Thrift Supervision Office March 2009 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents
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Prohibited Service at Savings and Loan Holding Companies Extension of Expiration Date of Temporary Exemption
OTS is revising its rules implementing section 19(e) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIA), which prohibits any person who has been convicted of any criminal offense involving dishonesty, breach of trust, or money laundering (or who has agreed to enter into a pretrial diversion or similar program in connection with a prosecution for such an offense) from holding certain positions with respect to a savings and loan holding company (SLHC). Specifically, OTS is extending the expiration date of a temporary exemption granted to persons who held positions with respect to a SLHC as of the date of the enactment of section 19(e). The revised expiration date for the temporary exemption is September 30, 2009.
Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request-Release of Non-Public Information
The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed and continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3507. The Office of Thrift Supervision within the Department of the Treasury will submit the proposed information collection requirement described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. Today, OTS is soliciting public comments on its proposal to extend this information collection.
Confidentiality of Suspicious Activity Reports
The OTS is proposing to amend its regulations implementing the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) governing the confidentiality of a Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) to: clarify the scope of the statutory prohibition on the disclosure by a financial institution of a report of a suspicious transaction, as it applies to savings associations and service corporations; address the statutory prohibition on the disclosure by the government of a report of a suspicious transaction, as that prohibition applies to the OTS's standards governing the disclosure of SARs; clarify the exclusive standard applicable to the disclosure of a SAR, or any information that would reveal the existence of a SAR, by the OTS is ``to fulfill official duties consistent with the purposes of the BSA''; and modify the safe harbor provision in its rules to include changes made by the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act. These amendments are based upon a similar proposal being contemporaneously issued by the Office of Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN).
Standards Governing the Release of a Suspicious Activity Report
The Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) is proposing to revise its regulations governing the release of unpublished OTS information. The primary change being proposed would clarify that the OTS's decision to release a Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) will be governed by the standards set forth in proposed amendments to the OTS's SAR regulation that are part of a separate, but simultaneous, rulemaking.
Open Meeting of the OTS Minority Depository Institutions Advisory Committee
The OTS Minority Depository Institutions Advisory Committee (MDIAC) will convene its first meeting on Wednesday, March 25, 2009, in Conference Room 6A of the Office of Thrift Supervision, 1700 G Street, NW., Washington, DC, beginning at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time. The meeting will be open to the public.
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