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comments concerning the Troubled
Asset Relief Program—Capital Purchase
Program (CPP) Use of Funds Survey.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before August 5, 2013 to be assured
of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to the Department of the Treasury,
Departmental Offices, Office of
Financial Stability, ATTN: Tracy
Rogers, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20220, (202) 927–
8868.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the form(s) and instructions
should be directed to the Department of
the Treasury, Departmental Offices,
OFS, ATTN: Tracy Roger, 1500
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20220, (202) 927–8868.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Troubled Asset Relief
Program—Capital Purchase Program
(CPP) Use of Funds Survey.
OMB Number: 1505–0222.
Abstract: Authorized under the
Emergency Economic Stabilization Act
(EESA) of 2008 (Pub. L. 110–343), the
Department of the Treasury has
implemented several aspects of the
Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP).
The TARP includes several components
including a voluntary Capital Purchase
Program (CPP) under which the
Department has purchased qualifying
capital in U.S. banking organizations.
The CPP is an important part of the
Department’s efforts to restore
confidence in our financial system and
ensure that credit continues to be
available to consumers and businesses.
As an essential part of restoring
confidence, the Treasury has committed
to determining the effectiveness of the
CPP. Additionally, American taxpayers
are particularly interested in knowing
how banks have used the money that
Treasury has invested through the CPP.
Consequently, the Treasury is seeking
responses from banking institutions that
have received CPP funds regarding:
How the CPP investment has affected
the banks’ operations, how these
institutions have used CPP funds, and
how their usage of CPP funds has
changed over time.
Type of Review: Extension without
change of a currently approved
collection.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 640.
Estimated Number of Annual
Responses per Respondent: 1.0.
Estimated hours per response: 80.
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Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 51,200.
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 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.
Dated: June 3, 2013.
Dawn D. Wolfgang,
Treasury PRA Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Bureau of the Fiscal Service
Proposed Collection: Comment
Request
Notice and request for
comments.
ACTION:
The Department of the
Treasury, as part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork and respondent
burden, invites the general public and
other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on proposed
and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A). Currently the Bureau of
the Fiscal Service within the
Department of the Treasury is soliciting
comments concerning the Subscription
For Purchase and Issue of U.S. Treasury
Securities, State and Local Government
Series.
DATES: Written comments should be
received on or before August 6, 2013 to
be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Bureau of the Fiscal Service, Bruce A.
Sharp, 200 Third Street A4–A,
Parkersburg, WV 26106–1328, or
bruce.sharp@bpd.treas.gov. The
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opportunity to make comments online is
also available at www.pracomment.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies should be directed to Bruce A.
Sharp, Bureau of the Fiscal Service, 200
Third Street A4–A, Parkersburg, WV
26106–1328, (304) 480–8150.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Subscription For Purchase and
Issue of U.S. Treasury Securities, State
and Local Government Series.
OMB Number: 1535–0092.
Form Number:
PD F 4144—Subscription for Purchase
and Issuing of U.S. Securities State
and Local Government Series Time
Deposits.
PD F 4144–1—Account Information for
U.S. Treasury Securities State and
Local Government Series Time
Deposits.
PD F 4144–2—Schedule of U.S.
Treasury Securities State and Local
Government Series Time Deposits.
PD F 4144–5—Application for Internet
Access—U.S. Treasury Securities
State and Local Government Series.
PD F 4144–6—SLGSafe User
Acknowledgement.
PD F 4144–7—SLGSafe Template
Worksheet.
Abstract: The information is
requested to establish and maintain
accounts for the owners of securities of
the State and Local Government Series.
Current Actions: None.
Type of Review: Extension.
Affected Public: State and Local
Government.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
6,708.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 24
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 2,713.
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,
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maintenance, and purchase of services
to provide information.
Dated: June 3, 2013.
Bruce A. Sharp,
Bureau Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013–13443 Filed 6–5–13; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Community Development Financial
Institutions Fund
Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA)
Inviting Applications for the FY 2013
Funding Round of the Bank Enterprise
Award (BEA) Program
Announcement Type: Announcement
of funding opportunity.
Catalog Of Federal Domestic Assistance
(CFDA) Number: 21.021.
Applications for the FY 2013
funding round of the BEA Program must
be received by July 12, 2013.
Applications must meet all eligibility
and other requirements and deadlines,
as applicable, set forth in this NOFA.
Applications received after July 12,
2013 will be rejected.
Executive Summary: This NOFA is
issued in connection with the FY 2013
funding round of the BEA Program. The
BEA Program is administered by the
Community Development Financial
Institutions (CDFI) Fund, a wholly
owned government corporation within
the Department of the Treasury. The
BEA Program encourages Insured
Depository Institutions to increase their
levels of loans, investments, services,
and technical assistance within
Distressed Communities, and financial
assistance to CDFIs through equity
investments, equity-like loans, grants,
stock purchases, loans, deposits, and
other forms of financial and technical
assistance, during a specified period.
DATES:
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I. Funding Opportunity Description
A. Baseline Period and Assessment
Period dates: A BEA Program Award is
based on an Applicant’s increases in
Qualified Activities from the Baseline
Period to the Assessment Period. For the
FY 2013 funding round, the Baseline
Period is calendar year 2011 (January 1,
2011 through December 31, 2011), and
the Assessment Period is calendar year
2012 (January 1, 2012 through December
31, 2012). If Qualified Activities in a
specific category results in a decrease in
activity from the Baseline Period to the
Assessment Period, there is no need to
report the activity.
B. Program regulations: The
regulations governing the BEA Program
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can be found at 12 CFR part 1806 (the
Interim Rule) and provide guidance on
evaluation criteria and other
requirements of the BEA Program. The
CDFI Fund encourages Applicants to
review the Interim Rule. Detailed BEA
Program requirements are also found in
the Application related to this NOFA.
Each capitalized term in this NOFA is
more fully defined either in the Interim
Rule or the Application.
C. Qualified Activities: Qualified
Activities are defined in the Interim
Rule to include CDFI Related Activities,
Distressed Community Financing
Activities, and Service Activities (12
CFR 1806.103). CDFI Related Activities
(12 CFR 1806.103(q)) include Equity
Investments, Equity-Like Loans, and
CDFI Support Activities). Distressed
Community Financing Activities (12
CFR 1806.103(u)) include Affordable
Housing Loans, Affordable Housing
Development Loans and related Project
Investments; Education Loans;
Commercial Real Estate Loans and
related Project Investments; Home
Improvement Loans; and Small
Business Loans and related Project
Investments. Service Activities (12 CFR
1806.103(nn)) include Deposit
Liabilities, Financial Services,
Community Services, Targeted
Financial Services, and Targeted Retail
Savings/Investment Products.
When calculating BEA Program
Award amounts, the CDFI Fund will
only consider the amount of Qualified
Activity that has been fully disbursed,
or in the case of partially disbursed
Qualified Activities will only consider
the amount that an Applicant
reasonably expects to disburse for a
Qualified Activity within 12 months
from the end of the Assessment Period.
Subject to the requirements outlined in
Section VII. B.1. of this NOFA, in the
case of Commercial Real Estate Loans
and related Project Investments, the
total principal amount of the transaction
must be $10 million or less to be
considered a Qualified Activity.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the CDFI
Fund, in its sole discretion, may
consider transactions with a total
principal value of over $10 million,
subject to review.
Activities funded with prior BEA
Award dollars, or funded to satisfy
requirements of a BEA Award
Agreement from a prior Award shall not
constitute a Qualified Activity for the
purposes of calculating or receiving an
Award.
D. Designation of Distressed
Community: Each CDFI Partner that is
the recipient of CDFI Support Activities
from an Applicant must designate a
Distressed Community. CDFI Partners
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that receive Equity Investments are not
required to designate Distressed
Communities. Applicants applying for a
BEA Program Award for carrying out
Distressed Community Financing
Activities or Service Activities must
verify that addresses of both Baseline
and Assessment Period activities are in
Distressed Communities when
completing their Application. Please
note that a Distressed Community as
defined by the BEA Program is not
necessarily the same as an Investment
Area as defined by the CDFI Program or
a Low-Income Community as defined by
the New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC)
Program.
1. Definition of Distressed
Community: A Distressed Community
must meet certain minimum geographic
area and distress requirements, which
are defined in the Interim Rule at 12
CFR 1806.103(t) and more fully
described in 12 CFR 1806.200.
Applicants should use CIMS to
determine whether a Baseline Period
activity or Assessment Period activity is
located in a qualifying Distressed
Community.
2. Designation of Distressed
Community: A CDFI Partner (as
appropriate) shall designate an area as a
Distressed Community by:
(a) selecting Geographic Units which
individually meet the minimum area
eligibility requirements; or
(b) selecting two or more Geographic
Units which, in the aggregate, meet the
minimum area eligibility requirements
set forth in paragraph (1) of this section
provided that no Geographic Unit
selected by the Applicant within the
area has a poverty rate of less than 20
percent.
A CDFI Partner designates a
Distressed Community by submitting a
map of the Distressed Community as
described in the BEA Program
Application. CDFI Partners must use
CIMS to designate Distressed
Communities. CIMS is accessed through
myCDFIFund and contains step-by-step
instructions on how to create and save
the aforementioned map of the
Distressed Community. myCDFIFund is
an electronic interface that is accessed
through the CDFI Fund’s Web site
(www.cdfifund.gov). Instructions for
registering with myCDFIFund are
available on the CDFI Fund’s Web site.
If you have any questions or problems
with registering, please contact the CDFI
Fund IT HelpDesk by telephone at (202)
653–0300, or by email to
ITHelpDesk@cdfi.treas.gov.
3. Persistent Poverty Counties: In FY
2012, Congress mandated that at least
ten percent of the CDFI Fund’s
appropriations be directed to counties
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Bureau of the Fiscal Service
Proposed Collection: Comment Request
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment
on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A). Currently the Bureau of the Fiscal Service within the
Department of the Treasury is soliciting comments concerning the
Subscription For Purchase and Issue of U.S. Treasury Securities, State
and Local Government Series.
DATES: Written comments should be received on or before August 6, 2013
to be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Bureau of the Fiscal Service,
Bruce A. Sharp, 200 Third Street A4-A, Parkersburg, WV 26106-1328, or
bruce.sharp@bpd.treas.gov. The opportunity to make comments online is
also available at www.pracomment.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies should be directed to Bruce A. Sharp, Bureau of the Fiscal
Service, 200 Third Street A4-A, Parkersburg, WV 26106-1328, (304) 480-
8150.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Subscription For Purchase and Issue of U.S. Treasury
Securities, State and Local Government Series.
OMB Number: 1535-0092.
Form Number:
PD F 4144--Subscription for Purchase and Issuing of U.S. Securities
State and Local Government Series Time Deposits.
PD F 4144-1--Account Information for U.S. Treasury Securities State and
Local Government Series Time Deposits.
PD F 4144-2--Schedule of U.S. Treasury Securities State and Local
Government Series Time Deposits.
PD F 4144-5--Application for Internet Access--U.S. Treasury Securities
State and Local Government Series.
PD F 4144-6--SLGSafe User Acknowledgement.
PD F 4144-7--SLGSafe Template Worksheet.
Abstract: The information is requested to establish and maintain
accounts for the owners of securities of the State and Local Government
Series.
Current Actions: None.
Type of Review: Extension.
Affected Public: State and Local Government.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 6,708.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 24 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,713.
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,
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maintenance, and purchase of services to provide information.
Dated: June 3, 2013.
Bruce A. Sharp,
Bureau Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-13443 Filed 6-5-13; 8:45 am]
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