Annual Stress Test-Schedule Shift and Adjustments to Regulatory Capital Projections, 37231-37235 [2014-14416]

Download as PDF 37231 Proposed Rules Federal Register Vol. 79, No. 126 Tuesday, July 1, 2014 This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains notices to the public of the proposed issuance of rules and regulations. The purpose of these notices is to give interested persons an opportunity to participate in the rule making prior to the adoption of the final rules. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 7 CFR Part 354 [Docket No. APHIS–2013–0021] RIN 0579–AD77 User Fees for Agricultural Quarantine and Inspection Services Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA. ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of comment period. AGENCY: tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with PROPOSALS VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:47 Jun 30, 2014 Jkt 232001 For information concerning program operations, contact Mr. William E. Thomas, AQI Coordinator, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 131, Riverdale, MD 20737–1231; (301) 851–2306. For information concerning rate development, contact Mrs. Kris Caraher, Chief, Review and Analysis Branch, FMD, MRPBS, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 55, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851–2852. On April 25, 2014, we published in the Federal Register (79 FR 22895–22908, Docket No. APHIS–2013–0021) a proposal to amend the user fee regulations by adding new fee categories and adjusting current fees charged for certain agricultural quarantine and inspection services that are provided in connection with certain commercial vessels, commercial trucks, commercial railroad cars, commercial aircraft, and international passengers arriving at ports in the customs territory of the United States. We also proposed to adjust or remove the fee caps associated with commercial trucks, commercial vessels, and commercial railcars. Comments on the proposed rule were required to be received on or before June 24, 2014. We are reopening the comment period on Docket No. APHIS– 2013–0021 for an additional 30 days. This action will allow interested persons additional time to prepare and submit comments. We will also consider all comments received between June 25, 2014 (the day after the close of the original comment period) and the date of this notice. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We are reopening the comment period for our proposed rule to amend the user fee regulations by adding new fee categories and adjusting current fees charged for certain agricultural quarantine and inspection services that are provided in connection with certain commercial vessels, commercial trucks, commercial railroad cars, commercial aircraft, and international passengers arriving at ports in the customs territory of the United States. This action will allow interested persons additional time to prepare and submit comments. DATES: The comment period for the proposed rule published April 25, 2014 (79 FR 22895) is reopened. We will consider all comments that we receive on or before July 24, 2014. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods: • Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov/ #!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2013-0021. • Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to Docket No. APHIS–2013–0021, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 3A–03.8, 4700 River Road, Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. Supporting documents and any comments we receive on this docket may be viewed at https:// www.regulations.gov/ #!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2013-0021 or in our reading room, which is located in SUMMARY: room 1141 of the USDA South Building, 14th Street and Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC. Normal reading room hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays. To be sure someone is there to help you, please call (202) 799–7039 before coming. Authority: 7 U.S.C. 7701–7772, 7781–7786, and 8301–8317; 21 U.S.C. 136 and 136a; 49 U.S.C. 80503; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.3. Done in Washington, DC, this 26th day of June 2014. Michael C. Gregoire, Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. [FR Doc. 2014–15480 Filed 6–30–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–34–P PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Office of the Comptroller of the Currency 12 CFR Part 46 [Docket ID. OCC–2014–0015] RIN 1557–AD85 Annual Stress Test—Schedule Shift and Adjustments to Regulatory Capital Projections Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Treasury. ACTION: Proposed rule. AGENCY: The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) proposes to adjust the timing of the annual stress testing cycle and to clarify the method used to calculate regulatory capital in the stress tests. The proposal would shift the dates of the annual stress testing cycle by approximately three months. The proposal also would provide that covered institutions will not have to calculate their regulatory capital requirements using the advanced approaches method in 12 CFR part 3, subpart E until the stress testing cycle beginning on January 1, 2016. DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 2, 2014. ADDRESSES: Because paper mail in the Washington, DC area and at the OCC is subject to delay, commenters are encouraged to submit comments by the Federal eRulemaking Portal or email, if possible. Please use the title ‘‘Annual Stress Test’’ to facilitate the organization and distribution of the comments. You may submit comments by any of the following methods: • Federal eRulemaking Portal— ‘‘Regulations.gov’’: Go to www.regulations.gov. Enter ‘‘Docket ID OCC–2014–0015’’ in the Search Box and click ‘‘Search.’’ Results can be filtered using the filtering tools on the left side of the screen. Click on ‘‘Comment Now’’ to submit public comments. • Click on the ‘‘Help’’ tab on the Regulations.gov home page to get information on using Regulations.gov, including instructions for submitting public comments. • Email: regs.comments@occ .treas.gov. • Mail: Legislative and Regulatory Activities Division, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, 400 7th SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\01JYP1.SGM 01JYP1 37232 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 126 / Tuesday, July 1, 2014 / Proposed Rules Street SW., Suite 3E–218, Mail Stop 9W–11, Washington, DC 20219. • Hand Delivery/Courier: 400 7th Street SW., Suite 3E–218, Mail Stop 9W–11, Washington, DC 20219. • Fax: (571) 465–4326. Instructions: You must include ‘‘OCC’’ as the agency name and ‘‘Docket ID OCC–2014–0015’’ in your comment. In general, the OCC will enter all comments received into the docket and publish those comments on the Regulations.gov Web site without change, including any business or personal information that you provide such as name and address information, email addresses, or phone numbers. Comments received, including attachments and other supporting materials, are part of the public record and subject to public disclosure. Do not enclose any information in your comment or supporting materials that you consider confidential or inappropriate for public disclosure. You may review comments and other related materials that pertain to this rulemaking action by any of the following methods: • Viewing Comments Electronically: Go to www.regulations.gov. Enter ‘‘Docket ID OCC–2014–0015’’ in the Search box and click ‘‘Search.’’ Comments can be filtered by Agency using the filtering tools on the left side of the screen. • Click on the ‘‘Help’’ tab on the Regulations.gov home page to get information on using Regulations.gov, including instructions for viewing public comments, viewing other supporting and related materials, and viewing the docket after the close of the comment period. • Viewing Comments Personally: You may personally inspect and photocopy comments at the OCC, 400 7th Street SW., Washington, DC. For security reasons, the OCC requires that visitors make an appointment to inspect comments. You may do so by calling (202) 649–6700. Upon arrival, visitors will be required to present valid government-issued photo identification and to submit to security screening in order to inspect and photocopy comments. • Docket: You may also view or request available background documents and project summaries using the methods described above. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Scavotto, Deputy Director, International Analysis and Banking Condition, (202) 649–5540; William Russell, National Bank Examiner, Large Bank Supervision, (202) 649–7157; Kari Falkenborg, National Bank Examiner, Midsize and Community Bank Supervision, (202) 649–6831; Ron Shimabukuro, Senior Counsel, or Henry Barkhausen, Attorney, Legislative and Regulatory Activities Division, (202) 649–5490; for persons who are deaf or hard of hearing, TTY, (202) 649–5597. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Introduction and Background Section 165(i) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (‘‘Dodd-Frank Act’’) requires two types of stress tests. Section 165(i)(1) requires the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve (Board) to conduct annual stress tests of holding companies with $50 billion or more in assets (‘‘supervisory stress tests’’). Section 165(i)(2) requires the federal banking agencies to issue regulations requiring financial companies with more than $10 billion in assets to conduct annual stress tests themselves (‘‘company-run stress tests’’). In October 2012, the OCC, the Board, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation issued final rules implementing the company-run stress tests required by the Dodd-Frank Act. Under these final rules, covered institutions with $50 billion or more in assets are required to conduct the company-run stress tests at the end of the calendar year, when there are often other demands on resources. Under the current OCC stress testing rule, the OCC distributes stress scenarios by November 15.1 Covered institutions use their financial position as of September 30 (‘‘as of date’’) and must make projections that estimate their financial position under the different stress scenarios. Covered institutions with $50 billion or more in assets must submit the results of their stress tests by January 5. Covered institutions with $50 billion or more are required to publish a summary of their stress test results between March 15 and March 31. Covered institutions with between $10 and $50 billion in assets are required to submit their stress test results to the OCC by March 31 and publish a summary of their results between June 15 and June 30. On October 11, 2013, the OCC published revisions to its regulatory capital rules implementing the Basel III international capital standards (Basel III framework).2 The OCC is now proposing to adjust the schedule contained in its stress testing rule to relieve certain covered institutions of the burden associated with the January 5 submission deadline and to clarify the method to be used to calculate regulatory capital in the stress tests. II. Description of the Proposed Rule A. Shift in Stress Testing Cycle The OCC is proposing to shift the dates of the stress testing cycle by approximately three months. This will relieve covered institutions with $50 billion or more in assets of the obligation to complete their stress testing submissions by January 5, a time of year when these institutions have other year-end obligations. The OCC believes that the annual stress test is an important risk-management tool, and covered institutions should conduct these tests at a time when they are better able to manage their resources. The stress testing cycle that, under the current rule, begins on October 1, 2015, would instead begin on January 1, 2016. The following table summarizes the proposed date changes. TABLE 1—REVISED ANNUAL STRESS TEST TIMELINE FOR COVERED INSTITUTIONS WITH $50 BILLION OR MORE IN ASSETS tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with PROPOSALS Action required Current rule ‘‘As of’’ Date for Financial Data Used by Stress Test. Distribution of Stress Scenarios by OCC ........... Submission of Stress Test Results .................... Disclosure of Results Summary ......................... September 30 .................................................. December 31. By November 15 .............................................. By January 5 .................................................... Between March 15 and March 31. By February 15. By April 7. Between June 15 and July 15 except no earlier than Board publication of the supervisory stress test results of the bank holding company. 1 These scenarios provided by the OCC reflect a minimum of three set of economic and financial VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:47 Jun 30, 2014 Jkt 232001 Proposed rule conditions, including baseline, adverse, and severely adverse scenarios. PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 2 78 E:\FR\FM\01JYP1.SGM FR 62018. 01JYP1 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 126 / Tuesday, July 1, 2014 / Proposed Rules 37233 TABLE 2—REVISED ANNUAL STRESS TEST TIMELINE FOR COVERED INSTITUTIONS WITH BETWEEN $10 AND $50 BILLION IN ASSETS Current rule ‘‘As of’’ Date for Financial Data Used by Stress Test. Distribution of Stress Scenarios by OCC ........... Submission of Stress Test Results .................... Disclosure of Results Summary ......................... tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with PROPOSALS Action required September 30 .................................................. December 31. By November 15 .............................................. By March 31 ..................................................... Between June 15 and June 30 ........................ By February 15. By July 31. Between October 15 and October 31. Under the proposed rule, covered institutions with $50 billion or more in assets must make the required disclosure of stress test results between June 15 and July 15; however, within this period a covered institution that is a consolidated subsidiary of a bank holding company subject to supervisory stress tests conducted by the Board pursuant to 12 CFR part 252 may not disclose its results until the Board has published the supervisory stress test results of the covered institution’s parent holding company. In addition, if the Board publishes the supervisory stress test results of the covered institution’s parent holding company prior to June 15, then such covered institution may satisfy its publication requirement either through actual publication by the covered institution or through publication by the parent holding company pursuant to 12 CFR 46.8(b). With respect to covered institutions with assets between $10 and $50 billion, it should be noted that pursuant to 12 CFR 46.3(e) a covered institution may elect to conduct its stress test under the stress test requirements applicable to a covered institution with assets of $50 billion and over. In that case we note that the covered institution also would be subject to the proposed disclosure requirements applicable to covered institutions with $50 billion or more in assets. The proposed rule would also amend the applicability provisions in § 46.3 of the Annual Stress Test rule to reflect the changed timeline. Currently, a national bank or Federal savings association that becomes a covered institution must conduct its first annual stress test beginning in the next calendar year after the date the national bank or Federal savings association becomes a covered institution. Under the new stress testing timeline, if this applicability provision were left unchanged, if a national bank or Federal savings association became a covered institution as of September 30 of a given year, the institution would be required to conduct its first stress test in the stress testing cycle beginning the following January 1, three months after becoming a covered institution. The VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:47 Jun 30, 2014 Jkt 232001 Proposed rule current Annual Stress Test rule provides a minimum of nine months between the date on which a national bank or Federal savings association becomes a covered institution and the start date of the stress testing cycle in which the covered institution must conduct it first stress test. To preserve the nine-month minimum the proposed rule would establish a March 31 cutoff date. A national bank or Federal savings association that becomes a covered institution on or before March 31 of a given year would be required to conduct its first stress test in the next calendar year. For example, a national bank or Federal savings association that becomes a covered institution on March 31, 2015 would be required to conduct its first stress test in the stress testing cycle beginning January 1, 2016. A national bank or Federal savings association that becomes a covered institution after March 31 of a given year would be required to conduct its first stress test in the second calendar year after the date the national bank or Federal savings association becomes a covered institution. For example, a national bank or Federal savings association that becomes a covered institution on June 30, 2015 would be required to conduct its first stress test in the stress testing cycle beginning January 1, 2017. B. Clarification on the Use of Basel III Advanced Approaches On October 11, 2013, the OCC published revised risk-based and leverage capital requirements that implement the Basel III framework.3 In light of the issuance of the Basel III framework, the OCC is clarifying when covered institutions would be required to estimate their minimum regulatory capital ratios over the stress-test planning horizon using the Basel III advanced approaches methodology. The current OCC stress testing rule requires covered institutions to estimate the impact of stress scenarios on ‘‘the covered institution’s regulatory capital levels and ratios applicable to the covered institution under 12 CFR part 3 3 78 PO 00000 FR 62018. Frm 00003 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 (for national banks) or part 167 (for Federal savings associations), as applicable, and any other capital ratios specified by the OCC.’’ 4 A national bank or Federal savings association that is an advanced approaches banking organization is required to use the advanced approaches to calculate its minimum regulatory capital ratios if it has conducted a satisfactory parallel run.5 This proposal would provide that no covered institution is required to use the advanced approaches in its stress testing projections until the stress testing cycle beginning on January 1, 2016—even if an organization has previously exited parallel run. On February 14, 2014, the OCC announced that certain national banks had completed a successful parallel run. Given the operational complexity associated with incorporating the advanced approaches into the stress testing process, the proposal would clarify that incorporating the advanced approaches into stress testing would be deferred for one stress testing cycle. The transition period will provide the OCC with sufficient time to integrate the advanced approaches into its stress testing examination processes and to provide guidance to advanced approaches banking organizations regarding supervisory expectations on the use of the advanced approaches in stress testing projections. III. Request for Comment The OCC requests comment on all aspects of the proposal. IV. Regulatory Analysis Paperwork Reduction Act Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), the OCC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, an information collection unless the information collection displays a valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. This notice of 4 12 CFR 46.6(a)(2). satisfactory parallel run is defined as a period of no less than four consecutive calendar quarters during which a banking organization complies with certain qualification requirements. 12 CFR 3.21(c). 5A E:\FR\FM\01JYP1.SGM 01JYP1 37234 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 126 / Tuesday, July 1, 2014 / Proposed Rules proposed rulemaking amends 12 CFR part 46, which has an approved information collection under the PRA (OMB Control No. 1557–0311). The amendments proposed today do not introduce any new collections of information, nor do they amend 12 CFR part 46 in a way that modifies the collection of information that OMB has approved. Therefore, this proposal does not require a PRA submission to OMB. tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with PROPOSALS Regulatory Flexibility Act The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA), 5 U.S.C. 601 et seq., requires generally that, in connection with a notice of proposed rulemaking, an agency prepare and make available for public comment an initial regulatory flexibility analysis that describes the impact of a proposed rule on small entities. However, the regulatory flexibility analysis otherwise required under the RFA is not required if an agency certifies that the rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities (defined in regulations promulgated by the Small Business Administration (SBA) to include banking organizations with total assets of less than or equal to $500 million) and publishes its certification and a brief explanatory statement in the Federal Register together with the rule. Approximately 1,173 OCC-supervised banks are small entities based on the SBA’s definition of small entities for RFA purposes (356 federal savings associations, 796 national banks, and 21 trust companies). As discussed in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION above, the proposed modified dates of the annual stress test cycle will only affect institutions with more than $10 billion in total assets. As such, pursuant to section 605(b) of the RFA, the OCC certifies that this proposal would not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities because no small national banks or Federal savings associations would be affected by the proposal. Accordingly, an initial regulatory flexibility analysis is not required. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act The OCC has analyzed the proposed rule under the factors in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (UMRA) (2 U.S.C. 1532). Under this analysis, the OCC considered whether the proposed rule includes a Federal mandate that may result in the expenditure by State, local, and tribal governments, in the aggregate, or by the private sector, of $100 million or more in any one year (adjusted annually for inflation). The OCC has determined that this proposed rule will not result in expenditures by VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:47 Jun 30, 2014 Jkt 232001 State, local, and tribal governments, or the private sector, of $100 million or more in any one year. Accordingly, this proposal is not subject to section 202 of the Unfunded Mandates Act (2 U.S.C. 1532). Plain Language Section 722 of the Gramm-LeachBliley Act requires the Federal banking agencies to use plain language in all proposed and final rules published after January 1, 2000. The OCC has sought to present the proposed rule in a simple and straightforward manner, and invites comment on the use of plain language. For example: • Has the OCC organized the material to suit your needs? If not, how could the OCC present the proposed rule more clearly? • Are the requirements in the proposed rule clearly stated? If not, how could the proposed rule be more clearly stated? • Do the regulations contain technical language or jargon that is not clear? If so, which language requires clarification? • Would a different format (grouping and order of sections, use of headings, paragraphing) make the regulation easier to understand? If so, what changes would achieve that? • Is this section format adequate? If not, which of the sections should be changed and how? • What other changes can the OCC incorporate to make the regulation easier to understand? List of Subjects in 12 CFR Part 46 Banking, Banks, Capital, Disclosures, National banks, Recordkeeping, Risk, Savings associations, Stress test. Authority and Issuance For the reasons set forth in the preamble, the OCC proposes to amend 12 CFR part 46 as follows: PART 46—ANNUAL STRESS TEST 1. The authority citation for part 46 continues to read as follows: ■ Authority: 12 U.S.C. 93a; 12 U.S.C. 1463(a)(2); 12 U.S.C. 5365(i)(2); 12 U.S.C. 5412(b)(2)(B). 2. Section 46.3 is amended by revising paragraph (c) to read as follows: ■ § 46.3 Applicability. * * * * * (c) Covered institutions that become subject to stress testing requirements after October 9, 2012. A national bank or Federal savings association that becomes a covered institution, as defined in § 46.2 of this part, after PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 March 31, 2014 and on or before March 31, 2015 shall conduct it first annual stress test in the stress test beginning January 1, 2016. A national bank or Federal savings association that becomes a covered institution on or before March 31 of a given year (after 2014) shall conduct its first annual stress test under this part in the next calendar year after the date the national bank or Federal savings association becomes a covered institution. A national bank or Federal savings association that becomes a covered institution after March 31 of a given year (after 2014) shall conduct its first annual stress test under this part in the second calendar year after the date the national bank or Federal savings association becomes a covered institution. * * * * * ■ 3. Section 46.5 is amended by revising paragraphs (a) through (c) to read as follows: § 46.5 Annual stress test. * * * * * (a) Financial data. A covered institution must use financial data as of September 30 (for the stress test beginning October 1, 2014) or December 31 (for the stress test beginning January 1, 2016, and all stress tests thereafter) of that calendar year. (b) Scenarios provided by the OCC. In conducting the stress test under this part, each covered institution must use the scenarios provided by the OCC. The scenarios provided by the OCC will reflect a minimum of three sets of economic and financial conditions, including baseline, adverse, and severely adverse scenarios. The OCC will provide a description of the scenarios required to be used by each covered institution no later than November 15 (for the stress test beginning October 1, 2014) or February 15 (for the stress test beginning January 1, 2016, and all stress tests thereafter) of that calendar year. (c) Significant trading activities. The OCC may require a covered institution with significant trading activities, as determined by the OCC, to include trading and counterparty components in its adverse and severely adverse scenarios. The trading and counterparty position data to be used in this component will be as of a date between October 1 and December 1 (for the stress test beginning October 1, 2014) or between January 1 and March 1 (for the stress test beginning January 1, 2016, and all stress tests thereafter) of that calendar year that will be selected by the OCC and communicated to the covered institution no later than E:\FR\FM\01JYP1.SGM 01JYP1 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 126 / Tuesday, July 1, 2014 / Proposed Rules December 1 (for the stress test beginning October 1, 2014) or March 1 (for the stress test beginning January 1, 2016, and all stress tests thereafter) of the calendar year. * * * * * ■ 4. Section 46.6 is amended by revising paragraph (a)(2) to read as follows: § 46.6 Stress test methodologies and practices. (a) * * * (2) The potential impact on the covered institution’s regulatory capital levels and ratios applicable to the covered institution under 12 CFR part 3 or part 167, as applicable, and any other capital ratios specified by the OCC, incorporating the effects of any capital actions over the planning horizon and maintenance by the covered institution of an allowance for loan losses appropriate for credit exposures throughout the planning horizon. Until December 31, 2015, or such other date specified by the OCC, a covered institution is not required to calculate its risk-based capital requirements using the internal ratings-based and advanced measurement approaches as set forth in 12 CFR 3, subpart E. * * * * * ■ 5. Section 46.7 is amended by revising paragraphs (a) and (b) to read as follows: tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with PROPOSALS § 46.7 Reports to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Reserve Board. (a) $10 to $50 billion covered institution. A $10 to $50 billion covered institution must report to the OCC and to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, on or before March 31 (for the stress test beginning October 1, 2014) and on or before July 31 (for the stress test beginning January 1, 2016, and all stress tests thereafter), the results of the stress test in the manner and form specified by the OCC. (b) Over $50 billion covered institution. An over $50 billion covered institution must report to the OCC and to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, on or before January 5 (for the stress test beginning October 1, 2014) and on or before April 7 (for the stress test beginning January 1, 2016, and all stress tests thereafter), the results of the stress test in the manner and form specified by the OCC. * * * * * ■ 6. In § 46.8, the heading for paragraph (a) is republished for reader reference, and paragraphs (a)(1), and (2) are revised to read as follows: § 46.8 Publication of disclosures (a) Publication date—(1) Over $50 billion covered institution. (i) Prior to VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:47 Jun 30, 2014 Jkt 232001 January 1, 2016, an over $50 billion covered institution must publish a summary of the results of its annual stress test in the period starting March 15 and ending March 31 (for the stress test cycle beginning October 1, 2014). (ii) Effective January 1, 2016, an over $50 billion covered institution must publish a summary of the results of its annual stress test in the period starting June 15 and ending July 15 (for the stress test cycle beginning January 1, 2016, and for all stress tests thereafter) provided: (A) Unless the OCC determines otherwise, if the over $50 billion covered institution is a consolidated subsidiary of a bank holding company or savings and loan holding company subject to supervisory stress tests conducted by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System pursuant to 12 CFR part 252, then within the June 15 to July 15 period such covered institution may not publish the required summary of its annual stress test earlier than the date that the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System publishes the supervisory stress test results of the covered bank’s parent holding company. (B) If the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System publishes the supervisory stress test results of the covered institution’s parent holding company prior to June 15, then such covered institution may publish its stress test results prior to June 15, but no later than July 15, through actual publication by the covered institution or through publication by the parent holding company pursuant to paragraph (b) of this section. (2) $10 to $50 billion covered institution. (i) Prior to January 1, 2016, a $10 to $50 billion covered institution must publish a summary of the results of its annual stress test in the period starting June 15 and ending June 30 (for the stress test cycle beginning October 1, 2014). (ii) Effective January 1, 2016, a $10 to $50 billion covered institution must publish a summary of the results of its annual stress test in the period starting October 15 and ending October 31 (for the stress test cycle beginning January 1, 2016, and for all stress tests thereafter). * * * * * Dated: June 11, 2014. Thomas J. Curry, Comptroller of the Currency. [FR Doc. 2014–14416 Filed 6–30–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE P PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 37235 FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION 12 CFR Part 325 RIN 3064–AE18 Annual Stress Test Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. ACTION: Proposed rule with request for public comment. AGENCY: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the ‘‘Corporation’’ or ‘‘FDIC’’) requests comment on this proposed rule that revises FDIC Rules and Regulations regarding the annual stress testing requirements for state non-member banks and state savings associations with total consolidated assets of more than $10 billion (‘‘covered banks’’). Our regulations, which implement section 165(i)(2) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the ‘‘Dodd-Frank Act’’), requires covered banks to conduct annual stress tests and report the results of such stress test to the Corporation and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (‘‘Board’’) and publicly disclose a summary of the results of the required stress tests. The FDIC proposes to modify the ‘‘as-of’’ dates for financial data (that covered banks will use to perform their stress tests) as well as the reporting dates and public disclosure dates of the annual stress tests for both $10 billion to $50 billion covered banks and $50 billion covered banks. The revisions to our regulations would become effective January 1, 2016. DATES: Comments should be received on or before September 2, 2014. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods: • Federal eRulemaking Portal: https:// www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments. • Agency Web site: https:// www.FDIC.gov/regulations/laws/ federal/. • Mail: Robert E. Feldman, Executive Secretary, Attention: Comments/Legal ESS, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 550 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20429. • Hand Delivered/Courier: The guard station at the rear of the 550 17th Street Building (located on F Street), on business days between 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. • E-Mail: comments@FDIC.gov. Instructions: Comments submitted must include ‘‘FDIC’’ and ‘‘RIN [ ].’’ Comments received will be posted without change to https://www.FDIC.gov/ SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\01JYP1.SGM 01JYP1

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

12 CFR Part 46

[Docket ID. OCC-2014-0015]
RIN 1557-AD85


Annual Stress Test--Schedule Shift and Adjustments to Regulatory 
Capital Projections

AGENCY: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Treasury.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) proposes 
to adjust the timing of the annual stress testing cycle and to clarify 
the method used to calculate regulatory capital in the stress tests. 
The proposal would shift the dates of the annual stress testing cycle 
by approximately three months. The proposal also would provide that 
covered institutions will not have to calculate their regulatory 
capital requirements using the advanced approaches method in 12 CFR 
part 3, subpart E until the stress testing cycle beginning on January 
1, 2016.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 2, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Because paper mail in the Washington, DC area and at the OCC 
is subject to delay, commenters are encouraged to submit comments by 
the Federal eRulemaking Portal or email, if possible. Please use the 
title ``Annual Stress Test'' to facilitate the organization and 
distribution of the comments. You may submit comments by any of the 
following methods:
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www.regulations.gov. Enter ``Docket ID OCC-2014-0015'' in the Search 
Box and click ``Search.'' Results can be filtered using the filtering 
tools on the left side of the screen. Click on ``Comment Now'' to 
submit public comments.
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to get information on using Regulations.gov, including instructions for 
submitting public comments.
     Email: regs.comments@occ .treas.gov.
     Mail: Legislative and Regulatory Activities Division, 
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction and Background

    Section 165(i) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer 
Protection Act (``Dodd-Frank Act'') requires two types of stress tests. 
Section 165(i)(1) requires the Board of Governors of the Federal 
Reserve (Board) to conduct annual stress tests of holding companies 
with $50 billion or more in assets (``supervisory stress tests''). 
Section 165(i)(2) requires the federal banking agencies to issue 
regulations requiring financial companies with more than $10 billion in 
assets to conduct annual stress tests themselves (``company-run stress 
tests'').
    In October 2012, the OCC, the Board, and the Federal Deposit 
Insurance Corporation issued final rules implementing the company-run 
stress tests required by the Dodd-Frank Act. Under these final rules, 
covered institutions with $50 billion or more in assets are required to 
conduct the company-run stress tests at the end of the calendar year, 
when there are often other demands on resources. Under the current OCC 
stress testing rule, the OCC distributes stress scenarios by November 
15.\1\ Covered institutions use their financial position as of 
September 30 (``as of date'') and must make projections that estimate 
their financial position under the different stress scenarios. Covered 
institutions with $50 billion or more in assets must submit the results 
of their stress tests by January 5. Covered institutions with $50 
billion or more are required to publish a summary of their stress test 
results between March 15 and March 31. Covered institutions with 
between $10 and $50 billion in assets are required to submit their 
stress test results to the OCC by March 31 and publish a summary of 
their results between June 15 and June 30.
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    \1\ These scenarios provided by the OCC reflect a minimum of 
three set of economic and financial conditions, including baseline, 
adverse, and severely adverse scenarios.
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    On October 11, 2013, the OCC published revisions to its regulatory 
capital rules implementing the Basel III international capital 
standards (Basel III framework).\2\ The OCC is now proposing to adjust 
the schedule contained in its stress testing rule to relieve certain 
covered institutions of the burden associated with the January 5 
submission deadline and to clarify the method to be used to calculate 
regulatory capital in the stress tests.
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    \2\ 78 FR 62018.
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II. Description of the Proposed Rule

A. Shift in Stress Testing Cycle

    The OCC is proposing to shift the dates of the stress testing cycle 
by approximately three months. This will relieve covered institutions 
with $50 billion or more in assets of the obligation to complete their 
stress testing submissions by January 5, a time of year when these 
institutions have other year-end obligations. The OCC believes that the 
annual stress test is an important risk-management tool, and covered 
institutions should conduct these tests at a time when they are better 
able to manage their resources. The stress testing cycle that, under 
the current rule, begins on October 1, 2015, would instead begin on 
January 1, 2016. The following table summarizes the proposed date 
changes.

  Table 1--Revised Annual Stress Test Timeline for Covered Institutions
                   With $50 Billion or More in Assets
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       Action required            Current rule          Proposed rule
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``As of'' Date for Financial  September 30........  December 31.
 Data Used by Stress Test.
Distribution of Stress        By November 15......  By February 15.
 Scenarios by OCC.
Submission of Stress Test     By January 5........  By April 7.
 Results.
Disclosure of Results         Between March 15 and  Between June 15 and
 Summary.                      March 31.             July 15 except no
                                                     earlier than Board
                                                     publication of the
                                                     supervisory stress
                                                     test results of the
                                                     bank holding
                                                     company.
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  Table 2--Revised Annual Stress Test Timeline for Covered Institutions
               With Between $10 and $50 Billion in Assets
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       Action required            Current rule          Proposed rule
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``As of'' Date for Financial  September 30........  December 31.
 Data Used by Stress Test.
Distribution of Stress        By November 15......  By February 15.
 Scenarios by OCC.
Submission of Stress Test     By March 31.........  By July 31.
 Results.
Disclosure of Results         Between June 15 and   Between October 15
 Summary.                      June 30.              and October 31.
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    Under the proposed rule, covered institutions with $50 billion or 
more in assets must make the required disclosure of stress test results 
between June 15 and July 15; however, within this period a covered 
institution that is a consolidated subsidiary of a bank holding company 
subject to supervisory stress tests conducted by the Board pursuant to 
12 CFR part 252 may not disclose its results until the Board has 
published the supervisory stress test results of the covered 
institution's parent holding company. In addition, if the Board 
publishes the supervisory stress test results of the covered 
institution's parent holding company prior to June 15, then such 
covered institution may satisfy its publication requirement either 
through actual publication by the covered institution or through 
publication by the parent holding company pursuant to 12 CFR 46.8(b).
    With respect to covered institutions with assets between $10 and 
$50 billion, it should be noted that pursuant to 12 CFR 46.3(e) a 
covered institution may elect to conduct its stress test under the 
stress test requirements applicable to a covered institution with 
assets of $50 billion and over. In that case we note that the covered 
institution also would be subject to the proposed disclosure 
requirements applicable to covered institutions with $50 billion or 
more in assets.
    The proposed rule would also amend the applicability provisions in 
Sec.  46.3 of the Annual Stress Test rule to reflect the changed 
timeline. Currently, a national bank or Federal savings association 
that becomes a covered institution must conduct its first annual stress 
test beginning in the next calendar year after the date the national 
bank or Federal savings association becomes a covered institution. 
Under the new stress testing timeline, if this applicability provision 
were left unchanged, if a national bank or Federal savings association 
became a covered institution as of September 30 of a given year, the 
institution would be required to conduct its first stress test in the 
stress testing cycle beginning the following January 1, three months 
after becoming a covered institution. The current Annual Stress Test 
rule provides a minimum of nine months between the date on which a 
national bank or Federal savings association becomes a covered 
institution and the start date of the stress testing cycle in which the 
covered institution must conduct it first stress test. To preserve the 
nine-month minimum the proposed rule would establish a March 31 cutoff 
date. A national bank or Federal savings association that becomes a 
covered institution on or before March 31 of a given year would be 
required to conduct its first stress test in the next calendar year. 
For example, a national bank or Federal savings association that 
becomes a covered institution on March 31, 2015 would be required to 
conduct its first stress test in the stress testing cycle beginning 
January 1, 2016. A national bank or Federal savings association that 
becomes a covered institution after March 31 of a given year would be 
required to conduct its first stress test in the second calendar year 
after the date the national bank or Federal savings association becomes 
a covered institution. For example, a national bank or Federal savings 
association that becomes a covered institution on June 30, 2015 would 
be required to conduct its first stress test in the stress testing 
cycle beginning January 1, 2017.

B. Clarification on the Use of Basel III Advanced Approaches

    On October 11, 2013, the OCC published revised risk-based and 
leverage capital requirements that implement the Basel III 
framework.\3\ In light of the issuance of the Basel III framework, the 
OCC is clarifying when covered institutions would be required to 
estimate their minimum regulatory capital ratios over the stress-test 
planning horizon using the Basel III advanced approaches methodology. 
The current OCC stress testing rule requires covered institutions to 
estimate the impact of stress scenarios on ``the covered institution's 
regulatory capital levels and ratios applicable to the covered 
institution under 12 CFR part 3 (for national banks) or part 167 (for 
Federal savings associations), as applicable, and any other capital 
ratios specified by the OCC.'' \4\ A national bank or Federal savings 
association that is an advanced approaches banking organization is 
required to use the advanced approaches to calculate its minimum 
regulatory capital ratios if it has conducted a satisfactory parallel 
run.\5\ This proposal would provide that no covered institution is 
required to use the advanced approaches in its stress testing 
projections until the stress testing cycle beginning on January 1, 
2016--even if an organization has previously exited parallel run.
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    \4\ 12 CFR 46.6(a)(2).
    \5\ A satisfactory parallel run is defined as a period of no 
less than four consecutive calendar quarters during which a banking 
organization complies with certain qualification requirements. 12 
CFR 3.21(c).
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    On February 14, 2014, the OCC announced that certain national banks 
had completed a successful parallel run. Given the operational 
complexity associated with incorporating the advanced approaches into 
the stress testing process, the proposal would clarify that 
incorporating the advanced approaches into stress testing would be 
deferred for one stress testing cycle. The transition period will 
provide the OCC with sufficient time to integrate the advanced 
approaches into its stress testing examination processes and to provide 
guidance to advanced approaches banking organizations regarding 
supervisory expectations on the use of the advanced approaches in 
stress testing projections.

III. Request for Comment

    The OCC requests comment on all aspects of the proposal.

IV. Regulatory Analysis

Paperwork Reduction Act

    Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), the 
OCC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond 
to, an information collection unless the information collection 
displays a valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. 
This notice of

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proposed rulemaking amends 12 CFR part 46, which has an approved 
information collection under the PRA (OMB Control No. 1557-0311). The 
amendments proposed today do not introduce any new collections of 
information, nor do they amend 12 CFR part 46 in a way that modifies 
the collection of information that OMB has approved. Therefore, this 
proposal does not require a PRA submission to OMB.

Regulatory Flexibility Act

    The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA), 5 U.S.C. 601 et seq., 
requires generally that, in connection with a notice of proposed 
rulemaking, an agency prepare and make available for public comment an 
initial regulatory flexibility analysis that describes the impact of a 
proposed rule on small entities. However, the regulatory flexibility 
analysis otherwise required under the RFA is not required if an agency 
certifies that the rule will not have a significant economic impact on 
a substantial number of small entities (defined in regulations 
promulgated by the Small Business Administration (SBA) to include 
banking organizations with total assets of less than or equal to $500 
million) and publishes its certification and a brief explanatory 
statement in the Federal Register together with the rule.
    Approximately 1,173 OCC-supervised banks are small entities based 
on the SBA's definition of small entities for RFA purposes (356 federal 
savings associations, 796 national banks, and 21 trust companies). As 
discussed in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION above, the proposed modified 
dates of the annual stress test cycle will only affect institutions 
with more than $10 billion in total assets. As such, pursuant to 
section 605(b) of the RFA, the OCC certifies that this proposal would 
not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small 
entities because no small national banks or Federal savings 
associations would be affected by the proposal. Accordingly, an initial 
regulatory flexibility analysis is not required.

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act

    The OCC has analyzed the proposed rule under the factors in the 
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (UMRA) (2 U.S.C. 1532). Under this 
analysis, the OCC considered whether the proposed rule includes a 
Federal mandate that may result in the expenditure by State, local, and 
tribal governments, in the aggregate, or by the private sector, of $100 
million or more in any one year (adjusted annually for inflation). The 
OCC has determined that this proposed rule will not result in 
expenditures by State, local, and tribal governments, or the private 
sector, of $100 million or more in any one year. Accordingly, this 
proposal is not subject to section 202 of the Unfunded Mandates Act (2 
U.S.C. 1532).

Plain Language

    Section 722 of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act requires the Federal 
banking agencies to use plain language in all proposed and final rules 
published after January 1, 2000. The OCC has sought to present the 
proposed rule in a simple and straightforward manner, and invites 
comment on the use of plain language. For example:
     Has the OCC organized the material to suit your needs? If 
not, how could the OCC present the proposed rule more clearly?
     Are the requirements in the proposed rule clearly stated? 
If not, how could the proposed rule be more clearly stated?
     Do the regulations contain technical language or jargon 
that is not clear? If so, which language requires clarification?
     Would a different format (grouping and order of sections, 
use of headings, paragraphing) make the regulation easier to 
understand? If so, what changes would achieve that?
     Is this section format adequate? If not, which of the 
sections should be changed and how?
     What other changes can the OCC incorporate to make the 
regulation easier to understand?

List of Subjects in 12 CFR Part 46

    Banking, Banks, Capital, Disclosures, National banks, 
Recordkeeping, Risk, Savings associations, Stress test.

Authority and Issuance

    For the reasons set forth in the preamble, the OCC proposes to 
amend 12 CFR part 46 as follows:

PART 46--ANNUAL STRESS TEST

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1. The authority citation for part 46 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 12 U.S.C. 93a; 12 U.S.C. 1463(a)(2); 12 U.S.C. 
5365(i)(2); 12 U.S.C. 5412(b)(2)(B).

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2. Section 46.3 is amended by revising paragraph (c) to read as 
follows:


Sec.  46.3  Applicability.

* * * * *
    (c) Covered institutions that become subject to stress testing 
requirements after October 9, 2012. A national bank or Federal savings 
association that becomes a covered institution, as defined in Sec.  
46.2 of this part, after March 31, 2014 and on or before March 31, 2015 
shall conduct it first annual stress test in the stress test beginning 
January 1, 2016. A national bank or Federal savings association that 
becomes a covered institution on or before March 31 of a given year 
(after 2014) shall conduct its first annual stress test under this part 
in the next calendar year after the date the national bank or Federal 
savings association becomes a covered institution. A national bank or 
Federal savings association that becomes a covered institution after 
March 31 of a given year (after 2014) shall conduct its first annual 
stress test under this part in the second calendar year after the date 
the national bank or Federal savings association becomes a covered 
institution.
* * * * *
0
3. Section 46.5 is amended by revising paragraphs (a) through (c) to 
read as follows:


Sec.  46.5  Annual stress test.

* * * * *
    (a) Financial data. A covered institution must use financial data 
as of September 30 (for the stress test beginning October 1, 2014) or 
December 31 (for the stress test beginning January 1, 2016, and all 
stress tests thereafter) of that calendar year.
    (b) Scenarios provided by the OCC. In conducting the stress test 
under this part, each covered institution must use the scenarios 
provided by the OCC. The scenarios provided by the OCC will reflect a 
minimum of three sets of economic and financial conditions, including 
baseline, adverse, and severely adverse scenarios. The OCC will provide 
a description of the scenarios required to be used by each covered 
institution no later than November 15 (for the stress test beginning 
October 1, 2014) or February 15 (for the stress test beginning January 
1, 2016, and all stress tests thereafter) of that calendar year.
    (c) Significant trading activities. The OCC may require a covered 
institution with significant trading activities, as determined by the 
OCC, to include trading and counterparty components in its adverse and 
severely adverse scenarios. The trading and counterparty position data 
to be used in this component will be as of a date between October 1 and 
December 1 (for the stress test beginning October 1, 2014) or between 
January 1 and March 1 (for the stress test beginning January 1, 2016, 
and all stress tests thereafter) of that calendar year that will be 
selected by the OCC and communicated to the covered institution no 
later than

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December 1 (for the stress test beginning October 1, 2014) or March 1 
(for the stress test beginning January 1, 2016, and all stress tests 
thereafter) of the calendar year.
* * * * *
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4. Section 46.6 is amended by revising paragraph (a)(2) to read as 
follows:


Sec.  46.6  Stress test methodologies and practices.

    (a) * * *
    (2) The potential impact on the covered institution's regulatory 
capital levels and ratios applicable to the covered institution under 
12 CFR part 3 or part 167, as applicable, and any other capital ratios 
specified by the OCC, incorporating the effects of any capital actions 
over the planning horizon and maintenance by the covered institution of 
an allowance for loan losses appropriate for credit exposures 
throughout the planning horizon. Until December 31, 2015, or such other 
date specified by the OCC, a covered institution is not required to 
calculate its risk-based capital requirements using the internal 
ratings-based and advanced measurement approaches as set forth in 12 
CFR 3, subpart E.
* * * * *
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5. Section 46.7 is amended by revising paragraphs (a) and (b) to read 
as follows:


Sec.  46.7  Reports to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency 
and the Federal Reserve Board.

    (a) $10 to $50 billion covered institution. A $10 to $50 billion 
covered institution must report to the OCC and to the Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System, on or before March 31 (for the 
stress test beginning October 1, 2014) and on or before July 31 (for 
the stress test beginning January 1, 2016, and all stress tests 
thereafter), the results of the stress test in the manner and form 
specified by the OCC.
    (b) Over $50 billion covered institution. An over $50 billion 
covered institution must report to the OCC and to the Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System, on or before January 5 (for 
the stress test beginning October 1, 2014) and on or before April 7 
(for the stress test beginning January 1, 2016, and all stress tests 
thereafter), the results of the stress test in the manner and form 
specified by the OCC.
* * * * *
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6. In Sec.  46.8, the heading for paragraph (a) is republished for 
reader reference, and paragraphs (a)(1), and (2) are revised to read as 
follows:


Sec.  46.8  Publication of disclosures

    (a) Publication date--(1) Over $50 billion covered institution. (i) 
Prior to January 1, 2016, an over $50 billion covered institution must 
publish a summary of the results of its annual stress test in the 
period starting March 15 and ending March 31 (for the stress test cycle 
beginning October 1, 2014).
    (ii) Effective January 1, 2016, an over $50 billion covered 
institution must publish a summary of the results of its annual stress 
test in the period starting June 15 and ending July 15 (for the stress 
test cycle beginning January 1, 2016, and for all stress tests 
thereafter) provided:
    (A) Unless the OCC determines otherwise, if the over $50 billion 
covered institution is a consolidated subsidiary of a bank holding 
company or savings and loan holding company subject to supervisory 
stress tests conducted by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 
System pursuant to 12 CFR part 252, then within the June 15 to July 15 
period such covered institution may not publish the required summary of 
its annual stress test earlier than the date that the Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System publishes the supervisory 
stress test results of the covered bank's parent holding company.
    (B) If the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System 
publishes the supervisory stress test results of the covered 
institution's parent holding company prior to June 15, then such 
covered institution may publish its stress test results prior to June 
15, but no later than July 15, through actual publication by the 
covered institution or through publication by the parent holding 
company pursuant to paragraph (b) of this section.
    (2) $10 to $50 billion covered institution. (i) Prior to January 1, 
2016, a $10 to $50 billion covered institution must publish a summary 
of the results of its annual stress test in the period starting June 15 
and ending June 30 (for the stress test cycle beginning October 1, 
2014).
    (ii) Effective January 1, 2016, a $10 to $50 billion covered 
institution must publish a summary of the results of its annual stress 
test in the period starting October 15 and ending October 31 (for the 
stress test cycle beginning January 1, 2016, and for all stress tests 
thereafter).
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    Dated: June 11, 2014.
Thomas J. Curry,
Comptroller of the Currency.
[FR Doc. 2014-14416 Filed 6-30-14; 8:45 am]
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