[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 59 (Tuesday, March 28, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18315-18316]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-06400]


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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, with revision, 
the Financial Statements for Holding Companies (FR Y-9 Reports; OMB No. 
7100-0128).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 30, 2023.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by FR Y-9 reports, 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: Federal Reserve Board of Governors, Attn: Ann E. 
Misback, Secretary of the Board, Mailstop M-4775, 2001 C St. 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 a.m. and 5 p.m. 
on weekdays, except for Federal holidays. 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, [email protected], (202) 
452-3884.

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 (which contains more detail about 
the information collection and burden estimates than this notice), and 
other documentation, will be made available on the Board's public 
website at https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/reportingforms/home/review 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

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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, With 
Revision, the Following Information Collection

    Collection title: Financial Statements for Holding Companies.
    Collection identifier: FR Y-9 reports.
    OMB control number: 7100-0128.
    General description of collection: The Board requires bank holding 
companies (BHCs), most savings and loan holding companies (SLHCs), 
securities holding companies, and U.S. intermediate holding companies 
(IHCs) (collectively, HCs) to provide standardized financial statements 
through one or more of the FR Y-9 reports. The information collected on 
the FR Y-9 reports is necessary for the Board to identify emerging 
financial risks and monitor the safety and soundness of HC operations.
    The FR Y-9C consists of standardized financial statements for HCs 
similar to the Call Reports filed by commercial banks. The FR Y-9C 
collects consolidated data and is filed quarterly by top-tier HCs with 
total consolidated assets of $3 billion or more.
    The FR Y-9LP, which collects parent company only financial data, 
must be submitted quarterly by each HC that files the FR Y-9C, as well 
as by each of its subsidiary HCs. The report consists of standardized 
financial statements, including the following schedules: Income 
Statement, Cash Flow Statement, Balance Sheet, Investments in 
Subsidiaries and Associated Companies, Memoranda, and Notes to the 
Parent Company Only Financial Statements.
    The FR Y-9SP is a parent company only financial statement filed 
semiannually by HCs with total consolidated assets of less than $3 
billion. In a banking organization with total consolidated assets of 
less than $3 billion that has tiered HCs, each HC in the organization 
must submit, or have the top-tier HC submit on its behalf, a separate 
FR Y-9SP. This report collects basic balance sheet and income data for 
the parent company, as well as data on its intangible assets and 
intercompany transactions.
    The FR Y-9ES is filed annually by each employee stock ownership 
plan (ESOP) that is also an HC. The report collects financial data on 
the ESOP's benefit plan activities. The FR Y-9ES consists of four 
schedules: Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits, 
Statement of Net Assets Available for Benefits, Memoranda, and Notes to 
the Financial Statements.
    The instructions to each of the FR Y-9C, FR Y-9LP, FR Y-9SP, and FR 
Y-9ES state that respondent HCs should retain workpapers and other 
records used in the preparation of the reports for a period of three 
years following submission. In addition, HCs must maintain in their 
files a manually signed and attested printout of the data submitted 
under each form for a period of three years.
    The FR Y-9CS is a voluntary, free-form supplemental report that the 
Board may utilize to collect critical additional data deemed to be 
needed from HCs in an expedited manner. The FR Y-9CS data collections 
are used to assess and monitor emerging issues related to HCs, and the 
report is intended to supplement the other FR Y-9 reports. The data 
requested by the FR Y-9CS would depend on the Board's data needs in any 
given situation. For example, changes made by the Financial Accounting 
Standards Board may introduce into generally accepted accounting 
principles new data items that are not currently collected by the other 
FR Y-9 reports. The Board could use the FR Y-9CS report to collect 
these data until the items are implemented into the other FR Y-9 
reports.
    Proposed revisions: The Board proposes to revise the Consolidated 
Financial Statements for Holding Companies (FR Y-9C) to eliminate and 
consolidate certain items from the reporting forms and instructions for 
burden-reduction purposes and to correspond with proposed revisions to 
the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) 
Consolidated Reports of Condition and Income (Call Reports) (FFIEC 031, 
FFIEC 041, and FFIEC 051) related to a statutorily mandated review. 
Additionally, the proposal would seek public comment on previously made 
clarifications to FR Y-9C reporting instructions related to reporting 
securitizations conducted by Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation 
(FHLMC, also known as Freddie Mac). All of the proposed changes to the 
FR Y-9C would take effect as of the June 30, 2023, report date. There 
are no proposed revisions at this time for the FR Y-9LP, FR Y-9SP, FR 
Y-9ES, or FR Y-9CS.
    Frequency: Quarterly, semiannual, annual, and as needed.
    Respondents: HCs.
    Total estimated number of respondents:

Reporting

    FR Y-9C (non-advanced approaches holding companies with less than 
$5 billion in total assets): 107; FR Y-9C (non-advanced approaches 
holding companies with $5 billion or more in total assets): 236; FR Y-
9C (advanced approaches holding companies): 9; FR Y-9LP: 411; FR Y-9SP: 
3,596; FR Y-9ES: 73; FR Y-9CS: 236.

Recordkeeping

    FR Y-9C: 352; FR Y-9LP: 411; FR Y-9SP: 3,596; FR Y-9ES: 73; FR Y-
9CS: 236.
    Estimated average hours per response:

Reporting

    FR Y-9C (non-advanced approaches holding companies with less than 
$5 billion in total assets): 35.34; FR Y-9C (non-advanced approaches 
holding companies with $5 billion or more in total assets): 44.54; FR 
Y-9C (advanced approaches holding companies): 49.76; FR Y-9LP: 5.27; FR 
Y-9SP: 5.45; FR Y-9ES: 0.50; FR Y-9CS: 0.50.

Recordkeeping

    FR Y-9C: 1; FR Y-9LP: 1; FR Y-9SP: 0.50; FR Y-9ES: 0.50; FR Y-9CS: 
0.50.
    Total estimated change in burden: (563).
    Total estimated annual burden hours: 114,489.\1\
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    \1\ More detailed information regarding this collection, 
including more detailed burden estimates, can be found in the OMB 
Supporting Statement posted at https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/reportingforms/home/review. On the page displayed at the link, you 
can find the OMB Supporting Statement by referencing the collection 
identifier, FR Y-9.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, March 23, 
2023.
Michele Taylor Fennell,
Deputy Associate Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2023-06400 Filed 3-27-23; 8:45 am]
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