Agency Information Collection Activities: Announcement of Board Approval under Delegated Authority and Submission to OMB, 46165-46166 [2023-15240]

Download as PDF ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 137 / Wednesday, July 19, 2023 / Notices 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, nuha.elmaghrabi@frb.gov, (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 (which contains more detail about the information collection and burden estimates than this notice), and other documentation, will be made available on the Board’s public website at https:// www.federalreserve.gov/apps/ reportingforms/home/review 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. 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. 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; 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, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, July 13, 2023. Erin Cayce, Assistant Secretary of the Board. VerDate Sep<11>2014 00:36 Jul 19, 2023 Jkt 259001 Proposal Under OMB Delegated Authority To Extend for Three Years, Without Revision, the Following Information Collection Collection title: Recordkeeping Requirements Associated with Regulation H (Real Estate Lending Standards Regulation for State Member Banks). Collection identifier: FR H–5. OMB control number: 7100–0261. General description of collection: This information collection includes a recordkeeping requirement associated with Regulation H—Membership of State Banking Institutions in the Federal Reserve System (12 CFR part 208) that implements section 304 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991. Pursuant to Regulation H, state member banks must adopt and maintain written real estate lending policies. Additionally, this information collection includes certain voluntary recordkeeping provisions in the Interagency Guidelines for Real Estate Lending Policies. Frequency: On-going. Respondents: State member banks. Total estimated number of respondents: 701. Total estimated annual burden hours: 17,545.1 [FR Doc. 2023–15245 Filed 7–18–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210–01–P 46165 Control Act (Act) (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and § 225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12 CFR 225.41) to acquire shares of a bank or bank holding company. The factors that are considered in acting on the applications are set forth in paragraph 7 of the Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)). The public portions of the applications listed below, as well as other related filings required by the Board, if any, are available for immediate inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank(s) indicated below and at the offices of the Board of Governors. This information may also be obtained on an expedited basis, upon request, by contacting the appropriate Federal Reserve Bank and from the Board’s Freedom of Information Office at https://www.federalreserve.gov/foia/ request.htm. Interested persons may express their views in writing on the standards enumerated in paragraph 7 of the Act. Comments regarding each of these applications must be received at the Reserve Bank indicated or the offices of the Board of Governors, Ann E. Misback, Secretary of the Board, 20th Street and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20551–0001, not later than August 3, 2023. A. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (Stephanie Weber, Assistant Vice President) 90 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55480–0291; Comments can also be sent electronically to MA@mpls.frb.org: 1. Hoeven Family Limited Liability Limited Partnership, Bismarck, North Dakota, John H. Hoeven, III and Marcela Hoeven Samson, as general partners and both of Minot, North Dakota; to acquire voting shares of Westbrand, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire voting shares of First Western Bank and Trust, both of Minot, North Dakota. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Margaret McCloskey Shanks, Deputy Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. 2023–15340 Filed 7–18–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE P FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or Bank Holding Company The notificants listed below have applied under the Change in Bank 1 More detailed information regarding this collection, including more detailed burden estimates, can be found in the OMB Supporting Statement posted at https://www.federalreserve.gov/ apps/reportingforms/home/review. On the page displayed at the link, you can find the OMB Supporting Statement by referencing the collection identifier, FR H–5. PO 00000 Frm 00039 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Agency Information Collection Activities: Announcement of Board Approval under Delegated Authority and Submission to OMB Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. SUMMARY: The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) is adopting a proposal to extend for three years, with revision, the Joint Statement for Assessing the Diversity Policies and AGENCY: E:\FR\FM\19JYN1.SGM 19JYN1 46166 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 137 / Wednesday, July 19, 2023 / Notices Practices of Entities Regulated by the Agencies. (FR 2100; OMB No. 7100– 0368). 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, nuha.elmaghrabi@frb.gov, (202) 452–3884. 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. 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. Boardapproved collections of information are incorporated into the official OMB inventory of currently approved collections of information. The OMB inventory, as well as copies of the PRA Submission, supporting statements (which contain more detailed information about the information collections and burden estimates than this notice), and approved collection of information instrument(s) are available at https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ PRAMain. These documents are also available on the Federal Reserve Board’s public website at https:// www.federalreserve.gov/apps/ reportingforms/home/review or may be requested from the agency clearance officer, whose name appears above. ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 Final Approval Under OMB Delegated Authority of the Extension for Three Years, With Revision, of the Following Information Collection Collection title: Joint Statement for Assessing the Diversity Policies and Practices of Entities Regulated by the Agencies. Collection identifier: FR 2100. OMB control number: 7100–0368. Effective Date: August 31, 2023. General description of collection: The Joint Statement for Assessing the Diversity Policies and Practices of Entities Regulated by the Agencies was published jointly in 2015 by the Board, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, National Credit Union Administration, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and Securities and Exchange Commission. Standards in the statement encourage a regulated entity, VerDate Sep<11>2014 00:36 Jul 19, 2023 Jkt 259001 in a manner reflective of its size and other characteristics, to voluntarily conduct a self-assessment of its diversity policies and practices and to report information pertaining to its selfassessment to the Office of Minority and Women Inclusion of its primary federal financial regulator, as well as to publish information pertaining to its efforts with respect to the standards. The Board has developed a voluntary reporting template entitled ‘‘Diversity SelfAssessment Template’’ for use by institutions regulated by the Board to facilitate the provision of selfassessment information. Frequency: Annually. Respondents: All financial institutions for which the Federal Reserve is the primary federal financial regulator. Total estimated number of respondents: 156. Total estimated change in burden: The estimated annual burden would remain unchanged. Total estimated annual burden hours: 1,248.1 Current actions: On March 30, 2023, the Board published a notice in the Federal Register (88 FR 19146) requesting public comment for 60 days on the extension, with revision, of the FR 2100. The Board proposed to revise the diversity self-assessment template by adding a Research, Statistics, Supervision and Regulation, and Discount and Credit Database (RSSD) number field to identify regulated entities and improve the efficiency of data collections. The Board also proposed to reformat the Workforce Profile and Employment Practices section of the template to make clarifications. Proposed changes include the separation of managers in the workforce count from Executive/Senior Level Officials. The comment period for this notice expired on May 30, 2023. The Board did not receive any comments. The revisions will be implemented as proposed. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, July 13, 2023. Erin Cayce, Assistant Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. 2023–15240 Filed 7–18–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210–01–P 1 More detailed information regarding this collection, including more detailed burden estimates, can be found in the OMB Supporting Statement posted at https://www.federalreserve.gov/ apps/reportingforms/home/review. On the page displayed at the link, you can find the OMB Supporting Statement by referencing the collection identifier, FR 2100. PO 00000 Frm 00040 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services [CMS–1801–N] Medicare Program; Announcement of the Advisory Panel on Hospital Outpatient Payment Meeting—August 21–22, 2023—and New Panel Members Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS. ACTION: Notice of meeting. AGENCY: This notice announces the dates and times of a virtual meeting of the Advisory Panel on Hospital Outpatient Payment (the Panel) in August of 2023. In addition, it announces 8 new membership appointments to the Panel. The purpose of the Panel is to advise the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services and the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services concerning the clinical integrity of the Ambulatory Payment Classification groups and their associated weights, which are major elements of the Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and the Ambulatory Surgical Center payment system; and supervision of hospital outpatient therapeutic services. The advice provided by the Panel will be considered as we prepare the annual update for the OPPS. DATES: Virtual meeting dates: Monday, August 21, 2023 and Tuesday, August 22, 2023, from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). The times listed in this notice are EDT and are approximate times. Consequently, the meetings may last longer or be shorter than the times listed in this notice, but will not begin before the posted time. Deadline for presentations and comments: Presentations or comment letters must be received by 5 p.m. EDT on Monday, July 31, 2023. Presentations or comment letters must be submitted through the ‘‘Hospital Outpatient Payment (HOP) Panel Meeting Presentation & Comment Letters’’ module. To access the module, go to https://mearis.cms.gov to register, log in, and submit your presentation or comment letter. CMS can only accept HOP Panel Meeting presentations and comment letters that are submitted via MEARISTM. Please note that with the submissions in MEARISTM, CMS no longer requires the completion or submission of form CMS–20017, as part of the presentation or comment letter SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\19JYN1.SGM 19JYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 137 (Wednesday, July 19, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46165-46166]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-15240]


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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM


Agency Information Collection Activities: Announcement of Board 
Approval under Delegated Authority and Submission to OMB

AGENCY: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
SUMMARY: The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) 
is adopting a proposal to extend for three years, with revision, the 
Joint Statement for Assessing the Diversity Policies and

[[Page 46166]]

Practices of Entities Regulated by the Agencies. (FR 2100; OMB No. 
7100-0368).

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.
    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.

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. Board-approved collections of information are 
incorporated into the official OMB inventory of currently approved 
collections of information. The OMB inventory, as well as copies of the 
PRA Submission, supporting statements (which contain more detailed 
information about the information collections and burden estimates than 
this notice), and approved collection of information instrument(s) are 
available at https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. These documents 
are also available on the Federal Reserve Board's public website at 
https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/reportingforms/home/review or may 
be requested from the agency clearance officer, whose name appears 
above.

Final Approval Under OMB Delegated Authority of the Extension for Three 
Years, With Revision, of the Following Information Collection

    Collection title: Joint Statement for Assessing the Diversity 
Policies and Practices of Entities Regulated by the Agencies.
    Collection identifier: FR 2100.
    OMB control number: 7100-0368.
    Effective Date: August 31, 2023.
    General description of collection: The Joint Statement for 
Assessing the Diversity Policies and Practices of Entities Regulated by 
the Agencies was published jointly in 2015 by the Board, Office of the 
Comptroller of the Currency, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 
National Credit Union Administration, Consumer Financial Protection 
Bureau, and Securities and Exchange Commission. Standards in the 
statement encourage a regulated entity, in a manner reflective of its 
size and other characteristics, to voluntarily conduct a self-
assessment of its diversity policies and practices and to report 
information pertaining to its self-assessment to the Office of Minority 
and Women Inclusion of its primary federal financial regulator, as well 
as to publish information pertaining to its efforts with respect to the 
standards. The Board has developed a voluntary reporting template 
entitled ``Diversity Self-Assessment Template'' for use by institutions 
regulated by the Board to facilitate the provision of self-assessment 
information.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondents: All financial institutions for which the Federal 
Reserve is the primary federal financial regulator.
    Total estimated number of respondents: 156.
    Total estimated change in burden: The estimated annual burden would 
remain unchanged.
    Total estimated annual burden hours: 1,248.\1\
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    \1\ More detailed information regarding this collection, 
including more detailed burden estimates, can be found in the OMB 
Supporting Statement posted at https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/reportingforms/home/review. On the page displayed at the link, you 
can find the OMB Supporting Statement by referencing the collection 
identifier, FR 2100.
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    Current actions: On March 30, 2023, the Board published a notice in 
the Federal Register (88 FR 19146) requesting public comment for 60 
days on the extension, with revision, of the FR 2100. The Board 
proposed to revise the diversity self-assessment template by adding a 
Research, Statistics, Supervision and Regulation, and Discount and 
Credit Database (RSSD) number field to identify regulated entities and 
improve the efficiency of data collections. The Board also proposed to 
reformat the Workforce Profile and Employment Practices section of the 
template to make clarifications. Proposed changes include the 
separation of managers in the workforce count from Executive/Senior 
Level Officials. The comment period for this notice expired on May 30, 
2023. The Board did not receive any comments. The revisions will be 
implemented as proposed.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, July 13, 2023.
Erin Cayce,
Assistant Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2023-15240 Filed 7-18-23; 8:45 am]
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