[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 66 (Wednesday, April 6, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19927-19928]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-07222]


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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 Interagency Policy Statement on Funding and Liquidity 
Risk Management (FR 4198; OMB No. 7100-0326).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before June 6, 2022.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by FR 4198, 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 
M-4365A, 2001 C St. NW, Washington, DC 20551, 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

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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: Interagency Policy Statement on Funding and Liquidity 
Risk Management.
    Agency form number: FR 4198.
    OMB control number: 7100-0326.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondents: Bank holding companies, savings and loan holding 
companies, state-licensed branches and agencies of foreign banks (other 
than insured branches), corporations organized or operating under 
sections 25 or 25A of the Federal Reserve Act (agreement corporations 
and Edge corporations), and state member banks.
    Estimated number of respondents: Implementation of Recordkeeping 
Guidance, 37; Ongoing Recordkeeping, 4,646.
    Estimated average hours per response: Implementation of 
Recordkeeping Guidance, 1; Ongoing Recordkeeping, 1.
    Estimated annual burden hours: 154,592.
    General description of report: The Interagency Policy Statement on 
Funding and Liquidity Risk Management (Guidance) was issued to provide 
consistent interagency expectations on sound practices for managing 
funding and liquidity risk. The Guidance includes a number of voluntary 
recordkeeping provisions that apply to the respondents listed above. 
The recordkeeping provisions relate to liquidity risk management 
policies, procedures, and assumptions, and contingency funding plans.
    Legal authorization and confidentiality: The recordkeeping 
provisions of the Guidance are authorized pursuant to sections 9(6), 
25, and 25A of the Federal Reserve Act \1\ (for state member banks, 
agreement corporations, and Edge corporations, respectively); section 
5(c) of the Bank Holding Company Act \2\ (for bank holding companies); 
section 10(b)(3) of the Home Owners' Loan Act \3\ (savings and loan 
holding companies), and section 7(c)(2) of the International Banking 
Act \4\ (state-licensed branches and agencies of foreign banks, other 
than insured branches). The FR 4198 recordkeeping provisions are 
contained within guidance, which is nonbinding, and therefore are 
voluntary.
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    \1\ 12 U.S.C. 324, 602, and 625.
    \2\ 12 U.S.C. 1844(c).
    \3\ 12 U.S.C. 1467a(b)(3).
    \4\ 12 U.S.C. 3105(c)(2).
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    Because these records would be maintained at each banking 
organization, the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) would only be 
implicated if the Board obtained such records as part of the 
examination or supervision of a banking organization. In the event the 
records are obtained by the Board as part of an examination or 
supervision of a financial institution, this information may be 
considered confidential pursuant to exemption 8 of the FOIA, which 
protects information contained in ``examination, operating, or 
condition reports'' obtained in the bank supervisory process.\5\ In 
addition, the information may also be kept confidential under exemption 
4 for the FOIA, which protects public commercial or financial 
information, which is both customarily and actually treated as private 
by the respondent.\6\
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    \5\ 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(8).
    \6\ 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4).

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, April 1, 2022.
Margaret Shanks,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2022-07222 Filed 4-5-22; 8:45 am]
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