ii).
    \10\ 12 CRF 217.300(h).
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    The Board proposes to revise the FR Y-9C forms and instructions by 
adding new line item 31.b, ``Standardized Approach for Counterparty 
Credit Risk opt-in election.'' The Board is proposing to add this new 
item to identify holding companies that have chosen to early adopt or 
voluntarily elect SA-CCR, which would allow for enhanced comparability 
of the reported derivative data and for better supervision of the 
implementation of the framework at these holding companies. Due to the 
inherent complexity of adopting SA-CCR, this identification is 
particularly important for non-advanced approaches institutions that 
choose to voluntarily adopt SA-CCR.
    A non-advanced approaches holding company that adopts SA-CCR would 
enter ``1'' for ``Yes'' in line item 31.b. All other non-advanced 
approaches holding companies would leave this item blank. If a non-
advanced approaches holding company has elected to use SA-CCR, the 
holding company may change its election only with prior approval of the 
Board.\11\ An advanced approaches holding company that elects to early 
adopt SA-CCR prior to the January 1, 2022, mandatory compliance date 
would enter ``1'' for ``Yes'' in line item 31.b. After January 1, 2022, 
an advanced approaches holding company would leave this item blank. 
This proposed reporting change would take effect starting with the 
December 31, 2021, FR Y-9C report. This item would no longer be 
applicable to advanced approaches holding companies starting with the 
March 31, 2022, report date. There would be no material change in 
burden to the FR Y-9C report related to this revision.
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    \11\ 12 CFR 217.34(a)(1)(ii).
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    Legal authorization and confidentiality: The reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements associated with the Y-9 series of reports 
are authorized for BHCs pursuant to section 5 of the Bank Holding 
Company Act (BHC Act); \12\ for SLHCs pursuant to section 10(b)(2) and 
(3) of the Home Owners' Loan Act; \13\ for IHCs pursuant to section 5 
of the BHC Act, as well as pursuant to sections 102(a)(1) and 165 of 
the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-
Frank Act); \14\ and for securities holding companies pursuant to 
section 618 of the Dodd-Frank Act.\15\
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    \12\ 12 U.S.C. 1844.
    \13\ 12 U.S.C. 1467a(b)(2) and (3).
    \14\ 12 U.S.C. 5311(a)(1) and 5365. Section 165(b)(2) of Title I 
of the Dodd-Frank Act, 12 U.S.C. 5365(b)(2), refers to ``foreign-
based bank holding company.'' Section 102(a)(1) of the Dodd-Frank 
Act, 12 U.S.C. 5311(a)(1), defines ``bank holding company'' for 
purposes of Title I of the Dodd-Frank Act to include foreign banking 
organizations that are treated as bank holding companies under 
section 8(a) of the International Banking Act, 12 U.S.C. 3106(a). 
The Board has required, pursuant to section 165(b)(1)(B)(iv) of the 
Dodd-Frank Act, 12 U.S.C. 5365(b)(1)(B)(iv), certain foreign banking 
organizations subject to section 165 of the Dodd-Frank Act to form 
U.S. intermediate holding companies. Accordingly, the parent 
foreign-based organization of a U.S. IHC is treated as a BHC for 
purposes of the BHC Act and section 165 of the Dodd-Frank Act. 
Because section 5(c) of the BHC Act authorizes the Board to require 
reports from subsidiaries of BHCs, section 5(c) provides additional 
authority to require U.S. IHCs to report the information contained 
in the FR Y-9 series of reports.
    \15\ 12 U.S.C. 1850a(c)(1)(A).
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    Except for the FR Y-9CS report, which is collected on a voluntary 
basis, the obligation to submit the remaining reports in the FR Y-9 
series of reports and to comply with the recordkeeping requirements set 
forth in the respective

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instructions to each of the other reports is mandatory.
    Certain information collected on the FR Y-9C and FR Y-9SP Reports 
is kept confidential by the Board. The following items may be kept 
confidential under exemption 4 of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 
because these data items reflect commercial and financial information 
that is both customarily and actually treated as private by the 
respondent: \16\
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    \16\ 12 U.S.C. 552(b)(4).
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     FR Y-9C, Schedule HI, memoranda item 7(g), ``FDIC deposit 
insurance assessments;''
     FR Y-9C, Schedule HC-P, item 7(a) ``Representation and 
warranty reserves for 1-4 family residential mortgage loans sold to 
U.S. government agencies and government sponsored agencies;''
     FR Y-9C, Schedule HC-P, item 7(b) ``Representation and 
warranty reserves for 1-4 family residential mortgage loans sold to 
other parties;''
     FR Y-9C, Schedule HC-C, Part I, Memorandum items 16.a and 
16.b, for eligible loan modifications under Section 4013 of the 2020 
Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act; and
     FR Y-9C, Schedule HC and FR Y-9SP, Schedule SC, Memoranda 
item 2.b., the name and email address of the external auditing firm's 
engagement partner.\17\
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    \17\ The Board has assured respondents that this information 
will be treated as confidential since the collection of this data 
item was proposed in 2004, under the assumption that the identity of 
the engagement partner is treated as private information by holding 
companies.
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    In some circumstances, disclosing these data items may also reveal 
confidential examination and supervisory information protected from 
disclosure under exemption 8 of the FOIA.\18\ The Board has previously 
assured submitters that these data items will be treated as 
confidential.
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    \18\ 12 U.S.C. 552(b)(8).
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    In addition, the Chief Executive Officer Contact Information 
section of both the FR Y-9C and FR Y-9SP may be kept confidential 
pursuant to FOIA exemption 6, which applies to personnel and medical 
files the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted 
invasion of personal privacy,\19\ and exemption 8, which applies to 
information contained in or related to examination, operating, or 
condition reports prepared by, on behalf of, or for the use of an 
agency responsible for the regulation or supervision of financial 
institutions.\20\
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    \19\ 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(6).
    \20\ 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(8).
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    Aside from the data items described above, data collected by the FR 
Y-9 reports generally are not accorded confidential treatment. As 
provided in the Board's Rules Regarding Availability of 
Information,\21\ however, a respondent may request confidential 
treatment for any data items the respondent believes should be withheld 
pursuant to a FOIA exemption. The Board will review any such request to 
determine if confidential treatment is appropriate and will inform the 
respondent if the request for confidential treatment has been granted 
or denied.
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    \21\ 12 CFR part 2.
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    To the extent that the instructions to the FR Y-9 reports direct 
the financial institution to retain the workpapers and related 
materials used in preparation of each report, such material would only 
be obtained by the Board as part of the examination or supervision of 
the financial institution. Accordingly, such information may be 
considered confidential pursuant to exemption 8 of the FOIA.\22\ In 
addition, the workpapers and related materials may also be protected by 
exemption 4 of the FOIA to the extent such financial information is 
customarily and actually treated as private by the respondent.\23\
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    \22\ 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(8).
    \23\ 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4).
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    Consultation outside the agency: The Board consulted with the FDIC 
and OCC regarding the proposed revisions on brokered deposits and SA-
CCR check box.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, September 1, 
2021.
Michele Taylor Fennell,
Deputy Associate Secretary of the Board.
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