[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 16 (Tuesday, January 25, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3809-3810]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-01417]


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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 Recordkeeping Provisions Associated with the Interagency 
Statement on Complex Structured Finance Activities (FR 4022; OMB No. 
7100-0311).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before March 28, 2022.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by FR 4022, 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.

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     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, 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: Recordkeeping Provisions Associated with the 
Interagency Statement on Complex Structured Finance Activities.
    Agency form number: FR 4022.
    OMB control number: 7100-0311.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondents: State member banks, bank holding companies (other than 
foreign banking organizations), savings and loan holding companies 
(SLHCs), and U.S. branches and agencies of foreign banks.
    Estimated number of respondents: 18.
    Estimated average hours per response: 10.
    Estimated annual burden hours: 180.
    General description of report: The Interagency Statement on Sound 
Practices Concerning Elevated Risk Complex Structured Finance 
Activities (the Statement) \1\ states that certain financial 
institutions should establish and maintain written policies and 
procedures for identifying, evaluating, assessing, documenting, and 
controlling risks associated with complex structured finance 
transactions (CSFTs) and should retain certain documents related to 
elevated risk CSFTs, which are a subcategory of CSFTs. The FR 4022 
covers these information collections for financial institutions that 
are subject to the Statement and that are supervised by the Board.
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    \1\ See https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2007/01/11/07-55/interagency-statement-on-sound-practices-concerning-elevated-risk-complex-structured-finance.
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    Legal authorization and confidentiality: The Board's recordkeeping 
guidance associated with the Statement relates to information that the 
Board is authorized to collect under the Federal Reserve Act (with 
respect to state member banks),\2\ under the Bank Holding Company Act 
(with respect to bank holding companies),\3\ under the Home Owners' 
Loan Act (with respect to SLHCs),\4\ and under the International 
Banking Act (with respect to U.S. branches and agencies of foreign 
banks).\5\ The FR 4022 recordkeeping provisions are voluntary.
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    \2\ 12 U.S.C. 248(a).
    \3\ 12 U.S.C. 1844(c).
    \4\ 12 U.S.C. 1467a(b) and 1467a(g).
    \5\ 12 U.S.C. 3105(c) and 3108(a).
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    Any policies, procedures, or other records voluntarily created 
based on the Statement would be maintained at the financial institution 
that created them. The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) would be 
implicated only if the Board obtained such records as part of the 
examination or supervision of a financial institution, in which case 
the records may be protected from disclosure under FOIA exemption 8, 
which protects information contained in ``examination, operating, or 
condition reports'' obtained in the bank supervisory process.\6\ 
Information provided on the FR 4022 may also be exempt from disclosure 
pursuant to FOIA exemption 4 if it is nonpublic commercial or financial 
information, which is both customarily and actually treated as private 
by the respondent.\7\
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    \6\ 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(8).
    \7\ 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4).

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, January 19, 
2022.
Michele Taylor Fennell,
Deputy Associate Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2022-01417 Filed 1-24-22; 8:45 am]
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