Office of the Comptroller of the Currency October 2024 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The OCC, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites comment on a continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). In accordance with the requirements of the PRA, the OCC may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, an information collection unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. The OCC is soliciting comment concerning the renewal of its information collection titled, "International RegulationPart 28." The OCC also is giving notice that it has sent the collection to OMB for review.

The OCC published a document in the Federal Register of October 21, 2024, concerning request for comments as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). The document contained an incorrect estimated number of respondents.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is amending its enforceable recovery planning guidelines to apply them to insured national banks, insured Federal savings associations, and insured Federal branches of foreign banks with average total consolidated assets of $100 billion or more; incorporate a testing standard; and clarify the role of non-financial (including operational and strategic) risk in recovery planning.

The OCC, the Board, and the CFPB are finalizing amendments to the official interpretations for their regulations that implement section 129H of the Truth in Lending Act (TILA). Section 129H of TILA establishes special appraisal requirements for "higher-risk mortgages," termed "higher-priced mortgage loans" or "HPMLs" in the agencies' regulations. A December 2013 rulemaking exempted transactions of $25,000 or less and required that this loan amount be adjusted annually based on any annual percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI- W). Based on the CPI-W in effect as of June 1, 2024, the exemption threshold will increase from $32,400 to $33,500, effective January 1, 2025.

In accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the OCC, the Board, and the FDIC (collectively, the "agencies") may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, an information collection unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. On January 19, 2024, the agencies under the auspices of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC), requested public comment for 60 days on a proposal to revise and extend the Foreign Branch Report of Condition (FFIEC 030) and the Abbreviated Foreign Branch Report of Condition (FFIEC 030S), which are currently approved collections of information. These proposed revisions would incorporate line items from the FR 2502q, Quarterly Report of Assets and Liabilities of Large Foreign Offices of U.S. Banks (OMB Control No. 7100-0079) into the FFIEC 030. There are no proposed revisions to the FFIEC 030S. As described in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section, the agencies are proceeding with the proposed revisions, but with certain modifications. In addition, the agencies will make clarifying revisions to the instructions in response to a comment received. The agencies are giving notice that they are sending the collections to OMB for review.

The OCC announces a meeting of the Mutual Savings Association Advisory Committee (MSAAC).