Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request, 63069-63070 [2022-22632]

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• FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 200 (Tuesday, October 18, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63069-63070]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-22632]


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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 Reporting Requirements Associated with Regulation Y for Extension 
of Time to Conform to the Volcker Rule (FR Y-1; OMB No. 7100-0333).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before December 19, 2022.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by FR Y-1, 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.
     Email: [email protected]. Include the OMB 
number or FR number in the subject line of the message.
     FAX: (202) 452-3819 or (202) 452-3102.
     Mail: Federal Reserve Board of Governors, Attn: Ann E. 
Misback, Secretary of the Board, Mailstop M-4775, 2001 C St. 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 or to remove 
personally identifiable information at the commenter's request. 
Accordingly, comments will not be edited to remove any confidential 
business information, identifying information, or contact information. 
Public comments may also be viewed electronically or in paper in Room 
M-4365A, 2001 C St NW, Washington, DC 20551, between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 
p.m. on weekdays. For security reasons, the Board requires that 
visitors make an appointment to inspect comments. You may do so by 
calling (202) 452-3684. Upon arrival, visitors will be required to 
present valid government-issued photo identification and to submit to 
security screening in order to inspect and photocopy comments.
    Additionally, commenters may send a copy of their comments to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Desk Officer for the Federal 
Reserve Board, 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: Federal Reserve Board Clearance 
Officer--Nuha Elmaghrabi--Office of the Chief Data Officer, Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System, [email protected], (202) 
452-3884.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 15, 1984, OMB delegated to the Board 
authority under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) to approve and assign 
OMB control numbers to collections of information 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.
    During the comment period for this proposal, a copy of the proposed 
PRA OMB submission, including the draft reporting form and 
instructions, supporting statement, and other documentation, will be 
made available on the 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 above. Final 
versions of these documents will be made available at https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, if approved.

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 Board's functions, including whether the 
information has practical utility;
    b. The accuracy of the Board's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed information collection, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;

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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 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 Board 
should modify the proposal.

Proposal Under OMB Delegated Authority To Extend for Three Years, With 
Revision, the Following Information Collection

    Collection title: Reporting Requirements Associated with Regulation 
Y for Extension of Time to Conform to the Volcker Rule.
    Collection identifier: FR Y-1.
    OMB control number: 7100-0333.
    Frequency: Annual, event-generated.
    Respondents: Insured depository institutions (other than certain 
limited-purpose trust institutions and any insured depository 
institution that has, and if every company that controls it has, total 
consolidated assets of $10 billion or less and total trading assets and 
trading liabilities, on a consolidated basis, that are 5 percent or 
less of total consolidated assets), any company that controls such an 
insured depository institution, any company that is treated as a bank 
holding company for purposes of section 8 of the International Banking 
Act of 1978 (12 U.S.C. 3106), and any affiliate or subsidiary of any of 
the foregoing, and nonbank financial companies designated by the 
Financial Stability Oversight Council that engage in proprietary 
trading activities or make investments in covered funds.
    Estimated number of respondents: 1.
    Estimated average hours per response: 12.
    Estimated annual burden hours: 12.
    General description of report: The Board's Regulation Y--Bank 
Holding Companies and Change in Bank Control (12 CFR part 225, subpart 
K) provides that a banking entity or Board-supervised nonbank financial 
company may, under certain circumstances, request an extension of time 
to conform its activities to the requirements of section 13 of the Bank 
Holding Company Act of 1956 (BHC Act),\1\ also known as the Volcker 
Rule.\2\
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    \1\ 12 U.S.C. 1851.
    \2\ The term ``banking entity'' is defined in section 13(h)(1) 
of the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1851(h)(1)). The term means any insured 
depository institution (other than certain limited-purpose trust 
institutions and any insured depository institution that has, and if 
every company that controls it has, total consolidated assets of $10 
billion or less and total trading assets and trading liabilities, on 
a consolidated basis, that are 5 percent or less of total 
consolidated assets), any company that controls such an insured 
depository institution, any company that is treated as a bank 
holding company for purposes of section 8 of the International 
Banking Act of 1978 (12 U.S.C. 3106), and any affiliate or 
subsidiary of any of the foregoing.
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    Proposed revisions: The Board proposes to revise the FR Y-1 to no 
longer include a provision related to extended transition periods for 
illiquid funds for banking entities since they were required to 
completely divest from such funds by July 21, 2022.
    Legal authorization and confidentiality: The Volcker Rule 
specifically authorizes the Board to issue rules to permit entities 
covered by the Volcker Rule to seek conformance period extensions (12 
U.S.C. 1851(c)(6)). The Board also has the authority to require reports 
from bank holding companies (12 U.S.C. 1844(c)), savings and loan 
holding companies (12 U.S.C. 1467a(b) and (g)), and state member banks 
(12 U.S.C. 248(a) and 324). The information collections in the FR Y-1 
are required for covered entities that decide to seek an extension of 
time to conform their activities or investments to the Volcker Rule. 
The obligation to respond, therefore, is required to obtain a benefit.
    To the extent that information submitted in response to the FR Y-1 
constitutes nonpublic commercial or financial information, which is 
both customarily and actually treated as private by the respondent, it 
may be kept confidential under exemption 4 of the Freedom of 
Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4)). Exemption 4 protects ``trade 
secrets and commercial or financial information obtained from a person 
and [that is] privileged or confidential.''

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, October 13, 
2022.
Michele Taylor Fennell,
Deputy Associate Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2022-22632 Filed 10-17-22; 8:45 am]
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