[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 12 (Thursday, January 18, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 3352-3353]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-00927]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Fiscal Service

31 CFR Part 380


Collateral Acceptability and Valuation

AGENCY: Fiscal Service, Department of the Treasury.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury is amending regulations that 
govern the acceptability and valuation of collateral pledged to secure 
deposits of public monies and other financial interests of the 
government under Treasury's Fiscal Service collateral programs. This 
final rule is a non-substantive, technical amendment that updates a 
website and removes outdated contact information referenced in those 
regulations.

DATES: Effective January 18, 2024.

ADDRESSES: This final rule is available at https://regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lori Santamorena (Executive Director), 
Kevin Hawkins (Associate Director), or John Garrison (Associate 
Director), Government Securities Regulations Staff, Bureau of the 
Fiscal Service, Department of the Treasury, at (202) 504-3632 or email 
us at fiscal.treasury.gov">govsecreg@fiscal.treasury.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of the Treasury (Treasury) is 
amending 31 CFR part 380, which governs the determination of the

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acceptable types of collateral and their assigned values that may be 
pledged to secure deposits of public monies and other financial 
interests of the government under Treasury's Fiscal Service collateral 
programs.
    Treasury's Fiscal Service collateral programs are described in, and 
governed by, the regulations at 31 CFR part 202 (Depositaries and 
Financial Agents of the Federal Government), 31 CFR part 203 (Payment 
of Federal Taxes and the Treasury Tax and Loan Program), and 31 CFR 
part 225 (Acceptance of Bonds Secured by Government Obligations in Lieu 
of Bonds with Sureties). Treasury's Bureau of the Fiscal Service 
(Fiscal Service) administers 31 CFR part 380, which governs the 
acceptability and valuation of the collateral in these programs. The 
Federal Reserve System, acting as the fiscal agent for Treasury, 
monitors collateral pledged to these programs.
    This rule amendment revises 31 CFR part 380 to reflect that 
information about the acceptability and valuation of collateral for 
Treasury's 31 CFR part 202 and 31 CFR part 225 programs has been moved 
and can now be accessed on the Fiscal Service's website located at 
fiscal.treasury.gov instead of its previous address 
www.treasurydirect.gov. This amendment also removes outdated versions 
of the bureau's postal mailing address and the Government Securities 
Regulations Staff's (GSRS's) email address.

Procedural Requirements

    Executive Orders 12866 and 14094. This final rule is not a 
significant regulatory action pursuant to Executive Order 12866, as 
amended by Executive Order 14094.
    Administrative Procedure Act (APA). This final rule is being issued 
without prior notice and the opportunity for public comment and without 
the 30-day delayed effective date ordinarily prescribed by the APA 5 
U.S.C. 553(b) and (d). Pursuant to section 553(b)(B) of the APA, 
general notice and the opportunity for public comment are not required 
with respect to a rulemaking when an ``agency for good cause finds (and 
incorporates the finding and a brief statement of reasons therefor in 
the rules issued) that notice and public procedure thereon are 
impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary to the public interest. APA 
prior notice procedures are unnecessary because this rule does not 
promulgate any substantive changes to the regulations being amended. 
Rather, this rule merely makes minor, technical changes, specifically, 
updating the website address and contact information listed in the 
regulations, that do not involve the exercise of agency discretion and 
which are unlikely to generate public comment. Accordingly, Treasury 
finds that good cause exists to dispense with notice and comment 
procedures for this rule, and to have the rule take immediate effect, 
under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) and 553(d)(3).
    Regulatory Flexibility Act. Because a notice of proposed rulemaking 
is not required for this rule under 5 U.S.C. 553 or any other law, the 
Regulatory Flexibility Act does not apply to this rule.
    Paperwork Reduction Act. We ask for no collections of information 
in this final rule. Therefore, the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 
3501 et seq., does not apply.

List of Subjects in 31 CFR Part 380

    Government securities, Securities, Surety bonds.

Text of Amendments

    For the reasons set forth in the preamble, Fiscal Service amends 31 
CFR part 380 as follows:

PART 380--COLLATERAL ACCEPTABILITY AND VALUATION

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1. The authority citation for part 380 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 12 U.S.C. 90, 265-266, 332, 391, 1452(d), 1464(k), 
1767, 1789a, 2013, 2122, 3101-3102; 26 U.S.C. 6302; 31 U.S.C. 321, 
323, 3301-3304, 3336, 9301, 9303.


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2. Revise Sec.  380.2 to read as follows:


Sec.  380.2   What collateral may I pledge if I am a depositary or a 
financial agent of the Government under 31 CFR part 202, and what value 
will you assign to it?

    Unless we specify otherwise, we will list the types and valuation 
of acceptable collateral in Treasury procedural instructions. We will 
also post updated information and guidance on Treasury's Bureau of the 
Fiscal Service website at fiscal.treasury.gov.

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3. Revise Sec.  380.4 to read as follows:


Sec.  380.4  What collateral may I pledge instead of a surety bond 
under 31 CFR part 225, and what value will you assign to it?

    Unless we specify otherwise, we will list the types and valuation 
of acceptable collateral in Treasury procedural instructions. We will 
also post updated information and guidance on Treasury's Bureau of the 
Fiscal Service website at fiscal.treasury.gov.

Subpart C [Removed]

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4. Remove Subpart C, consisting of Sec.  380.5.

David A. Lebryk,
Fiscal Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-00927 Filed 1-17-24; 8:45 am]
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