Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation August 2018 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The OCC, Board, and FDIC (collectively, the agencies) are jointly issuing and requesting public comment on interim final rules to implement section 210 of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (Economic Growth Act), which was enacted on May 24, 2018. Section 210 of the Economic Growth Act amends section 10(d) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDI Act) to permit the agencies to examine qualifying insured depository institutions (IDIs) with under $3 billion in total assets not less than once during each 18-month period. Prior to enactment of the Economic Growth Act, qualifying IDIs with under $1 billion in total assets were eligible for an 18-month on- site examination cycle. The interim final rules generally would allow qualifying IDIs with under $3 billion in total assets to benefit from the extended 18-month examination schedule. In addition, the interim final rules make parallel changes to the agencies' regulations governing the on-site examination cycle for U.S. branches and agencies of foreign banks, consistent with the International Banking Act of 1978 (IBA).

The FDIC, as part of its obligations under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the renewal of the existing information collection described below (3064-0134). On May 24, 2018, the FDIC requested comment for 60 days on a proposal to renew the information collection described below. No comments were received. The FDIC hereby gives notice of its plan to submit to OMB a request to approve the renewal of this collection, and again invites comment on this renewal.

The FDIC, 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 existing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The FDIC published a notice of its intent to renew the information collections described below in the Federal Register and requested comment for 60 days. No comments were received. The FDIC hereby gives notice of its plan to submit to OMB a request to approve the renewal of these collections, and again invites comment on the renewal.

On January 8, 2018, the FDIC published in the Federal Register notice of proposed changes to its statement of policy (SOP) concerning participation in banking of a person convicted of a crime of dishonesty or breach of trust or money laundering or who has entered a pretrial diversion or similar program in connection with the prosecution for such offense pursuant to Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, 12 U.S.C. 1829 and sought comments on the proposed changes. After the closing of the comment period, the FDIC reviewed the comments received and has made some changes and clarifications to the proposed statement. The FDIC is now publishing the SOP in its final form. After publication the statement of policy will also be available on the FDIC's website.