Agency Information Collection Requirements; Information Collection Renewals; Submission for OMB Review; Request for a Religious Exception to the COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement; and Request for a Medical Exception to the COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement, 18068-18070 [2022-06537]
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menu, select ‘‘Department of Treasury’’
and then click ‘‘submit.’’ This
information collection can be located by
searching by OMB control number
‘‘1557–NEW’’ or ‘‘Community
Reinvestment Act Qualifying Activities
Confirmation Request Form.’’ 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
Regulatory Information Service Center
at (202) 482–7340.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Shaquita Merritt, OCC 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 the
OMB for each collection of information
that 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. OCC asks
that OMB approve the collection of
information set forth in this document.
Title: Community Reinvestment Act
Qualifying Activities Confirmation
Request Form.
OMB Control No.: 1557–NEW.
Abstract: The OCC is revising and
requesting a new OMB control number
for its form titled ‘‘Community
Reinvestment Act Qualifying Activities
Confirmation Request Form,’’ which is
currently approved under OMB Control
No. 1557–0160.
The form was created to address the
need for a qualifying activities
confirmation process that would allow
banks and interested parties to ascertain
whether an activity qualifies under the
Community Reinvestment Act (CRA).
The process was well-received and
strongly supported by commenters on
the OCC ANPR and NPR that resulted in
the 2020 final rule. Commenters on the
OCC’s September 2021 CRA NPR
expressed continued support for such a
confirmation system and, thus, the OCC
has determined that it is important to
allow for a more effective and efficient
confirmation of CRA-qualified activities.
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The proposed revised form includes the
following changes:
• The relocation of the regulation
citation checklist of qualifying activities
from the submitter portion of the form
to the OCC portion of the form to reduce
burden on the submitter and more
accurately capture the qualifying basis
of a CRA activity.
• The relocation of the activity title
field from the submitter portion of the
form to the OCC portion of the form to
reduce burden on the submitter and
permit the OCC to develop an
appropriate and unique identifying title
of the activity for the qualifying
activities confirmation request decision
list and the CRA Illustrative List of
Qualifying Activities, when applicable.
• The relocation of the activity short
description field from the submitter
portion of the form to the OCC portion
of the form to reduce burden on the
submitter and permit the OCC to
develop a unique, appropriate
identifying short description of the
activity for the qualifying activities
confirmation request decision list and
the CRA Illustrative List of Qualifying
Activities, when applicable.
• The addition of a new field to the
submitter portion of the form to provide
for the identification of a contact’s bank
or organization, if applicable, as that
entity may differ from the bank or
organization conducting the activity.
• The elimination of the OCC portion
of the form from the publicly-available
submitter portion of the form consistent
with the integration of the OCC portion
of the form into a web-based platform
that eliminates use of the Adobe
Acrobat format in conducting the review
of submitted activities.
• The revision of regulatory citations
in the form.
• The addition of a field indicating
whether the activity occurred between
October 1, 2020 and December 31, 2021.
Type of Review: Regular.
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profit; individuals.
Number of Respondents: 120.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Total Annual Burden: 2,280 hours.
On December 15, 2021, the OCC
published a notice for 60 days of
comment concerning this collection, 86
FR 71318. No comments were received.
Comments continue to be solicited on:
(a) Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information has practical utility;
(b) The accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the burden of the collection
of information;
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(c) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected;
(d) Ways to minimize the burden of
the 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.
Theodore J. Dowd,
Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of the
Comptroller of the Currency.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency
Agency Information Collection
Requirements; Information Collection
Renewals; Submission for OMB
Review; Request for a Religious
Exception to the COVID–19 Vaccine
Requirement; and Request for a
Medical Exception to the COVID–19
Vaccine Requirement
Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency (OCC), Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and requests 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 the renewal of two
information collections 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 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. The OCC is soliciting comment
concerning the renewal of its
information collections titled, ‘‘Request
for a Religious Exception to the COVID–
19 Vaccine Requirement;’’ and ‘‘Request
for a Medical Exception to the COVID–
19 Vaccine Requirement.’’ The OCC is
also giving notice that it has sent the
collection to OMB for review.
DATES: You should submit written
comments by April 28, 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.
SUMMARY:
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• Mail: Chief Counsel’s Office,
Attention: Comment Processing, 1557–
0352 or 1557–0353, Office of the
Comptroller of the Currency, 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–
0352 or ‘‘1557–0353’’ 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.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should also be
sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/
do/PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
On January 18, 2022, the OCC
published a 60-day notice for this
information collection, 87 FR 2669. You
may review comments and other related
materials that pertain to this
information collection following the
close of the 30-day comment period for
this notice by the method set forth in
the next bullet.
• Viewing Comments Electronically:
Go to www.reginfo.gov. Hover over the
‘‘Information Collection Review’’ tab
and click on ‘‘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
‘‘1557–0352’’ or ‘‘1557–0353’’or
‘‘Request for a Religious Exception to
the COVID–19 Vaccine Requirement;’’
and ‘‘Request for a Medical Exception to
the COVID–19 Vaccine Requirement.’’.
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.
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• For assistance in navigating
www.reginfo.gov, please contact the
Regulatory Information Service Center
at (202) 482–7340.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Shaquita Merritt, OCC 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 the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for each collection of
information that 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. The OCC
requests that OMB extend its approval
of the emergency approvals for the
collections in this notice.
Title: Request for a Religious
Exception to the COVID–19 Vaccine
Requirement.
OMB Control No.: 1557–0353.
Title: Request for a Medical Exception
to the COVID–19 Vaccine Requirement.
OMB Control No.: 1557–0352.
Abstract: The President, by Executive
order 13991 (January 20, 2021)
established the Safer Federal Workforce
Task Force. The Taskforce was
established to give the heads of Federal
agencies ongoing guidance to keep their
employees safe and their agencies
operating during the COVID–19
pandemic. The Taskforce issued
guidance, in accordance with the
President’s Executive Order 14043
(September 9, 2021), requiring federal
employees to be vaccinated against
COVID–19 by November 22, 2021 absent
a legally required exception. To
determine whether employees who
requested a religious or medical
exception qualified for the exception
sought, or, alternatively, were required
to comply with the November 22
deadline, the OCC developed the
‘‘Request for Religious Exception to the
COVID–19 Vaccination Requirement
Form’’ and the ‘‘Request for Medical
Exception to the COVID–19 Vaccination
Requirement Form’’ (collectively,
Request forms). The Request forms were
developed, consistent with guidance
issued by the Task force and the U.S.
Department of Treasury’s Office of Civil
Rights and Diversity, to gather
information from employees and
applicants for employment who
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requested religious or medical
exceptions to determine whether such
employees qualified for legal exceptions
to the vaccine requirement. The Request
forms also were used to collect
information from job applicants who
requested a legal exception upon
receiving an offer of employment from
the OCC.
To ensure compliance with an
applicable preliminary nationwide
injunction, which may be
supplemented, modified, or vacated,
depending on the course of ongoing
litigation, Office of the Comptroller of
the Currency will take no action to
implement or enforce the COVID–19
vaccination requirement pursuant to
Executive Order 14043 on Requiring
Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination
for Federal Employees while the
injunction is in effect.
Type of Review: Extension, without
change, of a currently approved
collection.
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profit; individuals.
Religious Exception:
Estimated Number of Respondents: 4
Job Applicants.
Estimated Burden per Respondent:
0.50 hours.
Total Burden: 2 hours.
Medical Exception:
Estimated Number of Respondents: 2
Job Applicants; 66 Medical
Professionals.
Estimated Burden per Respondent:
0.25 hours for Job Applicants; 0.50
hours for Medical Professionals.
Total Burden: 33.5 hours.
On January 18, 2022, the OCC
published a 60-day notice for this
information collection, 87 FR 2669. No
comments were received. Comments
continue to be invited on:
(a) Whether the collections of
information are necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information has practical utility;
(b) The accuracy of the agency’s
estimates of the burden of the
collections of information;
(c) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected;
(d) Ways to minimize the burden of
the 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 services
to provide information.
A Notice Regarding Injunctions
The vaccination requirement issued
pursuant to E.O. 14043, is currently the
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subject of a nationwide injunction.
While that injunction remains in place,
the OCC will not process requests for a
medical or religious exception from the
COVID–19 vaccination requirement
pursuant to E.O. 14043. The OCC will
also not request the submission of any
medical or religious information related
to a request for an exception from the
vaccination requirement pursuant to
E.O. 14043 while the injunction remains
in place. But the OCC may nevertheless
receive information regarding a medical
or religious exception. That is because,
if the OCC were to receive a request for
an exception from the COVID–19
vaccination requirement pursuant to
E.O. 14043 during the pendency of the
injunction, the OCC will accept the
request, hold it in abeyance, and notify
the employee who submitted the request
that implementation and enforcement of
the COVID–19 vaccination requirement
pursuant to E.O. 14043 is currently
enjoined and that an exception therefore
is not necessary so long as the
injunction is in place. In other words,
during the pendency of the injunction,
any information collection related to
requests for medical or religious
exception from the COVID–19
vaccination requirement pursuant to
E.O. 14043 is not undertaken to
implement or enforce the COVID–19
vaccination requirement.
Theodore J. Dowd,
Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of the
Comptroller of the Currency.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Information Collection
Renewal; Comment Request; Domestic
First Lien Residential Mortgage Data
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 the renewal of an
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
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displays a currently valid Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) control
number. The OCC is soliciting comment
concerning the renewal of its
information collection titled ‘‘Domestic
First Lien Residential Mortgage Data.’’
DATES: Comments must be received by:
May 31, 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: 1557–0331, 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–
0331’’ 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. Following the close of this
notice’s 60-day comment period, the
OCC will publish a second notice with
a 30-day comment period.
• Viewing Comments Electronically:
Go to www.reginfo.gov. Hover over the
‘‘Information Collection Review’’ tab
and click on ‘‘Information Collection
Review’’ dropdown. Underneath the
‘‘Currently under Review’’ section
heading, from the drop-down menu
select ‘‘Department of Treasury’’ and
then click ‘‘submit.’’ This information
collection can be located by searching
by OMB control number ‘‘1557–0331’’
or ‘‘Domestic First Lien Residential
Mortgage Data.’’ Upon finding the
appropriate information collection, click
on the related ‘‘ICR Reference Number.’’
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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
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,
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
that 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
the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A))
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 proposed
extension of this collection of
information.
Title: Domestic First Lien Residential
Mortgage Data.
OMB Control No.: 1557–0331.
Description: Section 104(a) of the
Helping Families Save Their Homes Act
of 2009 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–25(a)) (Act), as
amended by section 1493(a) of the
Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and
Consumer Protection Act, requires the
OCC to submit a quarterly report to
Congress on mortgage modification
activity in the Federal banking system.
Section 104(b) of the Act (12 U.S.C.
1715z–25(b)) requires the OCC to collect
mortgage modification data from
national banks and Federal savings
associations and provides for the
collection of all data necessary to fulfill
the reporting requirements of section
104(a). Those requirements include
information on the number of mortgage
modifications in each state that have
certain characteristics such as changes
to the principal amount of a loan or
changes to a homeowner’s total monthly
principal and interest payment.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Agency Information Collection Requirements; Information
Collection Renewals; Submission for OMB Review; Request for a Religious
Exception to the COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement; and Request for a
Medical Exception to the COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement
AGENCY: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and requests 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 the renewal of two
information collections 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 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. The OCC is
soliciting comment concerning the renewal of its information
collections titled, ``Request for a Religious Exception to the COVID-19
Vaccine Requirement;'' and ``Request for a Medical Exception to the
COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement.'' The OCC is also giving notice that it
has sent the collection to OMB for review.
DATES: You should submit written comments by April 28, 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].
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Mail: Chief Counsel's Office, Attention: Comment
Processing, 1557-0352 or 1557-0353, Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency, 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
``1557-0352 or ``1557-0353'' 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.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should also be sent within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
On January 18, 2022, the OCC published a 60-day notice for this
information collection, 87 FR 2669. You may review comments and other
related materials that pertain to this information collection following
the close of the 30-day comment period for this notice by the method
set forth in the next bullet.
Viewing Comments Electronically: Go to www.reginfo.gov.
Hover over the ``Information Collection Review'' tab and click on
``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 ``1557-0352'' or ``1557-0353''or
``Request for a Religious Exception to the COVID-19 Vaccine
Requirement;'' and ``Request for a Medical Exception to the COVID-19
Vaccine Requirement.''. 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 Regulatory Information Service Center at (202) 482-7340.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shaquita Merritt, OCC 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 the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for each collection of information that 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. The OCC requests that OMB extend its approval of the
emergency approvals for the collections in this notice.
Title: Request for a Religious Exception to the COVID-19 Vaccine
Requirement.
OMB Control No.: 1557-0353.
Title: Request for a Medical Exception to the COVID-19 Vaccine
Requirement.
OMB Control No.: 1557-0352.
Abstract: The President, by Executive order 13991 (January 20,
2021) established the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force. The Taskforce
was established to give the heads of Federal agencies ongoing guidance
to keep their employees safe and their agencies operating during the
COVID-19 pandemic. The Taskforce issued guidance, in accordance with
the President's Executive Order 14043 (September 9, 2021), requiring
federal employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by November 22,
2021 absent a legally required exception. To determine whether
employees who requested a religious or medical exception qualified for
the exception sought, or, alternatively, were required to comply with
the November 22 deadline, the OCC developed the ``Request for Religious
Exception to the COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement Form'' and the
``Request for Medical Exception to the COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement
Form'' (collectively, Request forms). The Request forms were developed,
consistent with guidance issued by the Task force and the U.S.
Department of Treasury's Office of Civil Rights and Diversity, to
gather information from employees and applicants for employment who
requested religious or medical exceptions to determine whether such
employees qualified for legal exceptions to the vaccine requirement.
The Request forms also were used to collect information from job
applicants who requested a legal exception upon receiving an offer of
employment from the OCC.
To ensure compliance with an applicable preliminary nationwide
injunction, which may be supplemented, modified, or vacated, depending
on the course of ongoing litigation, Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency will take no action to implement or enforce the COVID-19
vaccination requirement pursuant to Executive Order 14043 on Requiring
Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination for Federal Employees while the
injunction is in effect.
Type of Review: Extension, without change, of a currently approved
collection.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit; individuals.
Religious Exception:
Estimated Number of Respondents: 4 Job Applicants.
Estimated Burden per Respondent: 0.50 hours.
Total Burden: 2 hours.
Medical Exception:
Estimated Number of Respondents: 2 Job Applicants; 66 Medical
Professionals.
Estimated Burden per Respondent: 0.25 hours for Job Applicants;
0.50 hours for Medical Professionals.
Total Burden: 33.5 hours.
On January 18, 2022, the OCC published a 60-day notice for this
information collection, 87 FR 2669. No comments were received. Comments
continue to be invited on:
(a) Whether the collections of information are necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether
the information has practical utility;
(b) The accuracy of the agency's estimates of the burden of the
collections of information;
(c) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected;
(d) Ways to minimize the burden of the 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 services to provide information.
A Notice Regarding Injunctions
The vaccination requirement issued pursuant to E.O. 14043, is
currently the
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subject of a nationwide injunction. While that injunction remains in
place, the OCC will not process requests for a medical or religious
exception from the COVID-19 vaccination requirement pursuant to E.O.
14043. The OCC will also not request the submission of any medical or
religious information related to a request for an exception from the
vaccination requirement pursuant to E.O. 14043 while the injunction
remains in place. But the OCC may nevertheless receive information
regarding a medical or religious exception. That is because, if the OCC
were to receive a request for an exception from the COVID-19
vaccination requirement pursuant to E.O. 14043 during the pendency of
the injunction, the OCC will accept the request, hold it in abeyance,
and notify the employee who submitted the request that implementation
and enforcement of the COVID-19 vaccination requirement pursuant to
E.O. 14043 is currently enjoined and that an exception therefore is not
necessary so long as the injunction is in place. In other words, during
the pendency of the injunction, any information collection related to
requests for medical or religious exception from the COVID-19
vaccination requirement pursuant to E.O. 14043 is not undertaken to
implement or enforce the COVID-19 vaccination requirement.
Theodore J. Dowd,
Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.
[FR Doc. 2022-06537 Filed 3-28-22; 8:45 am]
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