Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Update and Renewal of the Bank Secrecy Act Designation of Exempt Person Report, 27102-27103 [2017-11974]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Delegation of Authority: 428]
Delegation of Authority To Concur
With the Provision of Support for the
Conduct of Operations
By virtue of the authority vested in
the Secretary of State by the laws of the
United States, including section 1 of the
State Department Basic Authorities Act
(22 U.S.C. 2651a) and 10 U.S.C. 331, I
hereby delegate to the Assistant
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Defense support and capacity building
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counterterrorism and combined
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Secretary of State.
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Delegation of Authority To Concur
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Programs
By virtue of the authority vested in
the Secretary of State by the laws of the
United States, including section 1 of the
State Department Basic Authorities Act
(22 U.S.C. 2651a) and 10 U.S.C. 349, I
hereby delegate to the Assistant
Secretary for Political-Military Affairs,
to the extent authorized by law, the
authority to concur with the Secretary of
Defense on providing education and
training under 10 U.S.C. 349.
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delegated herein may be exercised by
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Under Secretary for Arms Control and
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statute or delegation of authority shall
be deemed to be a reference to such
statute or delegation of authority as
amended from time to time.
This delegation of authority shall be
published in the Federal Register.
Dated: May 4, 2017.
Rex W. Tillerson,
Secretary of State.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Delegation of Authority: 430]
Delegation of Authority To Concur
With Secretary of Defense on State
Partnership Programs
By virtue of the authority vested in
the Secretary of State by the laws of the
United States, including section 1 of the
State Department Basic Authorities Act
(22 U.S.C. 2651a) and 10 U.S.C. 341, I
hereby delegate to the Assistant
Secretary for Political-Military Affairs,
to the extent authorized by law, the
authority to concur with the Secretary of
Defense on State Partnership Programs
pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 341.
Notwithstanding this delegation of
authority, any function or authority
delegated herein may be exercised by
the Secretary, a Deputy Secretary, the
Under Secretary for Arms Control and
International Security, or by other
senior Department officials pursuant to
a delegation of authority. Any reference
in this delegation of authority to any
statute or delegation of authority shall
be deemed to be a reference to such
statute or delegation of authority as
amended from time to time.
This delegation of authority
supersedes Delegation of Authority 411,
dated November 28, 2014, and shall be
published in the Federal Register.
Dated: May 4, 2017.
Rex W. Tillerson,
Secretary of State.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Delegation of Authority: 432]
Delegation of Authority To Concur
With Secretary of Defense on
Multinational Centers of Excellence
By virtue of the authority vested in
the Secretary of State by the laws of the
United States, including section 1 of the
State Department Basic Authorities Act
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hereby delegate to the Assistant
Secretary for Political-Military Affairs,
to the extent authorized by law, the
authority to concur with the Secretary of
Defense on the authorization of the
participation of DoD civilian or military
personnel in Multinational Centers of
Excellence pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 344.
Notwithstanding this delegation of
authority, any function or authority
delegated herein may be exercised by
the Secretary, a Deputy Secretary, the
Under Secretary for Arms Control and
International Security, or by other
senior Department officials pursuant to
a delegation of authority. Any reference
in this delegation of authority to any
statute or delegation of authority shall
be deemed to be a reference to such
statute or delegation of authority as
amended from time to time.
This delegation of authority shall be
published in the Federal Register.
Dated: May 4, 2017.
Rex W. Tillerson,
Secretary of State.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request; Update and Renewal of the
Bank Secrecy Act Designation of
Exempt Person Report
Financial Crimes Enforcement
Network (‘‘FinCEN’’), Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
FinCEN, a bureau of the U.S.
Department of the Treasury
(‘‘Treasury’’), invites all interested
parties to comment on its proposed
update and renewal of the collection of
information through its ‘‘Designation of
Exempt Person’’ (‘‘DoEP’’) report, used
by banks and other depository
institutions to designate eligible
customers as exempt from the
requirement to report transactions in
currency over $10,000. FinCEN is
proposing to remove the reference to
‘‘Document Control Number,’’ which is
no longer in use, and add a country field
to accommodate reporting from U.S.
territories in Part II following the
current item 11, and Part III following
the current item 23. This request for
comments is being made pursuant to the
Paperwork Reduction Act (‘‘PRA’’) of
1995.
SUMMARY:
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Written comments are welcome
and must be received on or before
August 14, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be
submitted by any of the following
methods:
• Federal E-rulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Refer to Docket Number FINCEN–2017–
0007.
• Mail: Policy Division, Financial
Crimes Enforcement Network, P.O. Box
39, Vienna, VA 22183. Refer to Docket
Number FINCEN–2017–0007.
Please submit comments by one
method only. 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 800–767–
2825 or electronically at frc@fincen.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: BSA Designation of Exempt
Persons (DoEP) Report by Depository
Financial Institutions, (See 31 CFR
1020.315(a)–(i)).
Office of Management and Budget
(‘‘OMB’’) Number: 1506–0012.
Form Number: FinCEN Form 110.
Abstract: The statute generally
referred to as the ‘‘Bank Secrecy Act,’’
Titles I and II of Public Law 91–508, as
amended, codified at 12 U.S.C. 1829b,
12 U.S.C. 1951–1959, and 31 U.S.C.
5311–5332, authorizes the Secretary of
the Treasury, among other things, 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 countermoney laundering programs and
compliance procedures.1 Regulations
implementing Title II of the Bank
Secrecy Act (‘‘BSA’’) appear at 31 CFR
Chapter X. The authority of the
Secretary to administer the BSA has
been delegated to the Director of
FinCEN.
The Secretary of the Treasury was
granted authority in 1992, with the
enactment of 31 U.S.C. 5313, to permit
financial institutions to exempt certain
persons from the requirement to file
currency transaction reports.
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DATES:
1 Language expanding the scope of the Bank
Secrecy Act to intelligence or counter-intelligence
activities to protect against international terrorism
was added by Section 358 of the Uniting and
Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate
Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism
Act of 2001, Public Law 107–56.
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The information collected on the
DoEP is required to be provided
pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 5313, as
implemented by FinCEN regulations
found at 31 CFR 1020.315(a)–(i). The
information collected under this
requirement is made available to
appropriate agencies and organizations
as disclosed in FinCEN’s Privacy Act
System of Records Notice relating to
Bank Secrecy Act (‘‘BSA’’) Reports.2
Current Action: An update and a
renewal of the current DOEP, FinCEN
Form 110. The report is accessible on
the FinCEN Web site at: https://
www.fincen.gov/forms/bsa_forms/.
Type of Review: Update and renewal
of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profit and not-for-profit financial
institutions.
Frequency: As required.
Estimated Reporting Burden: Average
of 60 minutes per report and 15 minutes
recordkeeping per filing. (The reporting
burden of the regulations 31 CFR
1020.315(a)–(i) is reflected in the
burden for the form.)
Estimated Recordkeeping and
Reporting Burden for 31 CFR
1020.315(a)–(i): 75 minutes.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
13,520.3
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
25,160.4
Estimated Total Annual Reporting
and Recordkeeping Burden: 31,450
hours.
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.
Records required to be retained under
the BSA must be retained for five years.
Request for Comments
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 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
2 Treasury Department bureaus such as FinCEN
renew their System of Records Notices every three
years unless there is cause to amend them more
frequently. FinCEN’s System of Records Notice for
the BSA Report System was most recently
published at 79 FR 20969, April 14, 2014, effective
May 19, 2014.
3 As of January 31, 2014, there are 6,900 banks,
and savings and loans, and 6,620 credit unions.
4 Number of responses are based on actual 2013
filings as reported to the FinCEN System of Record.
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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 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; (f) removal of the
reference to ‘‘document control
number’’ and the addition of a
‘‘country’’ field in Parts II and III.
Jamal El Hindi,
Deputy Director, Financial Crimes
Enforcement Network.
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Internal Revenue Service
Meeting of the Electronic Tax
Administration Advisory Committee
Internal Revenue Service (IRS),
Treasury.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
The Electronic Tax
Administration Advisory Committee
(ETAAC) will hold a public meeting on
Wednesday, June 28, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Michael Deneroff, National Public
Liaison, CL:NPL:SRM, Rm. 7559, 1111
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20224. Phone: 202–317–6851 (not a
toll-free number). Email address:
PublicLiaison@irs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
hereby given pursuant to section
10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. (1988),
that a public meeting of the ETAAC will
be held on Wednesday, June 28, 2017
from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at The
Melrose Georgetown Hotel, 2430
Pennsylvania Ave NW., Washington, DC
20037.
The ETAAC provides continuing
input into the development and
implementation of the IRS
organizational strategy for electronic tax
administration. The ETAAC provides an
organized public forum for discussion of
electronic tax administration issues
such as prevention of identity theft and
refund fraud in support of the
overriding goal that paperless filing
should be the preferred and most
convenient method of filing tax and
information returns. ETAAC members
convey the public’s perceptions of IRS
electronic tax administration activities,
offer constructive observations about
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Update and Renewal of the
Bank Secrecy Act Designation of Exempt Person Report
AGENCY: Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (``FinCEN''), Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: FinCEN, a bureau of the U.S. Department of the Treasury
(``Treasury''), invites all interested parties to comment on its
proposed update and renewal of the collection of information through
its ``Designation of Exempt Person'' (``DoEP'') report, used by banks
and other depository institutions to designate eligible customers as
exempt from the requirement to report transactions in currency over
$10,000. FinCEN is proposing to remove the reference to ``Document
Control Number,'' which is no longer in use, and add a country field to
accommodate reporting from U.S. territories in Part II following the
current item 11, and Part III following the current item 23. This
request for comments is being made pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction
Act (``PRA'') of 1995.
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DATES: Written comments are welcome and must be received on or before
August 14, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted by any of the following methods:
Federal E-rulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments. Refer to Docket Number
FINCEN-2017-0007.
Mail: Policy Division, Financial Crimes Enforcement
Network, P.O. Box 39, Vienna, VA 22183. Refer to Docket Number FINCEN-
2017-0007.
Please submit comments by one method only. 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 800-767-
2825 or electronically at frc@fincen.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: BSA Designation of Exempt Persons (DoEP) Report by
Depository Financial Institutions, (See 31 CFR 1020.315(a)-(i)).
Office of Management and Budget (``OMB'') Number: 1506-0012.
Form Number: FinCEN Form 110.
Abstract: The statute generally referred to as the ``Bank Secrecy
Act,'' Titles I and II of Public Law 91-508, as amended, codified at 12
U.S.C. 1829b, 12 U.S.C. 1951-1959, and 31 U.S.C. 5311-5332, authorizes
the Secretary of the Treasury, among other things, 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
counter-money laundering programs and compliance procedures.\1\
Regulations implementing Title II of the Bank Secrecy Act (``BSA'')
appear at 31 CFR Chapter X. The authority of the Secretary to
administer the BSA has been delegated to the Director of FinCEN.
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\1\ Language expanding the scope of the Bank Secrecy Act to
intelligence or counter-intelligence activities to protect against
international terrorism was added by Section 358 of the Uniting and
Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to
Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, Public Law 107-56.
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The Secretary of the Treasury was granted authority in 1992, with
the enactment of 31 U.S.C. 5313, to permit financial institutions to
exempt certain persons from the requirement to file currency
transaction reports.
The information collected on the DoEP is required to be provided
pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 5313, as implemented by FinCEN regulations found
at 31 CFR 1020.315(a)-(i). The information collected under this
requirement is made available to appropriate agencies and organizations
as disclosed in FinCEN's Privacy Act System of Records Notice relating
to Bank Secrecy Act (``BSA'') Reports.\2\
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\2\ Treasury Department bureaus such as FinCEN renew their
System of Records Notices every three years unless there is cause to
amend them more frequently. FinCEN's System of Records Notice for
the BSA Report System was most recently published at 79 FR 20969,
April 14, 2014, effective May 19, 2014.
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Current Action: An update and a renewal of the current DOEP, FinCEN
Form 110. The report is accessible on the FinCEN Web site at: https://www.fincen.gov/forms/bsa_forms/.
Type of Review: Update and renewal of a currently approved
collection.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit and not-for-profit
financial institutions.
Frequency: As required.
Estimated Reporting Burden: Average of 60 minutes per report and 15
minutes recordkeeping per filing. (The reporting burden of the
regulations 31 CFR 1020.315(a)-(i) is reflected in the burden for the
form.)
Estimated Recordkeeping and Reporting Burden for 31 CFR
1020.315(a)-(i): 75 minutes.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 13,520.\3\
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\3\ As of January 31, 2014, there are 6,900 banks, and savings
and loans, and 6,620 credit unions.
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Estimated Total Annual Responses: 25,160.\4\
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\4\ Number of responses are based on actual 2013 filings as
reported to the FinCEN System of Record.
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Estimated Total Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden: 31,450
hours.
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. Records required to be
retained under the BSA must be retained for five years.
Request for Comments
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 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 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; (f) removal of the
reference to ``document control number'' and the addition of a
``country'' field in Parts II and III.
Jamal El Hindi,
Deputy Director, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.
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