Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request, 11519-11520 [2018-05254]

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• FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 51 (Thursday, March 15, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11519-11520]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-05254]


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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, request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) 
invites comment on a proposal to extend for three years, with revision, 
the Holding Company Report of Insured Depository Institutions' Section 
23A Transactions with Affiliates (FR Y-8; OMB No. 7100-0126).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 14, 2018.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by FR Y-8, by any of the 
following methods:
     Agency website: 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: [email protected]. Include OMB 
number in the subject line of the message.
     FAX: (202) 452-3819 or (202) 452-3102.
     Mail: Ann E. Misback, 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 website 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, if approved. These documents will also be made available 
on the Federal Reserve Board's public website 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) 452-3829. 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: On June 15, 1984, the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) delegated to the Board authority under the Paperwork 
Reduction Act (PRA) to approve and assign OMB control numbers to 
collection of information requests and requirements conducted or 
sponsored by the Board. In exercising this delegated authority, the 
Board is directed to take every reasonable step to solicit comment. In 
determining whether to approve a collection of information, the Board 
will consider all comments received from the public and other agencies.
    Request for comment on information collection proposal:
    The Board invites public comment on the following information 
collection, which is being reviewed under authority delegated by the 
OMB under the PRA. 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 startup costs and costs of operation, 
maintenance, and purchase of services to provide information.

At the end of the comment period, the comments and recommendations 
received will be analyzed to determine the extent to which the Federal 
Reserve should modify the proposal.
    Proposal to approve under OMB delegated authority the extension for 
three years, with revision, of the following report:
    Report title: Holding Company Report of Insured Depository 
Institutions' Section 23A Transactions with Affiliates.
    Agency form number: FR Y-8.
    OMB control number: 7100-0126.
    Frequency: Quarterly.
    Respondents: Certain bank holding companies (BHCs) and savings and 
loan holding companies (SLHCs).
    Estimated number of respondents: 933.
    Estimated average hours per response: 7.8 hours.
    Estimated annual burden hours: 29,110.

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    General description of report: The FR Y-8 collects information on 
covered transactions between an insured depository institution and its 
affiliates that are subject to the quantitative limits and requirements 
of section 23A of the Federal Reserve Act and the Board's Regulation W 
(12 CFR Pt. 223). The FR Y-8 is filed quarterly by all U.S. top-tier 
BHCs and SLHCs, and by foreign banking organizations (FBOs) that 
directly own or control a U.S. subsidiary insured depository 
institution. If an FBO indirectly controls a U.S. insured depository 
institution through a U.S. holding company, the U.S. holding company 
must file the FR Y-8. A respondent must file a separate report for each 
U.S. insured depository institution it controls. The primary purpose of 
the data is to enhance the Board's ability to monitor the credit 
exposure of insured depository institutions to their affiliates and to 
ensure that insured depository institutions are in compliance with 
section 23A of the Federal Reserve Act and Regulation W. Section 23A of 
the Federal Reserve Act limits an insured depository institution's 
exposure to affiliated entities and helps to protect against the 
expansion of the federal safety net to uninsured entities.
    Proposed revisions: In order to reduce reporting burden, the Board 
proposes to eliminate the FR Y-8 declaration page. Currently, 
respondents that own or control insured depository institutions may, 
instead of completing the entire form, submit a declaration page each 
quarter attesting to the fact that the institutions do not have any 
covered transactions with their affiliates. The Board proposes to 
revise the instructions to eliminate the declaration page and to 
clarify that respondents that own or control insured depository 
institutions that do not have any covered transactions with their 
affiliates would not have to file the FR Y-8.
    Legal authorization and confidentiality: The FR Y-8 is mandatory 
for respondents that control an insured depository institution that has 
engaged in covered transactions with an affiliate during the reporting 
period. Section 5(c) of the Bank Holding Company Act authorizes the 
Board to require BHCs to file the FR Y-8 reporting form with the Board. 
(12 U.S.C. 1844(c)). Section 10(b)(2) of the Home Owners' Loan Act 
authorizes the Board to require SLHCs to file the FR Y-8 reporting form 
with the Board. (12 U.S.C. 1467a(b)(2)). The release of data collected 
on this form includes financial information that is not normally 
disclosed by respondents, the release of which would likely cause 
substantial harm to the competitive position of the respondent if made 
publicly available. The data collected on this form, therefore, would 
be kept confidential under exemption 4 of the Freedom of Information 
Act, which protects from disclosure trade secrets and commercial or 
financial information. (5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4)).

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, March 12, 
2018.
Ann E. Misback,
Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2018-05254 Filed 3-14-18; 8:45 am]
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