[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 159 (Friday, August 18, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56624-56626]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-17827]


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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM


Agency Information Collection Activities: Announcement of Board 
Approval Under Delegated Authority and Submission to OMB

AGENCY: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

SUMMARY: The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) 
is adopting a proposal to extend for three years, with revision, the 
Financial Statements for Holding Companies (FR Y-9 reports; OMB No. 
7100-0128).

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.
    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.

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. Board-approved collections of information are 
incorporated into the official OMB inventory of currently approved 
collections of information. The OMB inventory, as well as copies of the 
PRA Submission, supporting statements (which contain more detailed 
information about the information collections and burden estimates than 
this notice), and approved collection of information instrument(s) are 
available at https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. These documents 
are also available on the Federal Reserve 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 Approval Under OMB Delegated Authority of the Extension for Three 
Years, With Revision, of the Following Information Collection

    Collection title: Financial Statements for Holding Companies.
    Collection identifier: FR Y-9C, FR Y-9LP, FR Y-9SP, FR Y-9ES, and 
FR Y-9CS.
    OMB control number: 7100-0128.
    Effective Date: September 30, 2023.
    General description of collection: The Board requires bank holding 
companies, most savings and loan holding companies, securities holding 
companies, and U.S. intermediate holding companies (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

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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.
    Frequency: Quarterly, semiannual, annual, and as needed.
    Respondents: HCs.\1\
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    \1\ The following depository institution holding companies are 
exempt: (1) a unitary savings and loan holding company with 
primarily commercial assets that meets the requirements of section 
10(c)(9)(c) of the Home Owners' Loan Act, for which thrifts make up 
less than 5 percent of its consolidated assets; and (2) a savings 
and loan holding companu that primarily holds insurance-related 
assets and does not otherwise submit financial reports with the 
Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to sections 13 or 15(d) 
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
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    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.\2\
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    \2\ 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.
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    Current actions: On March 28, 2023, the Board published a notice in 
the Federal Register (88 FR 18315) requesting public comment for 60 
days on the extension, with revision, of the FR Y-9 reports (the March 
2023 notice). These proposed revisions to the FR Y-9C were meant to 
ensure alignment with proposed revisions to the Consolidated Reports of 
Condition and Income (Call Reports) (FFIEC 031, FFIEC 041, and FFIEC 
051) resulting from the 2022 statutorily mandated review of the Call 
Reports. The proposal also sought public comment on previously made 
clarifications to FR Y-9C reporting instructions related to reporting 
certain Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation and similar 
securitizations.
    As a result of the statutorily mandated review required by Section 
604 of the of the Financial Services Regulatory Relief Act of 2006,\3\ 
the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board, and the 
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation identified multiple items for 
proposed removal or consolidation on the Call Reports related to FDIC 
loss-sharing agreements. The March notice proposed corresponding 
revisions to the FR Y-9C. Additional detail about the specific line 
items impacted is included in the March 2023 notice.
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    \3\ 12 U.S.C. 1817(a)(11).
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    The comment period for the March 2023 notice ended on May 30, 2023. 
After considering the comments received on the proposal, the Board is 
proceeding with the proposed revisions related to the 2022 statutorily 
mandated review, with certain modifications. These reporting revisions 
would take effect for the September 30, 2023, report date, rather than 
as of the June 30, 2023, report date, as originally proposed. The Board 
is continuing to review the reporting of certain Federal Home Loan 
Mortgage Corporation and similar securitizations.
Detailed Discussion of Public Comments
1. Statutorily Mandated Review
    The Board received one comment. The commenter generally supported 
the removal of items no longer necessary in connection with the 
statutorily mandated review.
    After further deliberation and recent loss-share transactions 
established by the FDIC, the Board decided to retain and redesignate 
certain items related to FDIC loss-sharing agreements. These FR Y-9C 
items are being retained to stay aligned with corresponding revisions 
on the Call Report. These items are also necessary at the holding 
company level in order to monitor the safety and soundness of 
respondents. On the FR Y-9C, the retained items are:
     Schedule HC-M, item 6.b.(7), ``Portion of covered other 
real estate owned included in items 6.b.(1) through 6.b.(6) above that 
is protected by FDIC loss-sharing agreements.'' This item would be 
redesignated as item 6 and reflect the total of other real estate owned 
that is protected by FDIC loss-sharing arrangements. The Board still 
would discontinue all other subitems of item 6, including subitems 
6.b.(1) through 6.b.(6), 6.c and 6.d, as this information is not 
necessary for deposit insurance assessment or other purposes.
     Schedule HC-N, item 12.f, ``Portion of covered loans and 
leases included in items 12.a through 12.e above that is protected by 
FDIC loss-sharing agreements'' (Columns A, B, and C). This item would 
be redesignated as item 12 and reflect the total of loans and leases 
protected by FDIC loss-sharing arrangements. The Board would 
discontinue subitems 12.a through 12.e, as this information is not 
necessary for deposit insurance assessment or other purposes.
2. Clarification of Reporting Certain Securitizations
    In the March 2023 notice, the Board requested comment on a previous

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reporting clarification pertaining to certain Federal Home Loan 
Mortgage Corporation and similar securitization structures that have 
government guarantees in the FR Y-9C. In the June 2022 FR Y-9C Report 
instructions book update and Supplemental Instructions, the Board 
included a technical clarification that these securitizations should be 
reported in Schedule HC-B, Securities, item 5.b., ``Structured 
financial products.''
    One comment was received on this clarification. The commenter 
supported reporting these securities in item 5.b. However, the 
commenter also noted the lack of transparency in this item regarding 
the proportion of securities with government guarantees. The commenter 
suggested that a subcategory be added to item 5.b to report the amount 
that was guaranteed by the U.S. government or an agency. The Board will 
consider whether to propose the addition of the suggested item as part 
of a future proposal.
3. Other Comments Received
    The commenter also made one suggestion for a modification to the FR 
Y-9C that was not specifically related to any of the proposed changes.
    Specifically, the commenter suggested that the Board provide 
clarification on how long an institution would continue to report a 
loan subsequent to its modification that met the criteria in Accounting 
Standards Update 2022-02, ``Financial Instruments--Credit Losses (Topic 
326): Troubled Debt Restructurings and Vintage Disclosures'' (ASU 2022-
02) in the FR Y-9C. The Board is considering whether to propose 
revisions to the FR Y-9C in response to ASU 2022-02, and would take 
this comment into account when formulating such a proposal. This 
proposal would follow the standard notice and comment process pursuant 
to the PRA.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, August 15, 
2023.
Michele Taylor Fennell,
Deputy Associate Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2023-17827 Filed 8-17-23; 8:45 am]
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