Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Submission for OMB Review; Beneficial Ownership Information Collection Request, 59805-59810 [2024-16174]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 141 (Tuesday, July 23, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59805-59810]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-16174]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Submission for OMB Review; Beneficial Ownership Information Collection 
Request

AGENCY: Departmental Offices, U.S. Department of the Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of Information Collection; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury, on behalf of the Financial 
Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), will submit the information 
collection associated with requests made to FinCEN by certain persons 
for beneficial ownership information, to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), on or after the date of publication of 
this notice. The details included in the information collection are 
listed below. The public is invited

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to submit comments on this information collection request.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before August 22, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the proposed information collection 
should 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the submissions may be 
obtained from Spencer W. Clark by emailing [email protected], calling 
(202) 927-5331, or viewing the entire information collection request at 
www.reginfo.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)

I. Statutory and Regulatory Provisions

    FinCEN issued the Beneficial Ownership Information Access and 
Safeguards final rule (the ``BOI Access Rule'') on December 22, 
2023,\1\ regarding access by authorized recipients to beneficial 
ownership information (BOI) that will be reported to FinCEN pursuant to 
Section 6403 of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), enacted into law 
as part of National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 
(NDAA).\2\ The BOI Access Rule implements the strict protocols required 
by the CTA to protect sensitive personally identifiable information 
(PII) reported to FinCEN pursuant to the CTA and establish the 
circumstances in which specified recipients have access to beneficial 
ownership information (BOI), along with the data protection protocols 
and oversight mechanisms applicable to each recipient category. The 
disclosure of BOI to authorized recipients in accordance with 
appropriate protocols and oversight will help law enforcement and 
national security agencies prevent and combat money laundering, 
terrorist financing, tax fraud, and other illicit activity, as well as 
protect national security.
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    \1\ FinCEN, Beneficial Ownership Information Access and 
Safeguards, 88 FR 88732 (Dec. 22, 2023), available at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/12/22/2023-27973/beneficial-ownership-information-access-and-safeguards.
    \2\ Specifically, the CTA is Title LXIV of the William M. (Mac) 
Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, 
Public Law 116-283 (Jan. 1, 2021). Division F of the NDAA is the 
Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020, which includes the CTA. Section 
6403 of the CTA, among other things, amends the Bank Secrecy Act 
(BSA) by adding a new section 5336, Beneficial Ownership Information 
Reporting Requirements, to subchapter II of chapter 53 of title 31, 
United States Code.
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II. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 3
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    \3\ Public Law 104-13, 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A).
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    Title: Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) Requests.
    OMB Control Number: 1506-0077
    Type of Review: New collection.
    Description: As explained in the regulatory impact analysis (RIA) 
of the BOI Access Rule, the rule requires State, local, and Tribal 
agencies and financial institutions that access BOI to satisfy certain 
security and confidentiality requirements, including establishing 
certain standards and procedures, and developing and implementing 
safeguards. As a prerequisite for access to BOI, the rule also requires 
State, local, and Tribal agencies and financial institutions to provide 
a certification for each request for BOI (``BOI request''). Along with 
the certification, State, local, and Tribal agencies and financial 
institutions will also provide information by filling out data fields 
for each BOI request. These data fields are set out in the Appendix. 
While some data fields will be optional, others will be required. Self-
regulatory organizations (SROs) cannot make BOI requests to FinCEN 
under the BOI Access Rule, but can receive BOI via redisclosure from 
other entities in some circumstances if they fulfill certain 
requirements.
    Consistent with the requirements of the PRA, FinCEN carefully 
considered the comments received in response to the 60-day notice that 
proposed the information collection associated with BOI requests for 
public comment.\4\ The 60-day notice sought comment only on the burden 
for the information collection associated with such BOI requests, which 
corresponds to the burden associated with ``submit[ting] written 
certification for each request that it meets certain requirements.'' 
Further details about those burdens are set forth in the BOI Access 
Rule RIA (see Action G within Tables 1 and 2) and below. To provide 
greater clarity to authorized recipients on the data fields and 
certification that will be required when submitting BOI requests, this 
notice includes a revised Appendix (Beneficial Ownership Information 
(BOI) Request: Summary of Data Fields by Authorized Recipient). Also, 
as previously noted in the BOI Access Rule, FinCEN intends to provide 
additional details regarding the form and manner of BOI requests for 
all categories of authorized recipients through specific instructions 
and guidance.
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    \4\ 89 FR 5995 (Jan. 30, 2024).
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    The following analysis represents the entirety of the burden under 
OMB control number 1506-0077, which is associated with the BOI Access 
Rule. FinCEN previously solicited public comment on the full burden of 
the BOI Access Rule, including the certification requirement for the 
information collection associated with BOI access requests, as part of 
that rulemaking.
    Form: BOI Request.
    Affected Public: State, local and Tribal agencies, SROs, and 
financial institutions with customer due diligence requirements under 
applicable law, as defined in the BOI Access Rule. While Federal and 
foreign requesters are able to access BOI after meeting specific 
requirements, FinCEN does not include them in the PRA analysis because 
the regulations implementing the PRA define ``person'' as an 
individual, partnership, association, corporation (including operations 
of government-owned contractor-operated facilities), business trust, or 
legal representative, an organized group of individuals, a State, 
territorial, Tribal, or local government or branch thereof, or a 
political subdivision of a State, territory, Tribal, or local 
government or a branch of a political subdivision.\5\ For foreign 
requesters in particular, FinCEN assumes that such requests will be 
made at the national level.
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    \5\ See 5 CFR 1320.3(k).
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    Estimated Number of Respondents: 15,934 entities. This total is 
composed of an estimated 215 State, local, and Tribal agencies (of 
which 158 are State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies and 57 
are State regulatory agencies), 3 SROs, and 15,716 financial 
institutions.\6\ While the requirements in the rule are only imposed on 
those that optionally access BOI, for purposes of PRA burden analysis, 
FinCEN assumes maximum participation from State, local, and Tribal 
agencies, SROs, and financial institutions.
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    \6\ See Table 1 in the RIA of the BOI Access Rule for the types 
of financial institutions covered by this notice. 88 FR 88789 (Dec. 
22, 2023).
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    Frequency of Response: As required; varies depending on the 
requirement.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: See ``Hours per Entity'' column in 
Table 1 below for estimated time for each requirement per respondent.
    Estimated Total Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden: FinCEN 
estimates that during year 1 the annual hourly burden will be 8,743,781 
hours. In year 2 and onward, FinCEN estimates that the annual hourly 
burden will be 3,616,964 hours. The annual estimated

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burden hours for State, local, and Tribal entities and SROs is 
2,268,789 hours in the first year, and 1,699,612 hours in year 2 and 
onward. As shown in Table 1 below, the hourly burden in year 1 for 
State, local, and Tribal agencies and SROs includes the hourly burden 
associated with the following requirements: entering into an agreement 
with FinCEN and establishing standards and procedures (Action B); 
establishing a secure system to store BOI (Action D); establishing and 
maintaining an auditable system of standardized records for requests 
(Action E); submitting written certification for each request that it 
meets certain requirements (Action G); restricting access to 
appropriate persons within the entity (Action H); conducting an annual 
audit and cooperate with FinCEN's annual audit (Action I); obtaining 
certification of standards and procedures, initially and then semi-
annually, by the head of the entity (Action J); and providing annual 
reports on procedures (Action K). The hourly burden in year 2 and 
onward for State, local, and Tribal agencies and SROs is associated 
with the same requirements as year 1, with the exception of Action B 
because FinCEN expects this action will result in costs for these 
entities in year 1 only.
    The annual estimated hourly burden for financial institutions is 
6,474,992 hours in the first year and 1,917,352 hours in year 2 and 
onward. The hourly burden for financial institutions in year 1 is 
associated with the following: developing and implementing 
administrative and physical safeguards (Action A); developing and 
implementing technical safeguards (Action C); obtaining and documenting 
customer consent (Action F); submitting certification for each request 
that it meets certain requirements (Action G); undergoing training 
(Action H); complying with certain geographic restrictions (Action L); 
and notifying FinCEN if they receive an information demand from a 
foreign government (Action M). The hourly burden in year 2 and onward 
for financial institutions is associated only with the requirements for 
Actions F, G, and H because FinCEN expects the other actions will 
result in costs for these entities in year 1 only.
    Annual estimated burden declines in year 2 and onward because 
State, local, and Tribal agencies, SROs, and financial institutions no 
longer need to complete Actions A and B, and have a lower hourly burden 
for Actions E and F. State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies 
have a lower hourly burden for Action G. Table 1 lists the type of 
entity, the number of entities, the hours per entity, and the total 
hourly burden by action. For Actions A, B, C, D, E, F, I, J, K, L, and 
M the hours per entity are the maximum of the range estimated in the 
cost analysis of the RIA. For Action G and H, the hours per entity 
calculations are specified in footnotes to Table 1. Total annual hourly 
burden is calculated by multiplying the number of entities by the hours 
per entity for each action. In each subsequent year after initial 
implementation, FinCEN estimates that the total hourly annual burden is 
3,616,964. This results in a 5-year average burden estimate of 
approximately 4,642,327 hours.\7\
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    \7\ The 5-year average equals the sum of (Year 1 burden hours of 
8,743,781 + Year 2 burden hours of 3,616,964 + Year 3 burden hours 
of 3,616,964 + Year 4 burden hours of 3,616,964 + Year 5 burden 
hours of 3,616,964) divided by 5.
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    This notice seeks comment on the estimated total annual reporting 
and recordkeeping burden for the information collection associated with 
BOI requests, specifically the requirement to submit written 
certification for each request that it meets certain requirements 
(Action G in Table 1 below).\8\ FinCEN previously provided notice and 
an opportunity for public comment on all actions that constitute the 
reporting and recordkeeping burden associated with the BOI Access Rule, 
including the certification requirement, as well as the estimated total 
annual burden, through the BOI Access Rule rulemaking. As explained 
above, FinCEN is issuing this notice with regard to the information 
collection associated with BOI requests; therefore, this notice seeks 
comment only on the certification requirement.
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    \8\ As noted previously, SROs will not have direct access to 
BOI, but may receive BOI through redisclosure. Accordingly, SROs may 
not need to meet every requirement that they are described as 
meeting in Tables 1 and 2 to receive BOI. However, except where 
noted in those tables, FinCEN has generally assessed similar costs 
for SROs as for state, local, and Tribal agencies for analytical 
purposes. This analysis thus may overestimate the burden on SROs, 
but FinCEN lacks reliable data from which to formulate SRO-specific 
estimates for receiving BOI.

                           Table 1--Annual Hourly Burden Associated With Requirements
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                                                           Number of                         Total annual hourly
              Action                  Type of entity       entities       Hours per entity          burden
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A. Develop and implement           Financial                    15,716  240 in Year 1; 0 in  3,771,840 in Year
 administrative and physical        institutions.                        Years 2+.            1; 0 in Years 2+.
 safeguards.
B. Enter into an agreement with    State, local, and               218  300 in Year 1; 0 in  65,400 in Year 1; 0
 FinCEN and establish standards     Tribal agencies                      Years 2+.            in Years 2+.
 and procedures.                    and SROs.
C. Develop and implement           Financial                    15,716  0 in Year 1; 0 in    0 in Year 1; 0 in
 technical safeguards.              institutions.                        Years 2+.            Years 2+.
D. Establish a secure system to    State, local, and               218  300 in Year 1; 4 in  65,400 in Year 1;
 store BOI.                         Tribal agencies                      Years 2+.            872 in Years 2+.
                                    and SROs.
E. Establish and maintain an       State, local, and               218  200 in Year 1; 20    43,600 in Year 1;
 auditable system of standardized   Tribal agencies                      in Years 2+.         4,360 in Years 2+.
 records for requests.              and SROs.
F. Obtain and document customer    Financial                    15,716  70 in Year 1; 20 in  1,100,120 in Year
 consent.                           institutions.                        Years 2+.            1; 314,320 in
                                                                                              Years 2+.
G. Submit certification for each   Financial                    15,716  94 in Year 1; 94 in  1,474,161 in Year
 request that it meets certain      institutions.                        Years 2+.            1; 1,474,161 in
 requirements \1\.                                                                            Years 2+.
G. Submit written certification    State, local, and               158  12,975 in Year 1;    2,050,003 in Year
 for each request that it meets     Tribal law                           10,443 in Years 2+.  1; 1,649,994 in
 certain requirements, including    enforcement.                                              Years 2+.
 court authorization.

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G. Submit written certification    State regulatory                 60  125 in Year 1; 125   7,500 in Year 1;
 for each request that it meets     agencies and SROs.                   in Years 2+.         7,500 in Years 2+.
 certain requirements.
H. Undergo training \2\..........  Financial                    15,716  8 in Year 1; 8 in    128,871 in Year 1;
                                    institutions.                        Years 2+.            128,871 in Years
                                                                                              2+.
H. Restrict access to appropriate  State, local, and               218  9 in Year 1, 9 in    2,006 in Year 1;
 persons within the entity, which   Tribal agencies                      Years 2+.            2,006 in Years 2+.
 specifies that appropriate         and SROs.
 persons will undergo training
 \3\.
I. Conduct an annual audit and     State, local, and               218  160 in Year 1; 160   34,880 in Year 1;
 cooperate with FinCEN's annual     Tribal agencies                      in Years 2+.         34,880 in Years
 audit.                             and SROs.                                                 2+.
J. Obtain certification of         State, local, and               218  Included in I......  Included in I.
 standards and procedures           Tribal agencies
 initially and then semi-           and SROs.
 annually, by the head of the
 entity.
K. Provide initial and then an     State, local, and               218  Included in I......  Included in I.
 annual report on procedures.       Tribal agencies
                                    and SROs.
L. Comply with certain geographic  Financial                    15,716  0 in Year 1; 0 in    0 in Year 1; 0 in
 restrictions.                      institutions.                        Years 2+.            Years 2+.
M. Notify FinCEN of information    Financial                    15,716  0 in Year 1; 0 in    0 in Year 1; 0 in
 demand from foreign government.    institutions.                        Years 2+.            Years 2+.
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    Total Annual Hourly Burden...  ...................  ..............  ...................  8,743,781 in Year
                                                                                              1; 3,616,964 in
                                                                                              Years 2+ (Average
                                                                                              of 5,325,903 hours
                                                                                              across first 3
                                                                                              years).
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\1\ For all types of entities, the hours per entity for Action G is the per entity share of the aggregate burden
  estimated in the RIA.
\2\ For financial institutions, the hours per entity for Action H equals the weighted average of the large and
  small financial institutions' maximum burden estimated in the RIA.
\3\ For State, local, and Tribal agencies and SROs, the hours per entity for Action H equals the per entity
  share of the aggregate burden.

    Estimated Total Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost: As 
described in Table 3 of the BOI Access Rule RIA, FinCEN calculated the 
fully loaded hourly wage for each type of affected entity type.\9\ 
Using these estimated wages, the total cost of the annual burden in 
year 1 is $868,200,270. In year 2 and onward, FinCEN estimates that the 
total cost of the annual burden is $339,309,502, owing to Actions A and 
B only imposing burdens in year 1, Actions D and E having lower annual 
per entity burdens, and Action G having lower burden per request for 
State, local, and Tribal law enforcement agencies. The annual estimated 
cost for State, local, and Tribal agencies and SROs is $181,851,118 in 
the first year and $136,070,190 in year 2 and onward. The annual 
estimated cost for financial institutions is $686,349,152 in the first 
year and $203,239,312 in year 2 and onward. The 5-year average annual 
cost estimate is $445,087,656.\10\
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    \9\ 88 FR 88791 (Dec. 22, 2023).
    \10\ The 5-year average equals the sum of (Year 1 costs of 
$868,200,270 + Year 2 costs of $339,309,502 + Year 3 costs of 
$339,309,502 + Year 4 costs of $339,309,502 + Year 5 costs of 
$339,309,502) divided by 5.
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    This notice seeks comment on the estimated total annual reporting 
and recordkeeping cost for the information collection associated with 
BOI requests, specifically the requirement to ``submit written 
certification for each request that it meets certain requirements'' 
(Action G in Table 2 below). FinCEN previously provided notice and an 
opportunity for public comment on all actions that constitute the 
reporting and recordkeeping cost associated with the BOI Access Rule, 
including the certification requirement, as well as the estimated total 
annual reporting and recordkeeping cost, through the BOI Access Rule 
rulemaking. As FinCEN is issuing this notice with regard to the 
information collection associated with BOI requests, this notice seeks 
comment only on the certification requirement.

                                Table 2--Annual Cost Associated With Requirements
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                                                                        Total annual hourly
              Action                  Type of entity      Hourly wage          burden         Total annual cost
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A. Develop and implement           Financial                      $106  3,771,840 in Year    $399,815,040 in
 administrative and physical        institutions.                        1; 0 in Years 2+.    Year 1; $0 in
 safeguards.                                                                                  Years 2+.
B. Enter into an agreement with    State, local, and                80  65,400 in Year 1; 0  $5,232,000 in Year
 FinCEN and establish standards     Tribal agencies.                     in Years 2+.         1; $0 in Years 2+.
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C. Develop and implement           Financial                       106  0 in Year 1; 0 in    $0 in Year 1; $0 in
 technical safeguards.              institutions.                        Years 2+.            Years 2+.
D. Establish a secure system to    State, local, and                80  65,400 in Year 1;    $5,232,000 in Year
 store BOI.                         Tribal agencies.                     872 in Years 2+.     1; $69,760 in
                                                                                              Years 2+.
E. Establish and maintain an       State, local, and                80  43,600 in Year 1;    $3,488,000 in Year
 auditable system of standardized   Tribal agencies.                     4,360 in Years 2+.   1; $348,800 in
 records for requests.                                                                        Years 2+.
F. Obtain and document customer    Financial                       106  1,100,120 in Year    $116,612,720 in
 consent.                           institutions.                        1; 314,320 in        Year 1;
                                                                         Years 2+.            $33,317,920 in
                                                                                              Years 2+.
G. Submit certification for each   Financial                       106  1,474,161 in Year    $156,261,066 in
 request that it meets certain      institutions.                        1; 1,474,161 in      Year 1;
 requirements.                                                           Years 2+.            $156,261,066 in
                                                                                              Years 2+.
G. Submit written certification    State, local, and                80  2,050,003 in Year    $164,000,240 in
 for each request that it meets     Tribal law                           1; 1,649,994 in      Year 1;
 certain requirements, including    enforcement.                         Years 2+.            $131,999,520 in
 court authorization.                                                                         Years 2+.
G. Submit written certification    State regulatory                 80  7,500 in Year 1;     $600,000 in Year 1;
 for each request that it meets     agencies.                            7,500 in Years 2+.   $600,000 in Years
 certain requirements.                                                                        2+.
H. Undergo training..............  Financial                       106  128,871 in Year 1;   $13,660,326 in Year
                                    institutions.                        128,871 in Years     1; $13,660,326 in
                                                                         2+.                  Years 2+.
H. Restrict access to appropriate  State, local, and                80  2,006 in Year 1;     $160,480 in Year 1;
 persons within the agency, which   Tribal agencies.                     2,006 in Years 2+.   $160,480 in Years
 specifies that appropriate                                                                   2+.
 persons will undergo training.
I. Conduct an annual audit and     State, local, and                80  34,880 in Year 1;    $2,790,400 in Year
 cooperate with FinCEN's annual     Tribal agencies.                     34,880 in Years 2+.  1; $2,790,400 in
 audit.                                                                                       Years 2+.
J. Obtain certification of         State, local, and                80  Included in I......  Included in I.
 standards and procedures           Tribal agencies.
 initially and then semi-
 annually, by the head of the
 entity.
K. Provide initial and then an     State, local, and                80  Included in I......  Included in I.
 annual report on procedures.       Tribal agencies.
L. Comply with certain geographic  Financial                       106  0 in Year 1; 0 in    $0 in Year 1; $0 in
 restrictions.                      institutions.                        Years 2+.            Years 2+.
M. Notify FinCEN of information    Financial                       106  0 in Year 1; 0 in    $0 in Year 1; $0 in
 demand from foreign government.    institutions.                        Years 2+.            Years 2+.
Actions B, D, E, G, H, I-K.......  SRO................             106  3,283 in Year 1;     $347,998 in Year 1;
                                                                         955 in Years 2+.     $101,230 in Years
                                                                                              2+.
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    Total Annual Cost............  ...................  ..............  ...................  $868,200,270 in
                                                                                              Year 1;
                                                                                              $339,309,502 in
                                                                                              Years 2+ (Average
                                                                                              of $515,606,425
                                                                                              across first 3
                                                                                              years).
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    Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.

Melody Braswell,
Treasury PRA Clearance Officer.

Appendix--Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) Request: Summary of 
Data Fields by Authorized Recipient

    Note:  Data fields that must be filled in to start a search are 
identified with the * symbol next to the data field. Italicized text 
provides a description and/or explanation of lines and response 
options for purposes of this PRA notice.

I. Financial Institutions

Proposed Data Fields and Certification

Search for Beneficial Ownership Information

* Reporting company legal name
* Reporting company tax identification number type (select one from 
list of options)
     EIN (Employer Identification Number)
     SSN/ITIN (Social Security Number/Individual Taxpayer 
Identification Number)
     Foreign (if ``foreign'' is selected, a drop down menu 
for ``country/jurisdiction'' populates automatically; select from 
list of countries/jurisdictions)
* Reporting company tax identification number
* Certification

    I certify on behalf of the financial institution making this 
request that: (1) this information is requested to facilitate the 
financial institution's compliance with customer due diligence 
requirements under applicable law, as defined in 31 CFR 
1010.955(b)(4)(i); (2) the financial institution has obtained and 
documented the consent of the reporting company to request this 
information from FinCEN; and (3) the financial institution has 
fulfilled all other requirements of 31 CFR 1010.955(d)(2).
    [Select ``I agree'']

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II. State, Local, and Tribal Law Enforcement Agencies

Proposed Data Fields and Certification

New Justification

* Agency Reference (agency's internal reference name for BOI 
request)
* Court authorization description (description of the information 
the court has authorized the agency to seek)
* Name of court of competent jurisdiction
* Date of court authorization (mm/dd/yyyy)
Checkbox Request is being conducted on behalf of another person in 
the same agency (select this checkbox if the BOI request is made on 
behalf of another person in the same agency; provide the following 
information if this checkbox is selected: * first name of requester; 
middle name of requester; * last name of requester; title; city; * 
country/jurisdiction; state; ZIP/foreign postal code)
* Certification

    I certify that a court of competent jurisdiction has authorized 
my agency to seek this information in a criminal or civil 
investigation and that the requested information is relevant to the 
criminal or civil investigation.
    [Select ``I agree'']

III. State Regulatory Agencies

Proposed Data Fields and Certification

Search Beneficial Ownership Information Requested by Financial 
Institutions

    To begin a search, provide a Financial Institution Name or 
Financial Institution Employer Identification Number (EIN). To 
further refine your search, you may enter a Reporting Company Legal 
Name, Reporting Company Tax Identification Number, and/or a date 
range in which the financial institution searched for beneficial 
ownership information.

Financial Institution
Financial Institution EIN (Employer Identification Number)
Reporting Company Legal Name
Reporting Company Tax Identification Number
Start Date (mm/dd/yyyy) (start of date range of financial 
institution search for beneficial ownership information)
End Date (mm/dd/yyyy) (end of date range of financial institution 
search for beneficial ownership information)
*Certification

    I certify that my agency is authorized by law to assess, 
supervise, enforce, or otherwise determine the compliance of a 
relevant financial institution with customer due diligence 
requirements under applicable law, as defined in 31 CFR 
1010.955(b)(4)(i), and that my agency will use the requested 
information solely for such purposes.
    [Select ``I agree'']

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