Federal Reserve System 2019 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents
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Proposal by BB&T Corporation To Acquire SunTrust Banks, Inc. and its Subsidiary, SunTrust Bank, and To Merge SunTrust Bank With and Into Branch Banking and Trust Company
Two public meetings will be held regarding the proposal by BB&T Corporation, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, to acquire SunTrust Banks, Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire SunTrust Bank, both of Atlanta, Georgia, pursuant to the Bank Holding Company Act and related statutes. As part of the proposal, BB&T Corporation would merge SunTrust Bank with and into its subsidiary state non-member bank, Branch Banking and Trust Company, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, pursuant to the Bank Merger Act and related statutes. The purpose of the meetings is to collect information related to factors the Board and FDIC (agencies) are required to consider under the Bank Holding Company Act and the Bank Merger Act.
Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) invites comment on a proposal to extend for three years, without revision, the Recordkeeping and Disclosure Requirements Associated with Regulation V (Fair Credit Reporting) (FR V \1\; OMB No. 7100-0308).
Amendments to the Capital Plan Rule
The Board is amending the capital plan rule to limit the scope of potential objections to a firm's capital plan on the basis of qualitative deficiencies in the firm's capital planning process (qualitative objection). In particular, effective immediately, the Board will no longer issue a qualitative objection under the capital plan rule to a firm if the firm has been subject to a potential qualitative objection for four consecutive years, and the firm does not receive a qualitative objection in the fourth year of that period. In addition, except for certain firms that have received a qualitative objection in the immediately prior year, the Board will no longer issue a qualitative objection to any firm effective January 1, 2021.
Regulation D: Reserve Requirements of Depository Institutions
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) is requesting comment on whether it should propose amendments to its Regulation D (Reserve Requirements of Depository Institutions, to lower the rate of interest paid on excess balances (``IOER'') maintained at Federal Reserve Banks (Reserve Banks) by eligible institutions that hold a very large proportion of their assets in the form of balances at Reserve Banks.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Announcement of Board Approval Under Delegated Authority and Submission to OMB
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) is adopting a proposal to implement the New Hire Information Collection (FR 27; OMB No. 7100-new).
Agency Information Collection Activities: Announcement of Board Approval Under Delegated Authority and Submission to OMB With Request for Comments
On November 30, 2018, the Board published a notice in the Federal Register (83 FR 61635) requesting public comment for 60 days on a proposal to extend for three years, with revision, the Application to Become a Savings and Loan Holding Company or to Acquire a Savings Association or Savings and Loan Holding Company (FR LL-10(e); OMB No. 7100-0336). The comment period for this notice expired on January 29, 2019. For reasons described below, the Board has determined that it is appropriate to reopen the comment period for 30 days. This action will allow interested persons additional time to analyze the proposal and prepare their comments.
Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) invites comment on a proposal to extend for three years, without revision, the Disclosure Requirements of Regulation Y Associated with Minimum Requirements for Appraisal Management Companies (FR HY-5; OMB No. 7100-0370).
Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) invites comment on a proposal to extend for three years, with revision, the Uniform Application for Municipal Securities Principal or Municipal Securities Representative Associated with a Bank Municipal Securities Dealer (Form MSD-4; OMB No. 7100-0100) and the Uniform Termination Notice for Municipal Securities Principal or Municipal Securities Representative Associated with a Bank Municipal Securities Dealer (Form MSD-5; OMB No. 7100-0101). The Board proposes to revise Form MSD-4 and Form MSD-5 to (1) remove the date of birth and place of birth items from the `Personal History of Applicant' section on Form MSD-4 and instructions; (2) make minor revisions to the Privacy Act statements on Form MSD-4 and Form MSD-5; and (3) remove the Privacy Act notice from the respective instructions for Form MSD-4 and Form MSD-5 (but leave the Privacy Act notice on the forms). The proposed revisions would be effective June 1, 2019.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Announcement of Board Approval Under Delegated Authority and Submission to OMB
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) is adopting a proposal to extend for three years, with revision, the Consolidated Holding Company Report of Equity Investments in Nonfinancial Companies and the Annual Report of Merchant Banking Investments Held for an Extended Period (FR Y-12 and FR Y-12A; OMB No. 7100-0300). The revisions to the FR Y-12 are applicable as of the March 31, 2019, reporting date, and the revisions to the FR Y-12A are applicable as of the December 31, 2019, reporting date.
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
Pursuant to the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974, notice is given that the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) proposes to establish a new system of records entitled, BGFRS- 41 ``FRBEthics Program Records.''
Enhanced Disclosure of the Models Used in the Federal Reserve's Supervisory Stress Test
The Board is finalizing an enhanced disclosure of the models used in the Federal Reserve's supervisory stress test conducted under the Board's Regulation YY pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the Board's capital plan rule.
Amendments to Policy Statement on the Scenario Design Framework for Stress Testing
The Board is adopting amendments to its policy statement on the scenario design framework for stress testing. As revised, the policy statement clarifies that the Board may adopt a change in the unemployment rate in the severely adverse scenario of less than 4 percentage points under certain economic conditions and institutes a guide that limits procyclicality in the stress test for the change in the house price index in the severely adverse scenario.
Stress Testing Policy Statement
The Board is adopting a final policy statement on the approach to supervisory stress testing conducted under the Board's stress testing rules and the Board's capital plan rule.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Announcement of Board Approval Under Delegated Authority and Submission to OMB
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) is adopting a proposal to extend for three years, without revision, the Recordkeeping Provisions Associated with the Guidance on Sound Incentive Compensation Policies (FR 4027; OMB No. 7100-0327).
Agency Information Collection Activities: Announcement of Board Approval Under Delegated Authority and Submission to OMB
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) is adopting a proposal to extend for three years, without revision, the Domestic Branch Notification (FR 4001; OMB No. 7100-0097).
Notice, Extension of Comment Period; Standardized Approach for Calculating the Exposure Amount of Derivatives Contracts
On December 17, 2018, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) (collectively, the agencies) published in the Federal Register a proposal to amend the agencies' capital rule to implement the Standardized Approach for Calculating the Exposure Amount of Derivatives Contracts. The agencies have determined that an extension of the comment period until March 18, 2019, is appropriate.
Regulations LL and YY; Amendments to the Company-Run and Supervisory Stress Test Rules; Correction
This document corrects the end of the comment period for a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) published in the Federal Register of February 14, 2019, that would modify company-run stress testing requirements to conform to section 401 of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (EGRRCPA).
Loans in Areas Having Special Flood Hazards
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the Farm Credit Administration (FCA), and the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) are amending their regulations regarding loans in areas having special flood hazards to implement the private flood insurance provisions of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 (Biggert-Waters Act). Specifically, the final rule requires regulated lending institutions to accept policies that meet the statutory definition of ``private flood insurance'' in the Biggert-Waters Act; and permits regulated lending institutions to exercise their discretion to accept flood insurance policies issued by private insurers and plans providing flood coverage issued by mutual aid societies that do not meet the statutory definition of ``private flood insurance,'' subject to certain restrictions.
Large Financial Institution Rating System; Regulations K and LL; Correction
On November 21, 2018, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) published a final rule in the Federal Register regarding the Large Financial Institution Rating System. That document included two typographical errors in ``Appendix AText of Large Financial Institution Rating System'' relating to the description of the conditionally meets expectation rating. This document corrects those typographical errors.
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