[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 198 (Monday, October 18, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57675-57676]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-22592]


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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, without 
revision, the Holding Company Report of Insured Depository 
Institutions' Section 23A Transactions with Affiliates (FR Y-8; OMB No. 
7100-0126).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before December 17, 2021.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by FR Y-8, 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 or FR 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;

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    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, 
Without Revision, the Following Information Collection

    Report title: Holding Company Report of Insured Depository 
Institutions' Section 23A Transactions with Affiliates.
    Agency form number: FR Y-8.
    OMB control number: 7100-0126.
    Frequency: Quarterly.
    Respondents: U.S. top-tier bank holding companies (BHCs), 
intermediate holding companies (IHCs), and savings and loan holding 
companies (SLHCs); foreign banking organizations (FBOs) that directly 
own or control a U.S. subsidiary insured depository institution.
    Estimated number of respondents: Reporting, 692; recordkeeping, 
692.
    Estimated average hours per response: Reporting, 7.3; 
recordkeeping, 0.5.
    Estimated annual burden hours: 21,590.
    General description of report: The FR Y-8 collects information on 
covered transactions between an insured depository institution and its 
affiliates that are subject to the quantitative limits and other 
requirements of section 23A of the Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 371c) 
and the Board's Regulation W--Transactions Between Member Banks and 
Their Affiliates (12 CFR part 223). The data to be reported vary based 
on the activities and subsidiaries of the insured depository 
institution. A respondent must file a separate FR Y-8 report for each 
U.S. insured depository institution it controls.
    Legal authorization and confidentiality: Section 5(c) of the Bank 
Holding Company Act authorizes the Board to require BHCs and IHCs to 
file the FR Y-8.\1\ Section 10(b)(2) of the Home Owners' Loan Act 
authorizes the Board to require SLHCs to file the FR Y-8.\2\ Section 
8(a) of the International Banking Act authorizes the Board to require 
FBOs that directly own or control a U.S. subsidiary insured depository 
institution to file the FR Y-8.\3\ Information provided on the FR Y-8 
may be kept confidential under exemption 4 of the Freedom of 
Information Act (FOIA) as confidential commercial or financial 
information that is both customarily and actually treated as 
private.\4\ Information collected on the FR Y-8 may also be considered 
confidential under FOIA exemption 8 if it is obtained as part of an 
examination or supervision of a financial institution.\5\
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    \1\ 12 U.S.C. 1844(c).
    \2\ 12 U.S.C. 1467a(b)(2).
    \3\ 12 U.S.C. 3106(a).
    \4\ 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4).
    \5\ 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(8).
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    The FR Y-8 report is mandatory for respondents that control an 
insured depository institution that has engaged in covered transactions 
with an affiliate during the reporting period.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, October 12, 
2021.
Michele Taylor Fennell,
Deputy Associate Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2021-22592 Filed 10-15-21; 8:45 am]
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