Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request, 49653-49657 [2016-17876]

Agencies

• FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 145 (Thursday, July 28, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49653-49657]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-17876]


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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM


Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment 
Request

AGENCY: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

ACTION: Notice for comment regarding the Federal Reserve proposal to 
extend, with revision, the clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act 
for the following information collection activity.

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SUMMARY: The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board or 
Federal Reserve) invites comment on a proposal to extend for three 
years, with revision, the Capital Assessments and Stress Testing 
information collection applicable to bank holding companies (BHCs) with 
total consolidated assets of $50 billion or more and U.S. intermediate 
holding companies (IHCs) established by foreign banking organizations 
under 12 CFR 252.153 (FR Y-14A/Q/M; OMB No. 7100-0341).
    On June 15, 1984, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
delegated to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System 
(Board) its approval authority under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), 
to approve of and assign OMB numbers to collection of information 
requests and requirements conducted or sponsored by the Board. Board-
approved collections of information are incorporated into the official 
OMB inventory of currently approved collections of information. Copies 
of the PRA Submission, supporting statements and approved collection of 
information instruments are placed into OMB's public docket files. The 
Federal Reserve may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not 
required to respond to, an information collection that has been 
extended, revised, or implemented on or after October 1, 1995, unless 
it displays a currently valid OMB number.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 26, 2016.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by FR Y-14A/Q/M, by any 
of the following methods:
     Agency Web site: https://www.federalreserve.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments at https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/foia/proposedregs.aspx .
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Email: regs.comments@federalreserve.gov. Include OMB 
number in the subject line of the message.
     FAX: (202) 452-3819 or (202) 452-3102.
     Mail: Robert deV. Frierson, Secretary, Board of Governors 
of the Federal Reserve System, 20th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20551.
    All public comments are available from the Board's Web site at 
https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/foia/proposedregs.aspx as submitted, 
unless modified for technical reasons. Accordingly, your comments will 
not be edited to remove any identifying or contact information. Public 
comments may also be viewed electronically or in paper form in Room 
3515, 1801 K Street (between 18th and 19th Streets NW.) Washington, DC 
20006 between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on weekdays.
    Additionally, commenters may send a copy of their comments to the 
OMB Desk Officer, Shagufta Ahmed, Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office 
Building, Room 10235 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503 or by 
fax to (202) 395-6974.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A copy of the PRA OMB submission, 
including the proposed reporting form and instructions, supporting 
statement, and other documentation will be placed into OMB's public 
docket files, once approved. These documents will also be made 
available on the Federal Reserve Board's public Web site at: https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/reportforms/review.aspx or may be requested 
from the agency clearance officer, whose name appears below.
    Federal Reserve Board Clearance Officer, Nuha Elmaghrabi, Office of 
the Chief Data Officer, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 
System, Washington, DC 20551 (202) 452-3884. Telecommunications Device 
for the Deaf (TDD) users may contact (202) 263-4869, Board of Governors 
of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, DC 20551.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Request for Comment on Information Collection Proposal

    The following information collection, which is being handled under 
this delegated authority, has received initial Board approval and is 
hereby published for comment. At the end of the comment period, the 
proposed information collection, along with an analysis of comments and 
recommendations received, will be submitted to the Board for final 
approval under OMB delegated authority. Comments are invited on the 
following:
    a. Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for 
the proper performance of the Federal Reserve's functions; including 
whether the information has practical utility;
    b. The accuracy of the Federal Reserve's estimate of the burden of 
the proposed information collection, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
    c. Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected;
    d. Ways to minimize the burden of information collection 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.
    Proposal to approve under OMB delegated authority the extension for 
three years with revision of the following report:
    1. Report title: Capital Assessments and Stress Testing information 
collection.
    Agency form number: FR Y-14A/ Q/M.
    OMB control number: 7100-0341.
    Effective Dates: December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2017.
    Frequency: Annually, semi-annually, quarterly, and monthly.
    Respondents: The respondent panel consists of any top-tier bank 
holding company (BHC) or intermediate holding company (IHC) that has 
$50 billion or more in total consolidated assets, as determined based 
on: (i) The average of the firm's total consolidated assets in the four 
most recent quarters as reported quarterly on the firm's Consolidated 
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Companies (FR Y-9C) (OMB No. 7100-0128); or (ii) the average of the 
firm's total consolidated assets in the most recent consecutive 
quarters as reported quarterly on the firm's FR Y-9Cs, if the firm has 
not filed an FR Y-9C for each of the most recent four quarters. 
Reporting is required as of the first day of the quarter immediately 
following the quarter in which it meets this asset threshold, unless 
otherwise directed by the Board.
    Estimated annual reporting hours: FR Y-14A: Summary, 77,454 hours; 
Macro Scenario, 2,418 hours; Operational Risk, 702 hours; Regulatory 
Capital Transitions; 897 hours, Regulatory Capital Instruments, 819 
hours; Retail Repurchase Exposures, 1,560 hours; Business Plan Changes, 
390 hours; and Adjusted capital plan submission, 500 hours. FR Y-14Q: 
Retail, 2,496 hours; Securities, 2,184 hours; Pre-provision net revenue 
(PPNR), 110,916 hours; Wholesale, 23,712 hours; Trading, 46,224 hours; 
Regulatory Capital Transitions, 3,588 hours; Regulatory Capital 
Instruments, 8,112 hours; Operational risk, 7,800 hours; Mortgage 
Servicing Rights (MSR) Valuation, 1,728 hours; Supplemental, 624 hours; 
Retail Fair Value Option/Held for Sale (Retail FVO/HFS), 1,792 hours; 
Counterparty, 12,192 hours; and Balances, 2,496 hours; FR Y-14M: 1st 
lien mortgage, 228,660 hours; Home Equity, 197,760 hours; and Credit 
Card, 153,000 hours. FR Y-14 On-going automation revisions, 18,720 
hours. FR Y-14 Attestation implementation, 14,400 hours; and On-going 
audit and review, 30,720 hours.
    Estimated average hours per response: FR Y-14A: Summary, 993 hours; 
Macro Scenario, 31 hours; Operational Risk, 18 hours; Regulatory 
Capital Transitions, 23 hours; Regulatory Capital Instruments, 21 
hours; Retail Repurchase Exposures, 20 hours; Business Plan Changes, 10 
hours and Adjusted capital plan submission, 100 hours. FR Y-14Q: 
Retail, 16 hours; Securities, 14 hours; PPNR, 711 hours; Wholesale, 152 
hours; Trading, 1,926 hours; Regulatory Capital Transitions, 23 hours; 
Regulatory Capital Instruments, 52 hours; Operational risk, 50 hours; 
MSR Valuation, 24 hours; Supplemental, 4 hours; Retail FVO/HFS, 16 
hours; Counterparty, 508 hours; and Balances, 16 hours; FR Y-14M: 1st 
Lien Mortgage, 515 hours; Home Equity, 515 hours; and Credit Card, 510 
hours. FR Y-14 On-Going automation revisions, 480 hours. FR Y-14 
Attestation Implementation, 4,800 hours; and On-going audit and review, 
2,560 hours.
    Number of respondents: 39.
    Legal authorization and confidentiality: The FR Y-14 series of 
reports are authorized by section 165 of the Dodd-Frank Act, which 
requires the Board to ensure that certain firms and nonbank financial 
companies supervised by the Board are subject to enhanced risk-based 
and leverage standards in order to mitigate risks to the financial 
stability of the United States (12 U.S.C. 5365). Additionally, Section 
5 of the Bank Holding Company Act authorizes the Board to issue 
regulations and conduct information collections with regard to the 
supervision of BHCs (12 U.S.C. 1844).
    With regard to the CFO-level attestation requirement, which is 
intended to improve accountability and accuracy and heighten 
requirements for internal control, the Board has provided sufficient 
description and justification to require such attestation from 
respondents, consistent with the aforementioned statutory authorities.
    As these data are collected as part of the supervisory process, 
they are subject to confidential treatment under exemption 8 of the 
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 U.S.C. 552(b)(8)). In addition, 
commercial and financial information contained in these information 
collections may be exempt from disclosure under exemption 4 of FOIA (5 
U.S.C. 552(b)(4)), if disclosure would likely have the effect of (1) 
impairing the government's ability to obtain the necessary information 
in the future, or (2) causing substantial harm to the competitive 
position of the respondent. Such exemptions would be made on a case-by-
case basis. Such exemptions would be made on a case-by-case basis.
    Abstract: The data collected through the FR Y-14A/Q/M schedules 
provide the Board with the additional information and perspective 
needed to help ensure that large BHCs and IHCs have strong, 
firm[hyphen]wide risk measurement and management processes supporting 
their internal assessments of capital adequacy and that their capital 
resources are sufficient given their business focus, activities, and 
resulting risk exposures. The annual CCAR exercise is also complemented 
by other Board supervisory efforts aimed at enhancing the continued 
viability of large firms, including continuous monitoring of firms' 
planning and management of liquidity and funding resources and regular 
assessments of credit, market and operational risks, and associated 
risk management practices. Information gathered in this data collection 
is also used in the supervision and regulation of these financial 
institutions. In order to fully evaluate the data submissions, the 
Board may conduct follow-up discussions with or request responses to 
follow up questions from respondents, as needed.
    The Capital Assessments and Stress Testing information collection 
consists of the FR Y-14A, Q, and M reports. The semi-annual FR Y-14A 
collects quantitative projections of balance sheet, income, losses, and 
capital across a range of macroeconomic scenarios and qualitative 
information on methodologies used to develop internal projections of 
capital across scenarios.\1\ The quarterly FR Y-14Q collects granular 
data on various asset classes, including loans, securities, and trading 
assets, and pre-provision net revenue (PPNR) for the reporting period. 
The monthly FR Y-14M comprises three retail portfolio- and loan-level 
collections, and one detailed address matching collection to supplement 
two of the portfolio and loan-level collections.
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    \1\ BHCs that must re-submit their capital plan generally also 
must provide a revised FR Y-14A in connection with their 
resubmission.
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    Current Actions: The Board proposes revising general FR Y-14 
requirements and several schedules of the FR Y-14A/Q/M reports. The 
revisions would be effective with the FR Y-14 reports as-of December 
31, 2016, or December 31, 2017, as noted below. For reports as-of 
December 31, 2017, the proposed changes include applying the 
attestation requirement to U.S. IHCs that will be subject to the Large 
Institution Supervision Coordinating Committee (LISCC) framework 
(``LISCC U.S. IHCs'') \2\. For reports as-of December 31, 2016, the 
Board proposes adding a requirement for firms electing to undertake 
planned capital adjustments or incremental capital distribution 
requests to provide updated submissions of the FR Y-14A Schedule A 
(Summary--Capital) and Schedule C (Regulatory Capital Instruments, RCI) 
reflecting these adjustments (as detailed below). To facilitate this 
collection, the Board proposes adding additional items to the FR Y-14A 
Schedule C (RCI). Finally, the Board proposes to update the FR Y-14A, 
Schedule A.1.d. (Summary--Capital) to collect items related to the 
supplementary leverage ratio (SLR), remove and add sub-schedules to the 
FR Y-14A Schedule E (Operational Risk) to align with applicable 
guidance, add one item to Schedule A.5 (Summary--Counterparty), and 
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FR Y-14A/Q/M reports to address inconsistencies across schedules and 
ensure the collection of accurate information. These changes are 
explained in further detail in the schedule specific sections below.
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    \2\ Further information regarding the LISCC designation is 
available on the Board's public Web site: https://www.federalreserve.gov/bankinforeg/large-institution-supervision.htm
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    The FR Y-14A Schedule A.1.d. (Summary--Capital) would be revised 
for December 31, 2016, to (1) add certain items used to calculate the 
SLR in alignment with the Board's extension of the initial application 
of the SLR requirement in the capital plan rule; \3\ (2) modify two 
items; and (3) remove one item. In addition, one item to capture Other 
Counterparty Losses would be added to Schedule A.5 (Summary--
Counterparty) effective December 31, 2016. Finally, Schedule E 
(Operational Risk) would be revised for December 31, 2016, to (1) 
remove sub-schedule E.1, BHC Operational Risk Historical Capital, (2) 
add two new sub-schedules: E.2, Material Risk Identification and E.3, 
Operational Risk Scenarios, and (3) update outdated methodologies and 
references.
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    \3\ See 12 CFR 225.8(c)(3), 12 CFR 252.53(b)(3).
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    The FR Y-14Q (quarterly collection) would be revised for December 
31, 2016, to add a new column to Schedule B (Securities) to collect the 
price of the security as a percent of par to enhance supervisory 
modeling.
    Finally, the FR Y-14M (monthly collection) would be revised for 
December 31, 2016, to modify the definition of Gross Charge-Off Amount 
on Schedule D (Credit Cards) in order to ensure proper reporting across 
firms.
    These data are, or will be, used to assess the capital adequacy of 
BHCs and U.S. IHCs using forward-looking projections of revenue and 
losses to support supervisory stress test models and continuous 
monitoring efforts, as well as to inform the Board's operational 
decision-making as it continues to implement the Dodd-Frank Wall Street 
Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

Proposed Revision to the FR Y-14A/Q/M

    The Board proposes to add an attestation requirement to the FR Y-
14A/Q/M reports for U.S. IHC respondents that will be subject to the 
LISCC framework. Foreign banking organizations with non-branch assets 
of $50 billion or more were required to form a U.S. IHC by July 1, 
2016. As of April 2016, the IHCs established by Barclays, Credit 
Suisse, UBS and Deutsche Bank are expected to be the LISCC U.S. IHC 
respondents. This requirement would be consistent with the existing 
attestation requirement applicable to U.S. BHCs subject to the LISCC 
framework (LISCC respondents).
    On September 16, 2015, the Board published a notice in the Federal 
Register proposing to require a Chief Financial Officer (CFO) level 
attestation for LISCC respondents.\4\ On January 21, 2016, the Board 
finalized the attestation requirement for LISCC respondents, with a 
phased-in implementation approach beginning with the reports as-of 
December 31, 2016.\5\ The Board proposes applying an attestation 
requirement to LISCC U.S. IHCs following a similar phased-in 
implementation approach, effective beginning December 31, 2017, and 
fully phased in by December 31, 2018. The proposed effective date would 
provide LISCC U.S. IHCs with time to develop the appropriate internal 
processes and procedures to fully implement the proposed attestation 
following the creation of their U.S. IHCs in July 2016, and the first 
filing of FR Y-14 reports as-of December 31, 2016.
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    \4\ See 80 FR 55621 (September 16, 2015).
    \5\ See 81 FR 3412 (January 21, 2016).
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    As discussed in the final Federal Register notice adopting the 
attestation requirement for domestic LISCC respondents, the attestation 
requirement was designed to help ensure that the data reported to the 
Board were reliable and accurately reflect the firm's exposures.\6\ 
These data are integral to the Board's assessment of the safety and 
soundness of a banking organization, as the Board uses financial data 
reported by a banking organization to assess whether the banking 
organization has the capital necessary to absorb losses under stress.
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    \6\ See 80 FR 55621 (September 16, 2015).
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    The Board initially applied the attestation requirement to only 
LISCC respondents given the added resources required to implement the 
attestation.\7\ Similarly, the Board would propose to apply the 
attestation requirement only to those U.S. IHCs that will be subject to 
the LISCC framework, as the resources needed to ensure accurate data 
are appropriate in light of the risks that the U.S. operations of these 
firms pose to the financial system.
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    \7\ As noted in the preamble to the Federal Register notice (80 
FR 55621, September 16, 2015), the attestation requirement may 
require respondents to enhance certain systems and processes in 
order to meet the attestation requirement, such as enhancing 
information technology infrastructure and adding or modifying 
internal control frameworks and data governance committees to 
include accountability and escalation processes, as well as to 
increase the frequency of audits of internal controls over the FR Y-
14A/Q/M reports.
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    Under the proposal the attestation would include three parts. 
First, for projected data reported on the FR Y-14A/Q and for actual 
data reported on the FR Y-14A/Q/M reports, collectively, the CFO (or 
equivalent senior officer \8\) of a LISCC U.S. IHC would be required to 
attest that the reports have been prepared in conformance with the 
instructions issued by the Board.\9\ Second, for actual data, the CFO 
(or equivalent senior officer) of a LISCC U.S. IHC would be required to 
attest that senior management is responsible for the internal controls 
over the reporting of these data, and that the data reported are 
materially correct to the best of senior management's knowledge. The 
CFO would also be required to attest that the controls are effective 
and include those practices necessary to provide reasonable assurance 
as to the accuracy of these data. The CFO would be required to attest 
that the controls are audited annually by internal audit or compliance 
staff, and are assessed regularly by management of the named 
institution. For the third part, the CFO would be required to agree to 
report material weaknesses in these internal controls and any material 
errors or omissions in the data submitted to the Board promptly as they 
are identified. Both domestic LISCC firms and LISCC U.S. IHCs subject 
to the attestation requirement should have a policy in place for 
determining materiality in the context of attesting to material 
correctness and internal controls.\10\
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    \8\ ``An equivalent senior officer'' refers to a senior officer 
who functions as the CFO but carries a different title.
    \9\ The instructions define the scope and content of items that 
must be reported, and specify that the reports must be filed in 
accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles 
(GAAP). The instructions further state that respondents should 
maintain financial records in such a manner and scope to ensure the 
FR Y-14A/Q/M reports reflect a fair presentation of the HCs' 
financial condition and assessment of performance under stressed 
scenarios.
    \10\ The materiality policy should include a robust analysis of 
all relevant quantitative and qualitative considerations, including, 
but not limited to, the size and effect of the omission or 
misstatement on firms' projected regulatory capital ratios in 
stressed scenarios. Qualitative factors may result in a conclusion 
that a small change in regulatory capital ratios is considered 
material. Those circumstances might include the repeat occurrence of 
errors and omissions, the proximity of a firm's regulatory capital 
ratios to minimum capital requirements, and whether errors and 
omissions could change a knowledgeable person's view of the adequacy 
of internal controls over the capital adequacy process.
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    As indicated above, the Board proposes that the attestation for 
LISCC U.S. IHCs would follow a phased-in implementation approach 
beginning December 31, 2017. The attestation submitted with reports as-
of December 31, 2017, would relate to the effectiveness of internal 
controls over submissions for the as-of date and would not include an 
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submissions through the year. Beginning with the monthly FR Y-14M 
report submitted on January 31, 2018, and for each monthly, quarterly 
and semi-annual FR Y-14 report submitted thereafter, respondents would 
attest to conformance with the FR Y-14 instructions and to the material 
correctness of data to the best of the respondent's knowledge, and 
agree to report material weaknesses and any material errors in the data 
as they are identified. The full attestation requirement, including 
attestation to the effectiveness of internal controls throughout the 
previous year, would be effective starting with the reports submitted 
as-of December 31, 2018. The attestation pages submitted by LISCC U.S. 
IHCs would be the same as those used by LISCC BHCs.

Proposed Requirement To Submit Adjusted Capital Action Data

    The Board proposes to require additional submissions of certain FR 
Y-14 schedules to collect information on adjustments to planned capital 
actions and incremental capital distribution from firms that have 
elected to make such adjustments, effective with the reports as-of 
December 31, 2016. An ad-hoc process is currently used to collect this 
information, which is necessary if, for example, firms intend to 
exercise the option to adjust their planned capital distributions based 
on the preliminary results of the supervisory quantitative assessment 
in CCAR.\11\ Given the time-sensitive nature of the collection, current 
manual collection processes, and ongoing need for firms to submit the 
data, formalizing the requirement as part of the FR Y-14 would reduce 
operational risk, establish a regular, standard submission process, and 
account for the burden of providing these data. Additionally, it would 
formalize a standard process for firms to employ in submitting 
information regarding requests to make incremental capital 
distributions above those included in their capital plans.
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    \11\ The CCAR Instructions provide further information regarding 
adjustments a BHC may make to its planned capital distributions: 
https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/press/bcreg/bcreg20160128a1.pdf.
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    The proposed requirement includes two components. First, for 
adjustments to planned capital actions, firms would be required to 
submit an updated FR Y-14A Schedule A.1.d (Summary, Capital--CCAR) for 
the BHC Baseline, Supervisory Adverse, and Supervisory Severely Adverse 
scenarios and an updated FR Y-14A Schedule C (RCI). These submissions 
would be collected subsequent to the firms' annual FR Y-14 submission 
in a timeframe communicated by the Board of at least 14 calendar days 
in advance of the submission. Second, for incremental capital action 
requests (i.e. requests for additional capital distributions in the 
period between CCAR exercises), firms would be required to resubmit the 
FR Y-14A Schedule C (RCI). The incremental capital action requests 
would be submitted at the time a firm seeks approval for or notifies 
the Board of its intention to make additional capital distributions.
    To allow for the collection of the information necessary to 
understand these adjustments, the Board proposes adding certain items 
to the FR Y-14A Schedule C (RCI) including: (1) Cash dividends declared 
on preferred stock, (2) cash dividends declared on common stock, (3) 
common shares outstanding (Millions), and (4) common dividends per 
share ($).

Proposed Revisions to the FR Y-14A

    The proposed revisions to the FR Y-14A consist of adding data items 
in accordance with the finalized modifications to the capital plan and 
stress test rules (Regulation Y and YY),\12\ and modifying existing 
data items to provide more precise information. The limited changes to 
Schedule A.1.d (Capital) are expected to require relatively minimal 
additional burden on firms and in the case of the SLR items are 
required in accordance with mandatory capital planning requirements. 
The proposed changes to Schedule E (Operational Risk) would balance the 
increase in burden due to the addition and modification of items to 
align with expectations outlined in SR Letter 15-18 with the reduction 
in burden from the elimination of the outdated and unnecessary data 
collection.
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    \12\ See 80 FR 75419 (December 2, 2015).
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Schedule A (Summary)

    Revisions to Schedule A.1.d (Capital) In accordance with the 
finalized amendments to the capital plan and stress test rules, a firm 
will be required to estimate its supplementary leverage ratio (SLR) for 
the DFAST/CCAR planning horizon beginning January 1, 2018.\13\ To 
facilitate the mandatory reporting of this information, it is necessary 
to add SLR items to the FR Y-14A report. The Board proposes adding two 
items to the FR Y-14A Summary Schedule (A.1.d, Capital) report as-of 
December 31, 2016: Supplementary Leverage Ratio Exposure (SLR Exposure) 
and Supplementary Leverage Ratio (the SLR). The SLR would be a derived 
field.
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    \13\ See 12 CFR 225.8(c)(3), 12 CFR 252.53(b)(3).
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    In addition, to collect more precise information regarding deferred 
tax assets (DTAs), the Board proposes modifying one existing item on 
the FR Y-14A Schedule A.1.d (Summary--Capital) as-of December 31, 2016. 
The Board proposes changing existing item 111 on Schedule A.1.d. 
(Summary--Capital), ``Deferred tax assets arising from temporary 
differences that could not be realized through net operating loss 
carrybacks, net of DTLs, but before related valuation allowances'', to 
``Deferred tax assets arising from temporary differences, net of 
DTLs.'' A firm in a net deferred tax liability (DTL) position would 
report this item as a negative number. This modification would provide 
more specific information about the components of the ``DTAs arising 
from temporary differences that could not be realized through net 
operating loss carrybacks, net of related valuation allowances and net 
of DTLs'' subject to the common equity tier 1 capital deduction 
threshold.
    The Board also proposes removing Schedule HC-M, Memoranda item 107, 
``Total number of bank holding company common shares outstanding'', 
from the FR Y-14A Schedule A (Summary--Capital) with the reports as-of 
December 31, 2016, to reduce burden on firms. This item provides 
minimal additional value and therefore, is no longer needed.
    Finally, to reduce the risk of inconsistencies in reporting and 
align with other regulatory reports, certain definitions in the 
instructions for the FR Y-14A Schedule A.1.d (Summary--Capital) would 
be clarified or streamlined to reference comparable items on the FR Y-
9C.
    Revisions to Schedule A.5 (Counterparty) The Board proposes adding 
the item ``Other counterparty losses'' to Schedule A.5 (Summary--
Counterparty), similar to the item that was removed with the proposal 
finalized October 1, 2014.\14\ The Board provides guidance to 
respondents to include risks not considered in the supervisory 
scenarios and the addition of this item will allow these risks to be 
captured. This change is proposed to be effective with the reports as-
of December 31, 2016.
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    \14\ See 79 FR 59264 (October 1, 2014).
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Schedule E (Operational Risk)

    The Board proposes several changes to the FR Y-14A Schedule E 
(Operational Risk) for the reports as-of December 31, 2016, to align 
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guidance and expectations contained in recent supervisory letters, 
notably SR Letter 15-18. SR Letter 15-18 outlines expectations 
regarding a firm's risk management infrastructure and strength of 
associated processes.
    In order to capture the information surrounding the risk management 
infrastructure and processes as outlined in SR Letter 15-18, the Board 
proposes adding two sub-schedules to the FR Y-14A Schedule E 
(Operational Risk) and modifying the supporting documentation 
requirements for this schedule effective with the reports as-of 
December 31, 2016. First, new sub-schedule E.2, Material Risk 
Identification, would collect information on a firm's material 
operational risks included in loss projections based on their risk 
management framework, a component of risk management emphasized in SR 
Letter 15-18. Second, new sub-schedule E.3, Operational Risk Scenarios, 
would collect a firm's operational risk scenarios included in the BHC 
Baseline and BHC Stress projections, a fundamental element of the 
framework. Finally, the Board recommends updating the requirements for 
supporting documentation and modifying certain terminology, 
definitions, and references to align with SR Letter 15-18.
    Certain information related to the previous methodology are no 
longer necessary to collect given the aforementioned change in 
guidance, resulting in the proposed removal of these items and updating 
of associated terminology. Sub-schedule E.1 (BHC Operational Risk 
Historical Capital) would be removed as this schedule pertains to 
Advanced Measurement Approaches (AMA) methodology and these data are no 
longer necessary. This change in methodology also results in the 
removal of two associated columns on the FR Y-14A Schedule A.6 
(Operational Risk Scenario Inputs and Projections): Type of Data and 
Brief Description. References to previous methodology would be updated, 
including changing the name of a column on the FR Y-14A Schedule A.6 
(Operational Risk Scenario Inputs and Projections) from Units of 
Measure to Risk Segment. These changes would also be effective with the 
report as-of December 31, 2016.

Proposed Revisions to the FR Y-14Q

    The proposed revision to the FR Y-14Q consists of adding an item to 
more accurately collect information that is currently derived. This 
proposed change would allow for more accurate and consistent reporting 
of information with minimal anticipated burden on respondents.

Schedule B (Securities)

    For reports as-of December 31, 2016, the Board proposes adding a 
new column to the FR Y-14Q Schedule B.1 (Securities 1--Main Schedule) 
to collect the price of the security to more accurately collect price 
information and thereby enhance supervisory modeling. Because this 
information is believed to be readily available, the Board estimates 
this revision would impose minimal additional burden while improving 
the ability to use these data.

Proposed Revisions to the FR Y-14M

Schedule D (Credit Card)

    For reports as-of December 31, 2016, the Board proposes modifying 
the definition of Item 62, Gross Charge-off Amount--Current month to 
reflect the intended method of reporting the item and in response to 
industry comments. The definition would be modified to indicate that 
all gross charge-offs must be reported regardless of whether they are 
from purchased or impaired loans by eliminating the reference to 
allowance for loan and lease losses (ALLL).

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, July 25, 2016.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2016-17876 Filed 7-27-16; 8:45 am]
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