[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 125 (Thursday, June 30, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39129-39130]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-14004]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption for 
Insurance and Annuity Contracts and Mutual Fund Principal Underwriters

ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Employee 
Benefits Security Administration (EBSA)-sponsored information 
collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995 (PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.

DATES: The OMB will consider all written comments that the agency 
receives on or before August 1, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
    Comments are invited on: (1) whether the collection of information 
is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the 
Department, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; (2) if the information will be processed and used in a timely 
manner; (3) the accuracy of the agency's estimates of the burden and 
cost of the collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used; (4) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information collection; and (5) ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are 
to respond, including the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mara Blumenthal by telephone at 202-
693-8538, or by email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption (PTE) 
84-24, as amended, provides an exemption for insurance agents, 
insurance brokers and pension consultants to receive a sales commission 
from an insurance company in connection with the purchase, with plan or 
IRA assets, of an insurance or annuity contract. Relief is also 
provided for a principal underwriter for an investment company 
registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 to receive a sales 
commission in connection with the purchase, with plan or IRA assets, of 
securities issued by the investment company. To ensure that the class 
exemption is not abused, that the rights of the participants and 
beneficiaries are protected, and that the exemption's conditions are 
being complied with, the Department often requires minimal information 
collection pertaining to the affected transactions. For additional 
substantive information about this ICR, see the related notice 
published in the Federal Register on March 17, 2022 (87 FR 15267).
    This information collection is subject to the PRA. A Federal agency 
generally cannot conduct or sponsor a collection of information, and 
the public is generally not required to respond to an information 
collection, unless the OMB approves it and displays a currently

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valid OMB Control Number. In addition, notwithstanding any other 
provisions of law, no person shall generally be subject to penalty for 
failing to comply with a collection of information that does not 
display a valid OMB Control Number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6.
    DOL seeks PRA authorization for this information collection for 
three (3) years. OMB authorization for an ICR cannot be for more than 
three (3) years without renewal. The DOL notes that information 
collection requirements submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs receive 
a month-to-month extension while they undergo review.
    Agency: DOL-EBSA.
    Title of Collection: Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption for 
Insurance and Annuity Contracts and Mutual Fund Principal Underwriters.
    OMB Control Number: 1210-0158.
    Affected Public: Private Sector--Businesses or other for-profits 
and not-for-profit institutions.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 7,988.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 258,041.
    Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 45,277 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $11,743.

(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D))

     Dated: June 23, 2022.
Mara Blumenthal,
Senior PRA Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2022-14004 Filed 6-29-22; 8:45 am]
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