Agency Information Collection Activities; Information Collection Renewal; Comment Request; Funding and Liquidity Risk Management, 10429-10430 [2022-03906]

Download as PDF jspears on DSK121TN23PROD with NOTICES1 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 37 / Thursday, February 24, 2022 / Notices existing collection of information, before submitting the collection to OMB for approval. To comply with this requirement, the OCC is publishing notice of the proposed collection of information set forth in this document. Title: Leveraged Lending. OMB Control No.: 1557–0315. Description: On March 22, 2013, the agencies 1 issued guidance to the financial institutions they supervise 2 on how to evaluate and monitor credit risks in leveraged loans, understand the effect of changes in borrowers’ enterprise values on credit portfolio quality, and assess the sensitivity of future credit losses to these changes in enterprise values.3 In regard to the underwriting of such credits, the guidance provides information for financial institutions to consider in assessing whether borrowers have the ability to repay credits when due and whether borrowers have sustainable capital structures, including bank borrowings and other debt, to support their continued operations through economic cycles. The guidance also provides information to financial institutions on the risks and potential impact of stressful events and circumstances on a borrower’s financial condition. The final guidance recommends that financial institutions consider developing: (i) Underwriting policies for leveraged lending, including stresstesting procedures for leveraged credits; (ii) risk management policies, including stress-testing procedures for pipeline exposures; and, (iii) policies and procedures for incorporating the results of leveraged credit and pipeline stress tests into the firm’s overall stress-testing framework. While not requirements, these recommended policies qualify as ‘‘collections of information’’ as defined in the PRA. Respondents are financial institutions with leveraged lending activities as defined in the guidance that may develop policies recommended in the guidance. Title: Guidance on Leveraged Lending. OMB Control No.: 1557–0315. Frequency of Response: Annual. Affected Public: Financial institutions with leveraged lending. Burden Estimates: Estimated number of respondents: 29. 1 OCC, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. 2 For the OCC, the term ‘‘financial institution’’ or ‘‘institution’’ includes national banks, Federal savings associations, and Federal branches and agencies supervised by the OCC. 3 78 FR 17766 (March 22, 2013). VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:46 Feb 23, 2022 Jkt 256001 Estimated total annual burden: 39,162 hours to build; 49,462 hours for ongoing use. Total estimated annual burden: 88,624 hours. Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized, included in the request for OMB approval, and become a matter of public record. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the information collection is necessary for the proper performance of the OCC’s functions, including whether the information has practical utility; (b) The accuracy of the OCC’s estimates of the burden of the 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 the 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. Theodore J. Dowd, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. [FR Doc. 2022–03898 Filed 2–23–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4810–33–P DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Agency Information Collection Activities; Information Collection Renewal; Comment Request; Funding and Liquidity Risk Management Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Treasury. ACTION: Notice and request for comment. AGENCY: The OCC, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on a continuing information collection as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). In accordance with the requirements of the PRA, the OCC may not conduct or sponsor, and respondents are not required to respond to, an information collection unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. The OCC is SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00098 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 10429 soliciting comment concerning renewal of its information collection titled, ‘‘Funding and Liquidity Risk Management.’’ Comments must be received by April 25, 2022. ADDRESSES: Commenters are encouraged to submit comments by email, if possible. You may submit comments by any of the following methods: • Email: prainfo@occ.treas.gov. • Mail: Chief Counsel’s Office, Attention: Comment Processing, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Attention: 1557–0244, 400 7th Street SW, Suite 3E–218, Washington, DC 20219. • Hand Delivery/Courier: 400 7th Street SW, Suite 3E–218, Washington, DC 20219. • Fax: (571) 465–4326. Instructions: You must include ‘‘OCC’’ as the agency name and ‘‘1557– 0244’’ in your comment. In general, the OCC will publish comments on www.reginfo.gov without change, including any business or personal information provided, 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 include any information in your comment or supporting materials that you consider confidential or inappropriate for public disclosure. Following the close of this notice’s 60-day comment period, the OCC will publish a second notice with a 30-day comment period. You may review comments and other related materials that pertain to this information collection beginning on the date of publication of the second notice for this collection by the method set forth in the next bullet. • Viewing Comments Electronically: Go to www.reginfo.gov. Hover over the ‘‘Information Collection Review’’ drop down menu. From the ‘‘Currently under Review’’ drop-down menu, select ‘‘Department of Treasury’’ and then click ‘‘submit.’’ This information collection can be located by searching by OMB control number ‘‘1557–0244’’ or ‘‘Funding and Liquidity Risk Management.’’ Upon finding the appropriate information collection, click on the related ‘‘ICR Reference Number.’’ On the next screen, select ‘‘View Supporting Statement and Other Documents’’ and then click on the link to any comment listed at the bottom of the screen. • For assistance in navigating www.reginfo.gov, please contact the DATES: E:\FR\FM\24FEN1.SGM 24FEN1 10430 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 37 / Thursday, February 24, 2022 / Notices Regulatory Information Service Center at (202) 482–7340. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shaquita Merritt, Clearance Officer, (202) 649–5490, Chief Counsel’s Office, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, 400 7th Street SW, Suite 3E– 218, Washington, DC 20219. If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability, please dial 7–1–1 to access telecommunications relay services. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal agencies must obtain approval from OMB for each collection of information they conduct or sponsor. ‘‘Collection of information’’ is defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c) to include agency requests or requirements that members of the public submit reports, keep records, or provide information to a third party. Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of title 44 requires Federal agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension of an existing collection of information, before submitting the collection to OMB for approval. To comply with this requirement, the OCC is publishing notice of the collection of information set forth in this document. Title: Funding and Liquidity Risk Management. OMB Control No.: 1557–0244. Description: The Interagency Policy Statement on Funding and Liquidity Risk Management 1 (Policy Statement) summarizes the principles of sound liquidity risk management that the Federal banking agencies have issued in the past 2 and, where appropriate, harmonizes these principles with the international statement issued by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision titled ‘‘Principles for Sound Liquidity Risk Management and Supervision.’’ 3 The Policy Statement 1 75 FR 13656 (Mar. 22, 2010). national banks and Federal savings associations, see the Comptroller’s Handbook on Liquidity. For state member banks and bank holding companies, see the Federal Reserve’s Commercial Bank Examination Manual (section 4020), Bank Holding Company Supervision Manual (section 4010), and Trading and Capital Markets Activities Manual (section 2030). For state non-member banks, see the FDIC’s Revised Examination Guidance for Liquidity and Funds Management (Trans. No. 2002–01) (Nov. 19, 2001), and Financial Institution Letter 84–2008, Liquidity Risk Management (August 2008). For federally insured credit unions, see Letter to Credit Unions No. 02– CU–05, Examination Program Liquidity Questionnaire (March 2002). 3 Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, ‘‘Principles for Sound Liquidity Risk Management and Supervision,’’ September 2008. See www.bis.org/publ/bcbs144.htm. Federally insured credit unions are not directly referenced in the principles issued by the Basel Committee. jspears on DSK121TN23PROD with NOTICES1 2 For VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:46 Feb 23, 2022 Jkt 256001 describes supervisory expectations for all depository institutions including banks, savings associations, and credit unions. Section 14 of the Policy Statement provides that financial institutions should consider liquidity costs, benefits, and risks in strategic planning and budgeting processes. Significant business activities should be evaluated for liquidity risk exposure as well as profitability. More complex and sophisticated financial institutions should incorporate liquidity costs, benefits, and risks in the internal product pricing, performance measurement, and new product approval process for all material business lines, products, and activities. Incorporating the cost of liquidity into these functions should align the risktaking incentives of individual business lines with the liquidity risk exposure their activities create for the institution as a whole. The quantification and attribution of liquidity risks should be explicit and transparent at the line management level, and should include consideration of how liquidity would be affected under stressed conditions. Section 20 of the Policy Statement states that liquidity risk reports should provide aggregate information with sufficient supporting detail to enable management to assess the sensitivity of the institution to changes in market conditions, its own financial performance, and other important risk factors. Institutions also should report on the use and availability of government support, such as lending and guarantee programs, and implications on liquidity positions, particularly since these programs are generally temporary or reserved as a source for contingent funding. Type of Review: Regular. Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit. Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,069. Frequency of Response: On occasion. Estimated Total Burden Hours: 78,096 hours. Comments: Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized and included in the request for OMB approval. All comments will become a matter of public record. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the information collections are necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the OCC, including whether the information has practical utility; (b) The accuracy of the OCC’s estimate of the information collection burden; PO 00000 Frm 00099 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 (c) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; (d) Ways to minimize the burden of information collections 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 the services necessary to provide the required information. Theodore J. Dowd, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. [FR Doc. 2022–03906 Filed 2–23–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE P DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Internal Revenue Service Advisory Group to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue; Charter Renewal Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury. AGENCY: ACTION: Notice. The Charter for the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel Committee (TAP), has been renewed for a two-year period beginning February 16, 2022. SUMMARY: Ms. Terrie English, Taxpayer Advocacy Panel Director, at TaxpayerAdvocacyPanel@irs.gov. For questions about TAP, call the TAP tollfree number, 1–888–912–1227. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Notice is hereby given under section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. (1988), and with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury to announce the charter renewal for the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel Committee (TAP). The TAP purpose is to provide a taxpayer perspective to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on critical tax administrative programs. The TAP shall provide listening opportunities for taxpayers to independently identify suggestions or comments to improve IRS customer service through grass roots outreach efforts, and have direct access to elevate improvement recommendations to the appropriate operating divisions. The TAP shall also serve as a focus group to provide suggestions and/or recommendations directly to IRS management on IRS strategic initiatives. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: E:\FR\FM\24FEN1.SGM 24FEN1

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency


Agency Information Collection Activities; Information Collection 
Renewal; Comment Request; Funding and Liquidity Risk Management

AGENCY: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Treasury.

ACTION: Notice and request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The OCC, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork 
and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal 
agencies to take this opportunity to comment on a continuing 
information collection as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995 (PRA). In accordance with the requirements of the PRA, the OCC may 
not conduct or sponsor, and respondents are not required to respond to, 
an information collection unless it displays a currently valid Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. The OCC is soliciting 
comment concerning renewal of its information collection titled, 
``Funding and Liquidity Risk Management.''

DATES: Comments must be received by April 25, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Commenters are encouraged to submit comments by email, if 
possible. You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
     Email: [email protected].
     Mail: Chief Counsel's Office, Attention: Comment 
Processing, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Attention: 1557-
0244, 400 7th Street SW, Suite 3E-218, Washington, DC 20219.
     Hand Delivery/Courier: 400 7th Street SW, Suite 3E-218, 
Washington, DC 20219.
     Fax: (571) 465-4326.
    Instructions: You must include ``OCC'' as the agency name and 
``1557-0244'' in your comment. In general, the OCC will publish 
comments on www.reginfo.gov without change, including any business or 
personal information provided, 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 include any information 
in your comment or supporting materials that you consider confidential 
or inappropriate for public disclosure.
    Following the close of this notice's 60-day comment period, the OCC 
will publish a second notice with a 30-day comment period. You may 
review comments and other related materials that pertain to this 
information collection beginning on the date of publication of the 
second notice for this collection by the method set forth in the next 
bullet.
     Viewing Comments Electronically: Go to www.reginfo.gov. 
Hover over the ``Information Collection Review'' drop down menu. From 
the ``Currently under Review'' drop-down menu, select ``Department of 
Treasury'' and then click ``submit.'' This information collection can 
be located by searching by OMB control number ``1557-0244'' or 
``Funding and Liquidity Risk Management.'' Upon finding the appropriate 
information collection, click on the related ``ICR Reference Number.'' 
On the next screen, select ``View Supporting Statement and Other 
Documents'' and then click on the link to any comment listed at the 
bottom of the screen.
     For assistance in navigating www.reginfo.gov, please 
contact the

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Regulatory Information Service Center at (202) 482-7340.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shaquita Merritt, Clearance Officer, 
(202) 649-5490, Chief Counsel's Office, Office of the Comptroller of 
the Currency, 400 7th Street SW, Suite 3E-218, Washington, DC 20219. If 
you are deaf, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability, please dial 
7-1-1 to access telecommunications relay services.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), Federal 
agencies must obtain approval from OMB for each collection of 
information they conduct or sponsor. ``Collection of information'' is 
defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c) to include agency 
requests or requirements that members of the public submit reports, 
keep records, or provide information to a third party. Section 
3506(c)(2)(A) of title 44 requires Federal agencies to provide a 60-day 
notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of 
information, including each proposed extension of an existing 
collection of information, before submitting the collection to OMB for 
approval. To comply with this requirement, the OCC is publishing notice 
of the collection of information set forth in this document.
    Title: Funding and Liquidity Risk Management.
    OMB Control No.: 1557-0244.
    Description: The Interagency Policy Statement on Funding and 
Liquidity Risk Management \1\ (Policy Statement) summarizes the 
principles of sound liquidity risk management that the Federal banking 
agencies have issued in the past \2\ and, where appropriate, harmonizes 
these principles with the international statement issued by the Basel 
Committee on Banking Supervision titled ``Principles for Sound 
Liquidity Risk Management and Supervision.'' \3\ The Policy Statement 
describes supervisory expectations for all depository institutions 
including banks, savings associations, and credit unions.
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    \1\ 75 FR 13656 (Mar. 22, 2010).
    \2\ For national banks and Federal savings associations, see the 
Comptroller's Handbook on Liquidity. For state member banks and bank 
holding companies, see the Federal Reserve's Commercial Bank 
Examination Manual (section 4020), Bank Holding Company Supervision 
Manual (section 4010), and Trading and Capital Markets Activities 
Manual (section 2030). For state non-member banks, see the FDIC's 
Revised Examination Guidance for Liquidity and Funds Management 
(Trans. No. 2002-01) (Nov. 19, 2001), and Financial Institution 
Letter 84-2008, Liquidity Risk Management (August 2008). For 
federally insured credit unions, see Letter to Credit Unions No. 02-
CU-05, Examination Program Liquidity Questionnaire (March 2002).
    \3\ Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, ``Principles for 
Sound Liquidity Risk Management and Supervision,'' September 2008. 
See www.bis.org/publ/bcbs144.htm. Federally insured credit unions 
are not directly referenced in the principles issued by the Basel 
Committee.
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    Section 14 of the Policy Statement provides that financial 
institutions should consider liquidity costs, benefits, and risks in 
strategic planning and budgeting processes. Significant business 
activities should be evaluated for liquidity risk exposure as well as 
profitability. More complex and sophisticated financial institutions 
should incorporate liquidity costs, benefits, and risks in the internal 
product pricing, performance measurement, and new product approval 
process for all material business lines, products, and activities. 
Incorporating the cost of liquidity into these functions should align 
the risk-taking incentives of individual business lines with the 
liquidity risk exposure their activities create for the institution as 
a whole. The quantification and attribution of liquidity risks should 
be explicit and transparent at the line management level, and should 
include consideration of how liquidity would be affected under stressed 
conditions.
    Section 20 of the Policy Statement states that liquidity risk 
reports should provide aggregate information with sufficient supporting 
detail to enable management to assess the sensitivity of the 
institution to changes in market conditions, its own financial 
performance, and other important risk factors. Institutions also should 
report on the use and availability of government support, such as 
lending and guarantee programs, and implications on liquidity 
positions, particularly since these programs are generally temporary or 
reserved as a source for contingent funding.
    Type of Review: Regular.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,069.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 78,096 hours.
    Comments: Comments submitted in response to this notice will be 
summarized and included in the request for OMB approval. All comments 
will become a matter of public record. Comments are invited on:
    (a) Whether the information collections are necessary for the 
proper performance of the functions of the OCC, including whether the 
information has practical utility;
    (b) The accuracy of the OCC's estimate of the information 
collection burden;
    (c) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected;
    (d) Ways to minimize the burden of information collections 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 the services necessary to provide the 
required information.

Theodore J. Dowd,
Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.
[FR Doc. 2022-03906 Filed 2-23-22; 8:45 am]
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