Agency Information Collection Activities: Announcement of Board Approval Under Delegated Authority and Submission to OMB

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Federal RegisterOct 29, 2024
89 Fed. Reg. 85974 (Oct. 29, 2024)
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    Federal Reserve System

    AGENCY:

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

    SUMMARY:

    The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) is adopting a proposal to extend for three years, without revision, the Recordkeeping and Disclosure Requirements Associated with Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's (CFPB's) Regulation B (FR B; OMB No. 7100-0201).

    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

    Federal Reserve Board Clearance Officer—Nuha Elmaghrabi—Office of the Chief Data Officer, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, nuha.elmaghrabi@frb.gov, (202) 452-3884.

    Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Desk Officer for the Federal Reserve Board, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503, or by fax to (202) 395-6974.

    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    On June 15, 1984, OMB delegated to the Board authority under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) to approve and assign OMB control numbers to collections of information conducted or sponsored by the Board. Board-approved collections of information are incorporated into the official OMB inventory of currently approved collections of information. The OMB inventory, as well as copies of the PRA Submission, supporting statements (which contain more detailed information about the information collections and burden estimates than this notice), and approved collection of information instrument(s) are available at https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. These documents are also available on the Federal Reserve Board's public website at https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/reportingforms/home/review or may be requested from the agency clearance officer, whose name appears above. On the page displayed at the link above, you can find the supporting information by referencing the collection identifier, FR B.

    Final Approval Under OMB Delegated Authority of the Extension for Three Years, Without Revision, of the Following Information Collection

    Collection title: Recordkeeping and Disclosure Requirements Associated with CFPB's Regulation B.

    Collection identifier: FR B.

    OMB control number: 7100-0201.

    General description of collection: The Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) was enacted in 1974 and is implemented by the CFPB's Regulation B. The ECOA prohibits discrimination in any aspect of a credit transaction because of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, age, receipt of public assistance, or the fact that the applicant has in good faith exercised any right under the Consumer Credit Protection Act. To aid in implementation of this prohibition, the statute and Regulation B subject creditors to various mandatory disclosure requirements, notification provisions informing applicants of action taken on credit applications, provision of appraisal reports in connection with mortgages, credit history reporting, monitoring rules, and recordkeeping requirements. The FR B is the Board's information collection associated with the CFPB's Regulation B for institutions the Board supervises.

    Frequency: Event generated and annually.

    Respondents: Except those that are supervised by the CFPB: state member banks, their subsidiaries, subsidiaries of bank holding companies, subsidiaries of savings and loan holding companies, U.S. branches and agencies of foreign banks (other than federal branches, federal agencies, and insured state branches of foreign banks), commercial lending companies owned or controlled by foreign banks, and organizations operating under section 25 or 25A of the Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 601-604a; 611-631).

    Total estimated number of respondents: 841.

    Total estimated annual burden hours: 81,346.

    Current actions: On July 1, 2024, the Board published a notice in the Federal Register (89 FR 54463) requesting public comment for 60 days on the extension, without revision, of the FR B. The comment period for this notice expired on August 30, 2024. The Board did not receive any comments.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, October 23, 2024.

    Benjamin W. McDonough,

    Deputy Secretary and Ombuds of the Board.

    [FR Doc. 2024-25044 Filed 10-28-24; 8:45 am]

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