[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 91 (Thursday, May 11, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30383-30384]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-10098]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Renewal; 
Comment Request; Renewal Without Change of the Generic Clearance for 
the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery

AGENCY: Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Treasury.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and 
respondent burden, FinCEN invites comments on a proposed renewal, 
without change, of a generic clearance for the collection of 
qualitative feedback on agency service delivery. This request for 
comments is being made pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Written comments are welcome and must be received on or before 
July 10, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted by any of the following methods:
     Federal E-rulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments. Refer to Docket Number 
FINCEN-2023-0006 and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control 
number 1506-0062.
     Mail: Policy Division, Financial Crimes Enforcement 
Network, P.O. Box 39, Vienna, VA 22183. Refer to Docket Number FINCEN-
2023-0006 and OMB control number 1506-0062.
    Please submit comments by one method only. Comments will be 
reviewed consistent with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and 
applicable OMB regulations and guidance. All comments submitted in 
response to this notice will become a matter of public record. 
Therefore, you should submit only information that you wish to make 
publicly available.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The FinCEN Resource Center at 1-800-
767-2825 or electronically at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Statutory and Regulatory Provisions

    The legislative framework generally referred to as the Bank Secrecy 
Act (BSA) consists of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting 
Act of 1970, as amended by the Uniting and Strengthening America by 
Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct 
Terrorism Act of 2001 (USA PATRIOT Act), Public Law 107-56 (October 26, 
2001), and other legislation, including the Anti-Money Laundering Act 
of 2020 (AML Act).\1\ The BSA is codified at 12 U.S.C. 1829b, 12 U.S.C. 
1951-1960, and 31 U.S.C. 5311-5314 and 5316-5336, and notes thereto, 
with implementing regulations at 31 CFR chapter X.
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    \1\ The AML Act was enacted as Division F, sections 6001-6511, 
of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2021, Public Law 116-283, 134 Stat. 3388 (2021).
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    The BSA authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury (the 
``Secretary''), inter alia, to require financial institutions to keep 
records and file reports that are determined to have a high degree of 
usefulness in criminal, tax, and regulatory matters, or in the conduct 
of intelligence or counter-intelligence activities to protect against 
international terrorism, and to implement AML programs and compliance 
procedures.\2\ Regulations implementing the BSA appear at 31 CFR 
chapter X. The authority of the Secretary to administer the BSA has 
been delegated to the Director of FinCEN.\3\
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    \2\ Section 358 of the USA PATRIOT Act expanded the purpose of 
the BSA, by including a reference to reports and records ``that have 
a high degree of usefulness in intelligence or counterintelligence 
activities to protect against international terrorism.'' Section 
6101 of the AML Act added language further expanding the purpose of 
the BSA.
    \3\ Treasury Order 180-01 (Jan. 14, 2020).
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    FinCEN conducts surveys to collect qualitative customer and 
stakeholder feedback, in furtherance of its commitment to improving 
service delivery.

II. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) 4
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    \4\ Public Law 104-13, 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A).
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    Title: Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback 
on Agency Service Delivery.
    OMB Control Number: 1506-0062.
    Abstract: FinCEN is issuing this notice to renew, without change, 
its capability to solicit feedback from the public with respect to 
timeliness, appropriateness, accuracy of information, courtesy, 
efficiency of service delivery, and resolution of issues with service 
delivery. Responses will be assessed to plan and inform efforts to 
improve or maintain the quality of service offered to the public. If 
this information is not collected, vital feedback from customers and 
stakeholders would be unavailable. FinCEN will submit a collection for 
approval under this generic clearance only if it meets the following 
conditions:
     The collection is voluntary;
     The collection is low-burden for respondents (based on 
considerations of total burden hours, total number of respondents, or 
burden-hours per respondent) and low-cost for both the respondents and 
the Federal government;
     The collection is noncontroversial and does not raise 
issues of concern to other Federal agencies;
     The collection is targeted to the solicitation of opinions 
from respondents who have experience with the program or may have 
experience with the program in the near future;
     Personally identifiable information is collected only to 
the extent necessary and is not retained;

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     Information gathered is intended to be used internally for 
general service improvement and program management purposes and is not 
intended for release outside of the agency (if released, FinCEN must 
indicate the qualitative nature of the information);
     Information gathered will not be used for the purpose of 
substantially informing influential policy decisions; and
     Information gathered will yield qualitative information; 
the collection will not be designed or expected to yield statistically 
reliable results or used as though the results are generalizable to the 
population of study.
    Type of Review: Renewal without change of an information 
collection.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit institutions, and 
non-profit institutions.
    Frequency: As required.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 15,000 respondents.\5\
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    \5\ FinCEN anticipates it will send surveys to approximately 
15,000 BSA-regulated financial institutions over the three-year 
period requested for approval of this OMB control number.
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    Estimated Number of Responses: 15,000 responses.\6\
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    \6\ FinCEN anticipates, on average, sending ten surveys per year 
to approximately 500 respondents per survey. Over the three-year 
period requested for approval of this OMB control number that 
equates to 15,000 responses.
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    Estimated Number of Hours: 10,000 hours.\7\
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    \7\ FinCEN anticipates the surveys will average 15 to 40 minutes 
to complete, so FinCEN will conservatively approximate 10,000 burden 
hours are needed for the three-year period requested for approval of 
this OMB control number (40 minutes multiplied by 15,000 responses 
converted to hours).
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Request for Comments

    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
to respond to, a collection of information, unless the collection of 
information displays a valid OMB control number. Comments submitted in 
response to this notice will be summarized and/or included in the 
request for OMB approval. All comments will become a matter of public 
record. Comments are invited on: (a) whether the collections of 
information are 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 burden; (c) ways 
to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be 
collected; (d) ways to minimize burden on respondents, including 
through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology; and (e) estimates of capital or start-up costs 
and costs of operation, maintenance and purchase of services to provide 
information.

Himamauli Das,
Acting Director, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.
[FR Doc. 2023-10098 Filed 5-10-23; 8:45 am]
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