Removal of Transferred OTS Regulations Regarding Accounting Requirements for State Savings Associations, 3250-3253 [2019-27579]

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• FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 13 (Tuesday, January 21, 2020)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 3250-3253]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-27579]


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FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

12 CFR Part 390

RIN 3064-AF15


Removal of Transferred OTS Regulations Regarding Accounting 
Requirements for State Savings Associations

AGENCY: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is adopting a 
final rule to rescind and remove rules regarding accounting 
requirements for State savings associations because these financial 
statement and disclosure requirements are substantially similar to, 
although more detailed than, otherwise applicable financial statement 
form and content requirements and disclosure requirements that a State 
savings association must satisfy under Federal banking or securities 
laws or regulations. The final rule adopts, without change, a notice of 
proposed rulemaking (NPR) published in the Federal Register on October 
2, 2019, which received no comments.

DATES: The final rule is effective on February 20, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maureen Loviglio, Senior Staff 
Accountant, Division of Risk Management Supervision, (202) 898-6777, 
[email protected]; Suzanne Dawley, Counsel, Legal Division, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Policy Objectives

    The policy objectives of the final rule are twofold. The first is 
to simplify the FDIC's regulations by removing unnecessary regulations, 
or realigning existing regulations in order to improve the public's 
understanding and to improve the ease of reference. The second is to 
promote parity between State savings associations and State nonmember 
banks by making both classes of institutions subject to the same 
accounting requirements. Thus, as further detailed in this section, the 
FDIC is rescinding and removing from the Code of Federal Regulations 
rules entitled Accounting Requirements (part 390, subpart T) applicable 
to State savings associations. Such requirements prescribe definitions, 
public accountant qualifications, and the form and content of financial 
statements pertaining to certain securities and their related 
transaction documents. Transaction documents may include proxy 
statements and offering circulars in connection with a conversion, any 
offering of securities by a State savings association, and filings by 
State savings associations requiring financial statements under the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act).\1\ The FDIC has 
determined that the additional financial disclosure requirements 
required by part 390, subpart T, for State savings associations are 
substantially similar to, although more detailed than, otherwise 
applicable financial statement form and content requirements and 
disclosure requirements that State nonmember banks must satisfy under 
Federal banking or securities laws or regulations. Therefore, the FDIC 
is rescinding and removing part 390, subpart T, and will apply existing 
disclosure requirements, and related form and content of financial 
statements requirements to State savings associations.
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.
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II. Background

    The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act 
(Dodd-Frank Act),\2\ signed into law on July 21, 2010, provided for a 
substantial reorganization of the regulation of State and Federal 
savings associations and their holding companies.\3\ Beginning July 21, 
2011, the transfer date established by section 311 of the Dodd-Frank 
Act,\4\ the powers, duties, and functions formerly performed by the 
Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) were divided among the FDIC, as to 
State savings associations, the Office of the Comptroller of the 
Currency (OCC), as to Federal savings associations, and the Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as to savings and loan holding 
companies. Section 316(b) of the Dodd-Frank Act \5\ provides the manner 
of treatment for all orders, resolutions, determinations, regulations, 
and advisory materials issued, made, prescribed, or allowed to become 
effective by the OTS. Section 316(b) also provides that, if such 
materials were in effect on the day before the transfer date, they 
continue in effect and are enforceable by or against the appropriate 
successor agency until they are modified, terminated, set aside, or 
superseded in accordance with applicable law by such successor agency, 
by any court of competent jurisdiction, or by operation of law.
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    \2\ 12 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.
    \3\ 12 U.S.C. 5411.
    \4\ Id.
    \5\ 12 U.S.C. 5414(b).
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    Pursuant to section 316(c) of the Dodd-Frank Act,\6\ on June 14, 
2011, the FDIC's Board of Directors approved a ``List of OTS 
Regulations to be Enforced by the OCC and the FDIC Pursuant to the 
Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.'' This list 
was published by the FDIC and the OCC as a Joint Notice in the Federal 
Register on July 6, 2011.\7\
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    \6\ 12 U.S.C. 5414(c).
    \7\ 76 FR 39246 (July 6, 2011).

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    Although section 312(b)(2)(B)(i)(II) of the Dodd-Frank Act \8\ 
granted the OCC rulemaking authority relating to both State and Federal 
savings associations, nothing in the Dodd-Frank Act affected the FDIC's 
existing authority to issue regulations under the Federal Deposit 
Insurance Act (FDI Act) \9\ and other laws as the ``appropriate Federal 
banking agency'' or under similar statutory terminology. Section 
312(c)(1) of the Dodd-Frank Act \10\ revised the definition of 
``appropriate Federal banking agency'' contained in section 3(q) of the 
FDI Act \11\ to add State savings associations to the list of entities 
for which the FDIC is designated as the ``appropriate Federal banking 
agency.'' As a result, when the FDIC acts as the designated 
``appropriate Federal banking agency'' (or under similar terminology) 
for State savings associations, as it does here, the FDIC is authorized 
to issue, modify and rescind regulations involving such associations. 
Further, section 376 of the Dodd-Frank Act \12\ grants rulemaking and 
administrative authority to the FDIC over the Exchange Act \13\ filings 
of State savings associations.
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    \8\ 12 U.S.C. 5412(b)(2)(B)(i)(II).
    \9\ 12 U.S.C. 1811 et seq.
    \10\ 12 U.S.C. 5412(c)(1).
    \11\ 12 U.S.C. 1813(q).
    \12\ Section 376 of the Dodd Frank Act amended section 3(a) of 
the Exchange Act. See 15 U.S.C. 78c(a)(34).
    \13\ 15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.
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    As noted, on June 14, 2011, operating pursuant to this authority, 
the FDIC's Board of Directors reissued and re-designated certain 
transferring regulations of the former OTS. These transferred OTS 
regulations were published as new FDIC regulations in the Federal 
Register on August 5, 2011.\14\ When it republished the transferred OTS 
regulations as new FDIC regulations, the FDIC specifically noted that 
its staff would evaluate the transferred OTS rules and might later 
recommend incorporating the transferred OTS regulations into other FDIC 
rules, amending them, or rescinding them, as appropriate.
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    \14\ 76 FR 47652 (Aug. 5, 2011).
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III. The Proposed Rule

    On October 2, 2019, the FDIC published a notice of proposed 
rulemaking (NPR) regarding the removal of part 390, subpart T (formerly 
OTS part 563c),\15\ which addressed accounting requirements for State 
savings associations.\16\ This subpart prescribes for State savings 
associations accounting requirements with respect to definitions, 
public accountant qualifications, and the form and content of financial 
statements pertaining to certain securities transaction documents.\17\ 
These transaction documents include proxy statements and offering 
circulars in connection with a conversion, any offering of securities 
by a State savings association, and filings by State savings 
associations requiring financial statements under the Exchange Act.\18\
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    \15\ 12 CFR part 390, subpart T.
    \16\ 84 FR 52387 (Oct. 2, 2019).
    \17\ Id.
    \18\ 12 CFR 390.380.
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    After a careful review of part 390, subpart T, the FDIC determined 
that the accounting requirements with respect to financial statements 
and disclosure forms and content set forth by part 390, subpart T, are 
substantially similar to, although more detailed than, other 
requirements that a State savings association must satisfy under 
Federal banking or securities laws or regulations. Therefore, the FDIC 
proposed to rescind and remove part 390, subpart T (including the 
appendix to 12 CFR 390.384).
    State savings association reports and financial statements are 
required to be uniform and consistent with U.S. generally accepted 
accounting principles (GAAP) pursuant to section 37 of the FDI Act and 
section 4(b) of the Homeowners Owners Loan Act (HOLA).\19\ While 
securities issued by State savings associations are exempt from 
registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 (Securities 
Act),\20\ the FDIC reviews for compliance with 12 CFR part 192, 
Conversion from a Mutual to Stock Form (OCC conversion regulations), 
offering circulars related to mutual-to-stock conversions involving 
securities offerings by State savings associations. The FDIC will not 
approve an offering circular until concerns regarding the adequacy or 
accuracy of the offering circular or the disclosures are satisfactorily 
addressed.\21\ The FDIC is also responsible for administering and 
enforcing certain sections of the Exchange Act with respect to State 
savings associations with securities that are publicly traded.\22\ As 
such, a State savings association that is an Exchange Act reporting 
company must file required periodic reports such as annual reports on 
Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and current reports on Form 
8-K with the FDIC pursuant to 12 CFR part 335, entitled Securities of 
State Nonmember Banks and State Savings Associations (part 335) of the 
FDIC rules.\23\ With respect to the form and content requirements for 
offerings of mutual capital certificates and debt securities of State 
savings associations set forth in part 390, subpart T,\24\ the FDIC has 
determined that the additional disclosures required by part 390, 
subpart T, may be more detailed than otherwise applicable financial 
statement form and content and disclosure requirements that a State 
savings association must satisfy under GAAP, the Exchange Act, FDIC 
regulations, and state regulations, as appropriate. While there may be 
situations where the disclosures required under GAAP, FDIC regulations, 
and state regulations, as appropriate, with respect to the offerings of 
mutual capital certificates and debt securities are less detailed than 
the requirements under part 390, subpart T, there have been no recent 
filings by State savings associations to the FDIC related to the 
offerings of mutual capital certificates and debt securities. 
Therefore, the FDIC has concluded that the practical impact of the 
differences in level of disclosure detail is negligible and does not 
justify maintaining separate disclosure regulations applicable solely 
to State savings associations.
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    \19\ 12 U.S.C. 1831n(a)(2); 12 U.S.C. 1463(b)(2).
    \20\ 15 U.S.C. 77a et seq. Section 3(a)(5) of the Securities Act 
exempts from registration requirements securities issued by State 
savings associations. 15 U.S.C. 77c(a)(5).
    \21\ 12 CFR 192.300.
    \22\ 12 CFR 335.101. Part 335, issued by the FDIC under section 
12(i) of the Exchange Act, applies to all securities of State 
savings associations that are subject to the registration 
requirements of section 12(b) or section 12(g) of the Exchange Act. 
The FDIC is vested with the powers, functions, and duties of the 
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to administer and enforce 
Exchange Act sections 10A(m), 12, 13, 14(a), 14(c), 14(d), 14(f), 
and 16 of the Exchange Act (15 U.S.C. 78j-1, 78l, 78m, 78n(a), 
78n(c), 78n(d), 78n(f), and 78p) and sections 302, 303, 304, 306, 
401(b), 404, 406, and 407 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 
(Sarbanes-Oxley) (15 U.S.C. 7241, 7242, 7243, 7244, 7261, 7262, 
7264, and 7265) regarding State savings associations with one or 
more classes of securities subject to the registration provisions of 
sections 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act.
    \23\ Pursuant to section 12(a) of the Exchange Act, an issuer 
must register as an Exchange Act reporting company if it elects to 
list a class of securities (debt or equity) on a national securities 
exchange. 15 U.S.C. 78l(a). Generally, an issuer must register 
pursuant to section 12(g) of the Exchange Act if a class of its 
equity securities (other than exempted securities) is held of record 
by either (i) 2,000 persons, or (ii) 500 persons who are not 
accredited investors and, on the last day of the issuer's fiscal 
year, its total assets exceed $10 million. 12 CFR part 335. However, 
for banks, bank holding companies, and savings and loan holding 
companies, the threshold is 2,000 or more holders of record; the 
separate registration trigger for 500 or more non-accredited holders 
of record does not apply. A list of FDIC-supervised depository 
institutions currently reporting to the FDIC under the Exchange Act 
and part 335 can be accessed at https://www.fdic.gov/bank/individual/part335/.
    \24\ 12 CFR 390.384(c).

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IV. Comments

    The FDIC issued the NPR with a 30-day comment period, which closed 
on November 4, 2019. The FDIC received no comments on the NPR. 
Consequently, the proposed rule is adopted as final without change, and 
part 390, subpart T, will be rescinded in its entirety.

V. Explanation of the Final Rule

    As discussed in the NPR, 12 CFR part 390, subpart T, is being 
rescinded, in its entirety, because the financial statement and 
disclosure requirements set forth in part 390, subpart T, are 
substantially similar to, although more detailed than, otherwise 
applicable financial statement form and content requirements and 
disclosure requirements that a State savings association must satisfy 
under Federal banking or securities laws or regulations. The FDI Act 
has long required that reports and statements to be filed with the FDIC 
by insured depository institutions, including insured State saving 
associations, be uniform and consistent with GAAP. Moreover, the HOLA 
has required that savings association reports and financial statements 
be consistent with GAAP since the Competitive Equality Banking Act of 
1987 \25\ was enacted. State savings associations with securities 
traded in the secondary market are subject to the registration 
provisions and reporting requirements of the Exchange Act as 
implemented by the FDIC, pursuant to the authority granted by Section 
12(i) of the Exchange Act. As a result, a State savings association, 
like a State nonmember bank, is required to file reports and other 
filings containing generally the same information that would be 
included in Exchange Act reports with the FDIC pursuant to part 335, 
instead of filing with the SEC.
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    \25\ Public Law 100-86, 101 Stat. 552 (1987).
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    The form and content of financial statements used in connection 
with proxy solicitations and offering circulars for the conversion of a 
State savings association from mutual to stock form remain subject to 
the OCC conversion regulations at part 192 and offering materials for 
the issuance of mutual capital certificates remain subject to the OCC 
regulations at 12 CFR 163.74, in addition to GAAP and any applicable 
Exchange Act requirements. While State savings association public 
offerings of securities are exempt from Securities Act registration 
requirements, the FDIC reviews offering circulars to ascertain that 
they were prepared in compliance with the anti-fraud provisions of the 
Federal securities laws, which require full and adequate disclosure of 
material facts, meet the needs of investors and depositors, and are 
uniform and consistent with GAAP, including financial statement 
disclosure requirements. Removing part 390, subpart T, will streamline 
the FDIC's regulations and will not increase regulatory burden for 
FDIC-supervised institutions.

VI. Expected Effects

    As of June 30, 2019, the FDIC supervises 3,424 insured depository 
institutions, of which 38 (1.1 percent) are insured State saving 
associations.\26\ The final rule primarily would only affect 
regulations that govern State savings associations. As explained in the 
NPR, the final rule would remove Sec. Sec.  390.380, 390.381, 390.382, 
390.383, and 390.384 of part 390, subpart T, because other Federal 
banking or securities laws or regulations contain similar requirements. 
Because these regulations are largely redundant, rescinding them will 
not have any substantive effects on FDIC-supervised institutions.
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    \26\ Based on data from the June 30, 2019, Consolidated Reports 
of Condition and Income (Call Report) and Report of Assets and 
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VII. Alternatives

    The FDIC considered alternatives to the final rule but believes 
that the amendments represent the most appropriate option for covered 
institutions. As discussed previously, the Dodd-Frank Act transferred 
certain powers, duties, and functions formerly performed by the OTS to 
the FDIC. The FDIC's Board reissued and redesignated certain 
transferred regulations from the OTS, but noted that it would evaluate 
them and might later incorporate them into other FDIC regulations, 
amend them, or rescind them, as appropriate. The FDIC has evaluated the 
existing regulations relating to State savings association accounting 
requirements and part 390, subpart T (including the appendix to 12 CFR 
390.384). The FDIC considered the alternative of retaining the current 
regulations, but did not choose to do so because it would be needlessly 
complex and confusing for its supervised institutions if substantively 
similar regulations regarding accounting requirements for Exchange Act 
filers were located in different locations within the Code of Federal 
Regulations. The FDIC believes it would be burdensome for FDIC-
supervised institutions to refer to these separate sets of regulations. 
Therefore, the FDIC is rescinding part 390, subpart T (including the 
appendix to 12 CFR 390.384) and streamlining the FDIC's regulations.

VIII. Administrative Law Matters

A. The Paperwork Reduction Act

    In accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995 (PRA),\27\ the FDIC may not conduct or sponsor, and the 
respondent is not required to respond to, an information collection 
unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) control number.
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    \27\ 44 U.S.C. 3501-3521.
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    The final rule rescinds and removes from FDIC regulations part 390, 
subpart T (including the appendix to 12 CFR 390.384). The final rule 
will not create any new or revise any existing collections of 
information under the PRA. Therefore, no information collection request 
will be submitted to the OMB for review.

B. The Regulatory Flexibility Act

    The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA), requires that, in connection 
with a final rule, an agency prepare a final regulatory flexibility 
analysis that describes the impact of the final rule on small 
entities.\28\ However, a regulatory flexibility analysis is not 
required if the agency certifies that the rule will not have a 
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities, 
and publishes its certification and a short explanatory statement in 
the Federal Register together with the rule. The Small Business 
Administration (SBA) has defined ``small entities'' to include banking 
organizations with total assets of less than or equal to $600 
million.\29\ Generally, the FDIC considers a significant effect to be a 
quantified effect in excess of 5 percent of total annual salaries and 
benefits per institution, or 2.5 percent of total noninterest expenses. 
The FDIC believes that effects in excess of these thresholds typically 
represent significant effects for FDIC-supervised institutions. For the 
reasons provided below, the FDIC certifies that the rule would not have 
a significant economic impact on a

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substantial number of small banking organizations. Accordingly, a 
regulatory flexibility analysis is not required.
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    \28\ 5 U.S.C. 601, et seq.
    \29\ The SBA defines a small banking organization as having $600 
million or less in assets, where an organization's ``assets are 
determined by averaging the assets reported on its four quarterly 
financial statements for the preceding year.'' See 13 CFR 121.201 
(as amended, by 84 FR 34261, effective August 19, 2019). ``SBA 
counts the receipts, employees, or other measure of size of the 
concern whose size is at issue and all of its domestic and foreign 
affiliates.'' See 13 CFR 121.103. Following these regulations, the 
FDIC uses a covered entity's affiliated and acquired assets, 
averaged over the preceding four quarters, to determine whether the 
covered entity is ``small'' for the purposes of RFA.
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    As of June 30, 2019, the FDIC supervised 3,424 insured depository 
institutions, of which 2,665 are considered small banking organizations 
for the purposes of RFA.\30\ The rule primarily affects regulations 
that govern State savings associations. There are 36 State savings 
associations considered to be small banking organizations for the 
purposes of the RFA.\31\
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    \30\ Based on data from the June 30, 2019, Call Report and 
Report of Assets and Liabilities of U.S. Branches and Agencies of 
Foreign Banks.
    \31\ Id.
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    As explained in the NPR, the final rule would remove Sec. Sec.  
390.380, 390.381, 390.382, 390.383, and 390.384 of part 390, subpart T, 
because these sections are unnecessary or redundant of existing Federal 
banking and securities laws or regulations that prescribe accounting 
requirements for State savings associations. Because these regulations 
are redundant to existing regulations, rescinding them would not have 
any substantive effects on small FDIC-supervised institutions.
    Based on the information above, the FDIC certifies that the final 
rule would not have a significant economic impact on a substantial 
number of small entities.

C. The Congressional Review Act

    For purposes of Congressional Review Act, the OMB makes a 
determination as to whether a final rule constitutes a ``major'' 
rule.\32\ If a rule is deemed a major rule by the OMB, the 
Congressional Review Act generally provides that the rule may not take 
effect until at least 60 days following its publication.\33\
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    \32\ 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq.
    \33\ 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(3).
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    The Congressional Review Act defines a ``major rule'' as any rule 
that the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs of the OMB finds has resulted in or is likely to result in--(A) 
an annual effect on the economy of $100,000,000 or more; (B) a major 
increase in costs or prices for consumers, individual industries, 
Federal, State, or local government agencies or geographic regions, or 
(C) significant adverse effects on competition, employment, investment, 
productivity, innovation, or on the ability of United States-based 
enterprises to compete with foreign-based enterprises in domestic and 
export markets.\34\
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    \34\ 5 U.S.C. 804(2).
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    The OMB has determined that the final rule is not a major rule for 
purposes of the Congressional Review Act and the FDIC will submit the 
final rule and other appropriate reports to Congress and the Government 
Accountability Office for review.

D. Plain Language

    Section 722 of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act \35\ requires each 
Federal banking agency to use plain language in all of its proposed and 
final rules published after January 1, 2000. The FDIC sought to present 
the final rule in a simple and straightforward manner and did not 
receive any comments on the use of plain language.
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    \35\ Public Law 106-102, section 722, 113 Stat. 1338, 1471 
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E. The Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act

    Under section 2222 of the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1996 (EGRPRA), the FDIC is required to review all of 
its regulations, at least once every 10 years, in order to identify any 
outdated or otherwise unnecessary regulations imposed on insured 
institutions.\36\ The FDIC, along with the other Federal banking 
agencies, submitted a Joint Report to Congress on March 21, 2017, 
(EGRPRA Report) discussing how the review was conducted, what has been 
done to date to address regulatory burden, and further measures that 
will be taken to address issues that were identified.\37\ As noted in 
the EGRPRA Report, the FDIC is continuing to streamline and clarify its 
regulations through the OTS rule integration process. By removing 
outdated or unnecessary regulations, such as part 390, subpart T, this 
final rule complements other actions the FDIC has taken, separately and 
with the other Federal banking agencies, to further the EGRPRA mandate.
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    \36\ Public Law 104-208, 110 Stat. 3009 (1996).
    \37\ 82 FR 15900 (March 31, 2017).
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F. Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994

    Pursuant to section 302(a) of the Riegle Community Development and 
Regulatory Improvement Act (RCDRIA),\38\ in determining the effective 
date and administrative compliance requirements for new regulations 
that impose additional reporting, disclosure, or other requirements on 
insured depository institutions (IDIs), each Federal banking agency 
must consider, consistent with principles of safety and soundness and 
the public interest, any administrative burdens that such regulations 
would place on depository institutions, including small depository 
institutions, and customers of depository institutions, as well as the 
benefits of such regulations. In addition, section 302(b) of RCDRIA 
requires new regulations and amendments to regulations that impose 
additional reporting, disclosures, or other new requirements on IDIs 
generally to take effect on the first day of a calendar quarter that 
begins on or after the date on which the regulations are published in 
final form.\39\
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    \38\ 12 U.S.C. 4802(a).
    \39\ 12 U.S.C. 4802(b).
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    Because the final rule does not impose additional reporting, 
disclosure, or other requirements on IDIs, section 302 of RCDRIA does 
not apply.

List of Subjects in 12 CFR Part 390

    Administrative practice and procedure, Advertising, Aged, Civil 
rights, Conflict of interests, Credit, Crime, Equal employment 
opportunity, Fair housing, Government employees, Individuals with 
disabilities, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Savings 
associations.

Authority and Issuance

    For the reasons stated in the preamble, the Federal Deposit 
Insurance Corporation amends 12 CFR part 390 as follows:

PART 390--REGULATIONS TRANSFERRED FROM THE OFFICE OF THRIFT 
SUPERVISION

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1. The authority citation for part 390 is revised to read as follows:

    Authority:  12 U.S.C. 1819.
    Subpart F also issued under 5 U.S.C. 552; 559; 12 U.S.C. 2901 et 
seq.
    Subpart G also issued under 12 U.S.C. 2810 et seq., 2901 et 
seq.; 15 U.S.C. 1691; 42 U.S.C. 1981, 1982, 3601-3619.
    Subpart O also issued under 12 U.S.C. 1828.
    Subpart Q also issued under 12 U.S.C. 1462; 1462a; 1463; 1464.
    Subpart W also issued under 12 U.S.C. 1462a; 1463; 1464; 15 
U.S.C. 78c; 78l; 78m; 78n; 78p; 78w.
    Subpart Y also issued under 12 U.S.C. 1831o.

Subpart T--[Removed and Reserved]

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2. Remove and reserve subpart T, consisting of Sec. Sec.  390.380 
through 390.384.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

    By order of the Board of Directors.

    Dated at Washington, DC, on December 12, 2019.
Annmarie H. Boyd,
Assistant Executive Secretary.
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