[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 18 (Friday, January 27, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5433-5434]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-01687]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Troubled Asset Relief Program--Making Home 
Affordable Participants

AGENCY: Departmental Offices, U.S. Department of the Treasury.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury will submit the following

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information collection requests to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, on or after the date of publication of this 
notice. The public is invited to submit comments on these requests.

DATES: Comments should be received on or before February 27, 2023 to be 
assured of consideration.

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. Copies of 
the submissions may be obtained from Melody Braswell by emailing 
[email protected], calling (202) 622-1035, or viewing the entire 
information collection request at www.reginfo.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the submissions may be 
obtained from Christopher Dove by emailing 
[email protected], calling (202) 927-0374, or viewing the 
entire information collection request at www.reginfo.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Departmental Offices (DO)

    Title: Troubled Asset Relief Program--Making Home Affordable 
Participants.
    OMB Control Number: 1505-0216.
    Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved 
collection.
    Description: Authorized under the Emergency Economic Stabilization 
Act (EESA) of 2008 (Pub. L. 110-343), the Department of the Treasury 
has implemented several aspects of the Troubled Asset Relief Program 
(TARP). Among these components was a voluntary foreclosure prevention 
program--the Making Home Affordable (MHA) program, under which the 
Department used TARP capital to lower the mortgage payments of 
qualifying borrowers. The Treasury did this through agreements with 
mortgage servicers (Servicer Participation Agreements, or SPAs) to 
modify loans on their systems. Pursuant to the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2016 (Pub. L. 114-113), the MHA program terminated 
on December 31, 2016, except with respect to certain loan modification 
applications made before such date. The MHA program has several 
subcomponents: HAMP (Home Affordable Modification Program), 2MP (Second 
Lien Modification Program), HAFA (Home Affordable Foreclosure 
Alternatives) and FHA (Federal Housing Administration)/RD (Rural 
Development) HAMP. Though the MHA program has terminated, there is some 
data reporting that will continue through December 2023 for incentive 
payment and compliance purposes.
    Form Number: None.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 140.
    Frequency of Response: On Occasion.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 1,680.
    Estimated Time per Response: 28.5 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 47,880.
    Request for Comments: Comments submitted in response to this notice 
will be summarized and included in the request for Office of Management 
and Budget approval. All comments will become a matter of public 
record. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, 
and clarity of the information to be collected; (d) ways to minimize 
the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including 
through the use of technology; and (e) estimates of capital or start-up 
costs and costs of operation, maintenance, and purchase of services 
required to provide information.
    Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.

Melody Braswell,
Treasury PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-01687 Filed 1-26-23; 8:45 am]
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