80_FR_72136 80 FR 71915 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Revision of an Approved Information Collection; Comment Request; Company-Run Annual Stress Test Reporting Template and Documentation for Covered Institutions With Total Consolidated Assets of $50 Billion or More Under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act

80 FR 71915 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Revision of an Approved Information Collection; Comment Request; Company-Run Annual Stress Test Reporting Template and Documentation for Covered Institutions With Total Consolidated Assets of $50 Billion or More Under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 221 (November 17, 2015)

Page Range71915-71918
FR Document2015-29211

The OCC, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on a revision to this information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a respondent is not required to respond to, an information collection unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. Currently, the OCC is soliciting comment concerning a revision to a regulatory reporting requirement for national banks and federal savings associations titled, ``Company-Run Annual Stress Test Reporting Template and Documentation for Covered Institutions with Total Consolidated Assets of $50 Billion or More under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.''

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency


Agency Information Collection Activities: Revision of an Approved 
Information Collection; Comment Request; Company-Run Annual Stress Test 
Reporting Template and Documentation for Covered Institutions With 
Total Consolidated Assets of $50 Billion or More Under the Dodd-Frank 
Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act

AGENCY: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Treasury (OCC).

ACTION:  Notice and request for comment.

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SUMMARY:  The OCC, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork 
and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal 
agencies to comment on a revision to this information collection, as 
required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. An agency may not 
conduct or sponsor, and a respondent is not required to respond to, an 
information collection unless it displays a currently valid Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) control number. Currently, the OCC is 
soliciting comment concerning a revision to a regulatory reporting 
requirement for national banks and federal savings associations titled, 
``Company-Run Annual Stress Test Reporting Template and Documentation 
for Covered Institutions with Total Consolidated Assets of $50 Billion 
or More under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection 
Act.''

DATES: Comments must be received by January 19, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Because paper mail in the Washington, DC area and at the OCC 
is subject to delay, commenters are encouraged to submit comments by 
email, if possible. Comments may be sent to: Legislative and Regulatory 
Activities Division, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, 
Attention: 1557-0311, 400 7th Street SW., Suite 3E-218, Mail Stop 9W-
11, Washington, DC 20219. In addition, comments may be sent by fax to 
(571) 465-4326 or by electronic mail to prainfo@occ.treas.gov. You may 
personally inspect and photocopy comments at the OCC, 400 7th Street 
SW., Washington, DC 20219. For security reasons, the OCC requires that 
visitors make an appointment to inspect comments. You may do so by 
calling (202) 649-6700 or, for persons who are deaf or hard of hearing, 
TTY, (202) 649-5597. Upon arrival, visitors will be required to present 
valid government-issued photo identification and submit to security 
screening in order to inspect and photocopy comments.
    All comments received, including attachments and other supporting 
materials, are part of the public record and subject to public 
disclosure. Do not include any information in your comment or 
supporting materials that you consider confidential or inappropriate 
for public disclosure.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shaquita Merritt or Mary H. Gottlieb, 
OCC Clearance Officers, (202) 649-5490 or, for persons who are deaf or 
hard of hearing, TTY, (202) 649-5597, Legislative and Regulatory 
Activities Division, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, 400 7th 
St. SW., Washington, DC 20219. In addition, copies of the templates 
referenced in this notice can be found on the OCC's Web site under News 
and Issuances (http://www.occ.treas.gov/tools-forms/forms/bank-operations/stress-test-reporting.html).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The OCC is requesting comment on the 
following revision to an approved information collection:
    Title: Company-Run Annual Stress Test Reporting Template and 
Documentation for Covered Institutions with Total Consolidated Assets 
of $50 Billion or More under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and 
Consumer Protection Act.
    OMB Control No.: 1557-0311.
    Description: Section 165(i)(2) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform 
and Consumer Protection Act \1\ (Dodd-Frank Act) requires certain 
financial companies, including national banks and federal savings 
associations, to conduct annual stress tests \2\ and requires the 
primary financial regulatory agency \3\ of those financial companies to 
issue regulations implementing the stress test requirements.\4\ A 
national bank or Federal savings association is a ``covered 
institution'' and therefore subject to the stress test requirements if 
its total consolidated assets are more than $10 billion. Under section 
165(i)(2), a covered institution is required to submit to the Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) and to its primary 
financial regulatory agency a report at such time, in such form, and 
containing such information as the primary financial regulatory agency 
may require.\5\ On October 9, 2012, the OCC published in the Federal 
Register a final rule implementing the section 165(i)(2) annual stress 
test requirement.\6\ This rule describes the reports and information 
collections required to meet the reporting requirements under section 
165(i)(2). These information collections will be given confidential 
treatment (5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4)).
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    \1\ Public Law 111-203, 124 Stat. 1376, July 2010.
    \2\ 12 U.S.C. 5365(i)(2)(A).
    \3\ 12 U.S.C. 5301(12).
    \4\ 12 U.S.C. 5365(i)(2)(C).
    \5\ 12 U.S.C. 5365(i)(2)(B).
    \6\ 77 FR 61238 (October 9, 2012) (codified at 12 CFR 46).
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    In 2012, the OCC first implemented the reporting templates 
referenced in the final rule. See 77 FR 49485 (August 16, 2012) and 77 
FR 66663 (November 6, 2012). The OCC is now revising them as described 
below.
    The OCC intends to use the data collected to assess the 
reasonableness of the stress test results of covered institutions and 
to provide forward-looking information to the OCC regarding a covered 
institution's capital adequacy. The OCC also may use the results of the 
stress tests to determine whether additional analytical techniques and 
exercises could be appropriate to identify, measure, and monitor risks 
at the covered institution. The stress test results are expected to 
support ongoing improvement in a covered institution's stress testing 
practices with respect to its internal assessments of capital adequacy 
and overall capital planning.
    The OCC recognizes that many covered institutions with total 
consolidated assets of $50 billion or more are required to submit 
reports using CCAR reporting form FR Y-14A.\7\ The OCC also recognizes 
the Board has a proposal to modify the FR Y-14A out for comment and, to 
the extent practical, the OCC will keep its reporting requirements 
consistent with the Board's FR Y-14A in order to minimize burden on 
covered institutions.\8\ Therefore, the OCC is proposing to revise its 
reporting requirements to remain consistent with the Board's proposed 
FR Y-14A for covered institutions with total consolidated assets of $50 
billion or more. The OCC is also proposing to revise the Scenario 
Schedule, which collects information on scenario variables beyond those 
provided by the OCC. The purpose of this revision is to require further 
clarity on the definitions of the additional scenario variables.
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    \7\ http://www.federalreserve.gov/reportforms.
    \8\ 80 FR 55631 (Sept. 16, 2015).
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Proposed Revisions to Reporting Templates for Institutions With $50 
Billion or More in Assets

    The proposed revisions to the DFAST-14A reporting templates consist 
of the following:
     Bank-specific scenario: Covered institutions would be 
required to submit bank-specific baseline and stress scenarios and 
projections for 2017 and will have the option to do so for 2016;
     Largest counterparty default: For the largest trading 
covered institutions that also submit the Global Market Shock scenario, 
they would be required to assume the default of their largest 
counterparty in the supervisory severely adverse and adverse scenarios 
for 2017 and will have the option to do so for 2016;
     Advanced approaches banks: (1) Delay incorporation of the 
supplemental leverage ratio for one year and (2)

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indefinitely defer the use of the advance approaches for stress testing 
projections;
     Reporting Template and Supporting Documentation Changes: 
Clarifying instructions, adding data items, deleting data items, and 
redefining existing data items. This includes an expansion of the 
information collected in the scenario schedule. The proposed revisions 
also include a shift of the as-of date in accordance with modifications 
to the OCC's stress testing rule.\9\
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    \9\ See 79 FR 71630 (Dec. 3, 2014) (shifting the dates of the 
annual stress testing cycle).
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     These revisions also reflect the implementation of the 
final Basel III regulatory capital rule. On July 9, 2013, the OCC 
approved a joint final rule that will revise and replace the OCC's 
risk-based and leverage capital requirements to be consistent with 
agreements reached by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in 
``Basel III: A Global Regulatory Framework for More Resilient Banks and 
Banking Systems'' (Basel III).\10\ Accordingly, the proposed revisions 
would reflect the fact that institutions will no longer report items 
based on the pre-Basel III capital rules.
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    \10\ http://www.occ.gov/news-issuances/news-releases/2013/nr-occ-2013-110.html.
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Bank-Specific Scenarios

    Covered institutions would be required to submit bank-specific 
baseline and bank-specific stress scenarios and associated projections 
for the 2017 annual stress testing submission and may do so optionally 
for the 2016 annual stress testing submission. While supervisory 
scenarios provide a homogeneous scenario and a consistent market-wide 
view of the condition of the banking sector, these prescribed scenarios 
may not fully capture all of the risks that may be associated with a 
particular institution. The proposed revisions would require covered 
institutions to provide bank-specific baseline and bank-specific stress 
scenarios.
    The OCC recognizes that the Board requires bank holding companies 
(BHCs) to submit BHC-specific baseline and stress scenarios and 
projections. Where OCC-covered institutions also submit BHC-specific 
scenarios, the OCC would require that bank-specific scenarios would be 
consistent with the BHC-specific scenarios.

Largest Counterparty Default

    Covered institutions that currently complete the Global Market 
Shock would also be required to complete the Largest Counterparty 
Default component for the 2017 submission and have the option to do so 
for the 2016 submission. This is currently required by the Board, and 
the OCC would adopt a similar requirement to enhance consistency and 
reduce regulatory burden.

Supplemental Leverage Ratio

    The supplementary leverage ratio requirement applies only to 
covered institutions that use the advanced approaches to calculate 
their minimum regulatory capital requirements. For these covered 
institutions, the proposal would delay the incorporation of the 
supplementary leverage ratio in stress testing projections for one 
year. Under the proposal, these covered institutions would not be 
required to include an estimate of the supplementary leverage ratio for 
the stress test cycle beginning on January 1, 2016. The OCC understands 
that the Board is proposing a similar requirement, and the OCC would 
adopt a similar requirement to enhance consistency and reduce 
regulatory burden.

Advanced Approaches

    Covered institutions have noted that the use of advanced approaches 
in stress test rules would require significant resources and would 
introduce complexity and opacity. In light of the concerns raised by 
these covered institutions, and pending a review of how the stress test 
rules interact with the regulatory capital rules as described above, 
the proposal would delay until further notice the use of the advanced 
approaches for calculating risk-based capital requirements for purposes 
of the capital plan and stress test rule.

Other Reporting Template and Instruction Changes

    The proposed revisions to the DFAST-14A consist of clarifying 
instructions, adding and removing schedules, adding, deleting, and 
modifying existing data items, and altering the as-of dates. These 
proposed changes would (1) increase consistency between the DFAST-14A 
with the FR Y-14A, Call Report, FFIEC 101, and FFIEC 102; (2) remove 
the requirement to calculate tier 1 common capital and the tier 1 
common ratio; (3) shift the as-of dates by one quarter in accordance 
with the modifications to the stress test rules; (4) modify and expand 
the supporting documentation requirements; and (5) increase the 
historical information collected in the scenario schedule in order to 
facilitate comparisons of the data. Furthermore, the OCC understands 
that the Board is currently collecting information for the Summary 
Schedule via XML scheme technology, and the OCC would use a similar 
format to enhance consistency and reduce regulatory burden. Technical 
details on these forms will be provided separately.

Schedule A (Summary)--A.1.c.1 (General RWA)

    This schedule would be removed in accordance with the proposed 
revisions to eliminate use of the tier 1 common ratio, effective for 
the 2016 DFAST submission. However, in order to mitigate operational 
issues and allow for appropriate time to adjust internal systems to 
accommodate changes this schedule would remain part of the technical 
XML instructions for the 2016 DFAST submission.

Schedule A (Summary)--Revisions to Schedule A.1.c.2 (Standardized RWA)

    This schedule would be modified to increase consistency with the 
FFIEC 102. Specifically, the items of the existing market risk-weighted 
asset portion would be replaced with the appropriate items from the 
FFIEC 102. These changes would be effective for the 2017 DFAST 
submission.

Schedule A (Summary)--Revisions to Schedule A.1.d (Capital)

    The OCC proposes removing certain items related to tier 1 common 
capital, effective for the 2016 DFAST submission. However, in order to 
mitigate operational issues and allow for appropriate time to adjust 
internal systems to accommodate changes, this schedule would remain 
part of the technical XML instructions for the DFAST 2016 submission. 
Additionally, effective for the 2016 DFAST submission, the OCC proposes 
adding one item that captures the aggregate non-significant investments 
in the capital of unconsolidated financial institutions in the form of 
common stock and breaking out two items related to deferred tax assets 
into the amount before valuation allowances and the associated 
valuation allowance. The additional information from these changes 
would result in two existing items converting to derived items based on 
the additional information.

Schedule A (Summary)--Revisions to Schedule A.2.b (Retail Repurchase)

    This schedule would be removed to reduce reporting burden, 
effective for the 2017 DFAST submission.

Schedule A (Summary)--Deletion of Schedule A.2.c (ASC 310-30)

    This schedule would be removed to reduce reporting burden, 
effective for the 2017 DFAST submission.

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Schedule A (Summary)--Revisions to Schedule A.7.c (PPNR Metrics)

    In order to fully align the schedule with the stress scenarios, the 
beta information would be collected according to the scenario instead 
of the current ``normal environment'' requirement, effective for the 
2016 DFAST submission.

Counterparty Credit Risk Schedule

    This schedule would be removed to reduce reporting burden effective 
for the 2016 DFAST submission. Aggregate counterparty credit risk 
information will continue to be obtained through the Summary Schedule 
(Schedule A).

Scenario Schedule

    Information about additional scenarios that are used by covered 
institutions is currently submitted in a format with limited structure, 
which makes it difficult for the OCC to evaluate. As such, the OCC 
would require that covered institutions provide three more historical 
quarters in addition to the currently required most recent historical 
quarter of actual data values for each additional variable submitted. 
The OCC would also provide additional instructions on variable naming 
conventions and other appropriate standardizations in order to 
facilitate more streamlined electronic processing of the data.
    Type of Review: Revision.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 23.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 16,466 hours.
    The OCC believes that the systems covered institutions use to 
prepare the FR Y-14 reporting templates to submit to the Board will 
also be used to prepare the reporting templates described in this 
notice. Comments submitted in response to this notice will be 
summarized and included in the request for OMB approval. All comments 
will become a matter of public record. Comments are invited on:
    (a) Whether the collection of information is necessary for the 
proper performance of the functions of the OCC, including whether the 
information has practical utility;
    (b) The accuracy of the OCC's estimate of the burden of the 
collection of information;
    (c) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected;
    (d) Ways to minimize the burden of the collection on respondents, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology; and
    (e) Estimates of capital or start-up costs and costs of operation, 
maintenance, and purchase of services to provide information.

    Dated: November 9, 2015.
Stuart Feldstein,
Director, Legislative and Regulatory Activities Division.
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                                                  SUMMARY:   The OCC, as part of its                      Washington, DC 20219. In addition,                    the stress test results of covered
                                                  continuing effort to reduce paperwork                   copies of the templates referenced in                 institutions and to provide forward-
                                                  and respondent burden, invites the                      this notice can be found on the OCC’s                 looking information to the OCC
                                                  general public and other Federal                        Web site under News and Issuances                     regarding a covered institution’s capital
                                                  agencies to comment on a revision to                    (http://www.occ.treas.gov/tools-forms/                adequacy. The OCC also may use the
                                                  this information collection, as required                forms/bank-operations/stress-test-                    results of the stress tests to determine
                                                  by the Paperwork Reduction Act of                       reporting.html).                                      whether additional analytical
                                                  1995. An agency may not conduct or                      SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The OCC                    techniques and exercises could be
                                                  sponsor, and a respondent is not                        is requesting comment on the following                appropriate to identify, measure, and
                                                  required to respond to, an information                  revision to an approved information                   monitor risks at the covered institution.
                                                  collection unless it displays a currently               collection:                                           The stress test results are expected to
                                                  valid Office of Management and Budget                      Title: Company-Run Annual Stress                   support ongoing improvement in a
                                                  (OMB) control number. Currently, the                    Test Reporting Template and                           covered institution’s stress testing
                                                  OCC is soliciting comment concerning a                  Documentation for Covered Institutions                practices with respect to its internal
                                                  revision to a regulatory reporting                      with Total Consolidated Assets of $50                 assessments of capital adequacy and
                                                  requirement for national banks and                      Billion or More under the Dodd-Frank                  overall capital planning.
                                                  federal savings associations titled,                    Wall Street Reform and Consumer                          The OCC recognizes that many
                                                  ‘‘Company-Run Annual Stress Test                        Protection Act.                                       covered institutions with total
                                                  Reporting Template and Documentation                       OMB Control No.: 1557–0311.                        consolidated assets of $50 billion or
                                                  for Covered Institutions with Total                        Description: Section 165(i)(2) of the              more are required to submit reports
                                                  Consolidated Assets of $50 Billion or                   Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and                     using CCAR reporting form FR Y–14A.7
                                                  More under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street                   Consumer Protection Act 1 (Dodd-Frank                 The OCC also recognizes the Board has
                                                  Reform and Consumer Protection Act.’’                   Act) requires certain financial                       a proposal to modify the FR Y–14A out
                                                  DATES: Comments must be received by                     companies, including national banks                   for comment and, to the extent practical,
                                                  January 19, 2016.                                       and federal savings associations, to                  the OCC will keep its reporting
                                                  ADDRESSES: Because paper mail in the                    conduct annual stress tests 2 and                     requirements consistent with the
                                                  Washington, DC area and at the OCC is                   requires the primary financial regulatory             Board’s FR Y–14A in order to minimize
                                                  subject to delay, commenters are                        agency 3 of those financial companies to              burden on covered institutions.8
                                                  encouraged to submit comments by                        issue regulations implementing the                    Therefore, the OCC is proposing to
                                                  email, if possible. Comments may be                     stress test requirements.4 A national                 revise its reporting requirements to
                                                  sent to: Legislative and Regulatory                     bank or Federal savings association is a              remain consistent with the Board’s
                                                  Activities Division, Office of the                      ‘‘covered institution’’ and therefore                 proposed FR Y–14A for covered
                                                  Comptroller of the Currency, Attention:                 subject to the stress test requirements if            institutions with total consolidated
                                                  1557–0311, 400 7th Street SW., Suite                    its total consolidated assets are more                assets of $50 billion or more. The OCC
                                                  3E–218, Mail Stop 9W–11, Washington,                    than $10 billion. Under section                       is also proposing to revise the Scenario
                                                  DC 20219. In addition, comments may                     165(i)(2), a covered institution is                   Schedule, which collects information on
                                                  be sent by fax to (571) 465–4326 or by                  required to submit to the Board of                    scenario variables beyond those
                                                  electronic mail to prainfo@occ.treas.gov.               Governors of the Federal Reserve                      provided by the OCC. The purpose of
                                                  You may personally inspect and                          System (Board) and to its primary                     this revision is to require further clarity
                                                  photocopy comments at the OCC, 400                      financial regulatory agency a report at               on the definitions of the additional
                                                  7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20219.                   such time, in such form, and containing               scenario variables.
                                                  For security reasons, the OCC requires                  such information as the primary
                                                                                                                                                                Proposed Revisions to Reporting
                                                  that visitors make an appointment to                    financial regulatory agency may
                                                                                                                                                                Templates for Institutions With $50
                                                  inspect comments. You may do so by                      require.5 On October 9, 2012, the OCC
                                                                                                                                                                Billion or More in Assets
                                                  calling (202) 649–6700 or, for persons                  published in the Federal Register a final
                                                  who are deaf or hard of hearing, TTY,                   rule implementing the section 165(i)(2)                 The proposed revisions to the
                                                  (202) 649–5597. Upon arrival, visitors                  annual stress test requirement.6 This                 DFAST–14A reporting templates consist
                                                  will be required to present valid                       rule describes the reports and                        of the following:
                                                  government-issued photo identification                  information collections required to meet                • Bank-specific scenario: Covered
                                                  and submit to security screening in                     the reporting requirements under                      institutions would be required to submit
                                                  order to inspect and photocopy                          section 165(i)(2). These information                  bank-specific baseline and stress
                                                  comments.                                               collections will be given confidential                scenarios and projections for 2017 and
                                                     All comments received, including                     treatment (5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4)).                       will have the option to do so for 2016;
                                                  attachments and other supporting                           In 2012, the OCC first implemented                   • Largest counterparty default: For
                                                  materials, are part of the public record                the reporting templates referenced in                 the largest trading covered institutions
                                                  and subject to public disclosure. Do not                the final rule. See 77 FR 49485 (August               that also submit the Global Market
                                                  include any information in your                         16, 2012) and 77 FR 66663 (November                   Shock scenario, they would be required
                                                  comment or supporting materials that                    6, 2012). The OCC is now revising them                to assume the default of their largest
                                                  you consider confidential or                            as described below.                                   counterparty in the supervisory severely
                                                  inappropriate for public disclosure.                       The OCC intends to use the data                    adverse and adverse scenarios for 2017
                                                                                                          collected to assess the reasonableness of             and will have the option to do so for
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                                                  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                  Shaquita Merritt or Mary H. Gottlieb,                                                                         2016;
                                                                                                                                                                  • Advanced approaches banks: (1)
                                                                                                            1 Public Law 111–203, 124 Stat. 1376, July 2010.
                                                  OCC Clearance Officers, (202) 649–5490                    2 12 U.S.C. 5365(i)(2)(A).
                                                  or, for persons who are deaf or hard of                   3 12 U.S.C. 5301(12).
                                                                                                                                                                Delay incorporation of the supplemental
                                                  hearing, TTY, (202) 649–5597,                             4 12 U.S.C. 5365(i)(2)(C).                          leverage ratio for one year and (2)
                                                  Legislative and Regulatory Activities                     5 12 U.S.C. 5365(i)(2)(B).
                                                  Division, Office of the Comptroller of                    6 77 FR 61238 (October 9, 2012) (codified at 12       7 http://www.federalreserve.gov/reportforms.

                                                  the Currency, 400 7th St. SW.,                          CFR 46).                                                8 80   FR 55631 (Sept. 16, 2015).



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                                                  indefinitely defer the use of the advance               This is currently required by the Board,              and reduce regulatory burden.
                                                  approaches for stress testing projections;              and the OCC would adopt a similar                     Technical details on these forms will be
                                                     • Reporting Template and Supporting                  requirement to enhance consistency and                provided separately.
                                                  Documentation Changes: Clarifying                       reduce regulatory burden.
                                                                                                                                                                Schedule A (Summary)—A.1.c.1
                                                  instructions, adding data items, deleting               Supplemental Leverage Ratio                           (General RWA)
                                                  data items, and redefining existing data
                                                  items. This includes an expansion of the                   The supplementary leverage ratio
                                                                                                                                                                  This schedule would be removed in
                                                  information collected in the scenario                   requirement applies only to covered
                                                                                                                                                                accordance with the proposed revisions
                                                  schedule. The proposed revisions also                   institutions that use the advanced
                                                                                                                                                                to eliminate use of the tier 1 common
                                                  include a shift of the as-of date in                    approaches to calculate their minimum
                                                                                                                                                                ratio, effective for the 2016 DFAST
                                                  accordance with modifications to the                    regulatory capital requirements. For
                                                                                                                                                                submission. However, in order to
                                                  OCC’s stress testing rule.9                             these covered institutions, the proposal
                                                                                                                                                                mitigate operational issues and allow for
                                                     • These revisions also reflect the                   would delay the incorporation of the
                                                                                                                                                                appropriate time to adjust internal
                                                  implementation of the final Basel III                   supplementary leverage ratio in stress
                                                                                                                                                                systems to accommodate changes this
                                                  regulatory capital rule. On July 9, 2013,               testing projections for one year. Under
                                                                                                          the proposal, these covered institutions              schedule would remain part of the
                                                  the OCC approved a joint final rule that                                                                      technical XML instructions for the 2016
                                                  will revise and replace the OCC’s risk-                 would not be required to include an
                                                                                                          estimate of the supplementary leverage                DFAST submission.
                                                  based and leverage capital requirements
                                                  to be consistent with agreements                        ratio for the stress test cycle beginning             Schedule A (Summary)—Revisions to
                                                  reached by the Basel Committee on                       on January 1, 2016. The OCC                           Schedule A.1.c.2 (Standardized RWA)
                                                  Banking Supervision in ‘‘Basel III: A                   understands that the Board is proposing
                                                                                                          a similar requirement, and the OCC                      This schedule would be modified to
                                                  Global Regulatory Framework for More
                                                                                                          would adopt a similar requirement to                  increase consistency with the FFIEC
                                                  Resilient Banks and Banking Systems’’
                                                                                                          enhance consistency and reduce                        102. Specifically, the items of the
                                                  (Basel III).10 Accordingly, the proposed
                                                                                                          regulatory burden.                                    existing market risk-weighted asset
                                                  revisions would reflect the fact that
                                                                                                                                                                portion would be replaced with the
                                                  institutions will no longer report items                Advanced Approaches                                   appropriate items from the FFIEC 102.
                                                  based on the pre-Basel III capital rules.                 Covered institutions have noted that                These changes would be effective for the
                                                  Bank-Specific Scenarios                                 the use of advanced approaches in stress              2017 DFAST submission.
                                                                                                          test rules would require significant
                                                    Covered institutions would be                                                                               Schedule A (Summary)—Revisions to
                                                                                                          resources and would introduce
                                                  required to submit bank-specific                                                                              Schedule A.1.d (Capital)
                                                                                                          complexity and opacity. In light of the
                                                  baseline and bank-specific stress
                                                                                                          concerns raised by these covered                         The OCC proposes removing certain
                                                  scenarios and associated projections for
                                                                                                          institutions, and pending a review of                 items related to tier 1 common capital,
                                                  the 2017 annual stress testing
                                                                                                          how the stress test rules interact with               effective for the 2016 DFAST
                                                  submission and may do so optionally
                                                                                                          the regulatory capital rules as described             submission. However, in order to
                                                  for the 2016 annual stress testing
                                                                                                          above, the proposal would delay until                 mitigate operational issues and allow for
                                                  submission. While supervisory
                                                                                                          further notice the use of the advanced                appropriate time to adjust internal
                                                  scenarios provide a homogeneous
                                                                                                          approaches for calculating risk-based                 systems to accommodate changes, this
                                                  scenario and a consistent market-wide
                                                                                                          capital requirements for purposes of the              schedule would remain part of the
                                                  view of the condition of the banking
                                                                                                          capital plan and stress test rule.                    technical XML instructions for the
                                                  sector, these prescribed scenarios may
                                                  not fully capture all of the risks that                 Other Reporting Template and                          DFAST 2016 submission. Additionally,
                                                  may be associated with a particular                     Instruction Changes                                   effective for the 2016 DFAST
                                                  institution. The proposed revisions                                                                           submission, the OCC proposes adding
                                                                                                             The proposed revisions to the
                                                  would require covered institutions to                                                                         one item that captures the aggregate
                                                                                                          DFAST–14A consist of clarifying
                                                  provide bank-specific baseline and                                                                            non-significant investments in the
                                                                                                          instructions, adding and removing
                                                  bank-specific stress scenarios.                                                                               capital of unconsolidated financial
                                                                                                          schedules, adding, deleting, and
                                                    The OCC recognizes that the Board                                                                           institutions in the form of common
                                                                                                          modifying existing data items, and
                                                  requires bank holding companies                                                                               stock and breaking out two items related
                                                                                                          altering the as-of dates. These proposed
                                                  (BHCs) to submit BHC-specific baseline                                                                        to deferred tax assets into the amount
                                                                                                          changes would (1) increase consistency
                                                  and stress scenarios and projections.                                                                         before valuation allowances and the
                                                                                                          between the DFAST–14A with the FR
                                                  Where OCC-covered institutions also                                                                           associated valuation allowance. The
                                                                                                          Y–14A, Call Report, FFIEC 101, and
                                                  submit BHC-specific scenarios, the OCC                                                                        additional information from these
                                                                                                          FFIEC 102; (2) remove the requirement
                                                  would require that bank-specific                                                                              changes would result in two existing
                                                                                                          to calculate tier 1 common capital and
                                                  scenarios would be consistent with the                                                                        items converting to derived items based
                                                                                                          the tier 1 common ratio; (3) shift the as-
                                                  BHC-specific scenarios.                                                                                       on the additional information.
                                                                                                          of dates by one quarter in accordance
                                                  Largest Counterparty Default                            with the modifications to the stress test             Schedule A (Summary)—Revisions to
                                                                                                          rules; (4) modify and expand the                      Schedule A.2.b (Retail Repurchase)
                                                    Covered institutions that currently                   supporting documentation
                                                  complete the Global Market Shock                        requirements; and (5) increase the                      This schedule would be removed to
                                                  would also be required to complete the                                                                        reduce reporting burden, effective for
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                                                                                                          historical information collected in the
                                                  Largest Counterparty Default component                  scenario schedule in order to facilitate              the 2017 DFAST submission.
                                                  for the 2017 submission and have the                    comparisons of the data. Furthermore,
                                                  option to do so for the 2016 submission.                                                                      Schedule A (Summary)—Deletion of
                                                                                                          the OCC understands that the Board is                 Schedule A.2.c (ASC 310–30)
                                                    9 See 79 FR 71630 (Dec. 3, 2014) (shifting the
                                                                                                          currently collecting information for the
                                                  dates of the annual stress testing cycle).              Summary Schedule via XML scheme                         This schedule would be removed to
                                                    10 http://www.occ.gov/news-issuances/news-            technology, and the OCC would use a                   reduce reporting burden, effective for
                                                  releases/2013/nr-occ-2013-110.html.                     similar format to enhance consistency                 the 2017 DFAST submission.


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                                                  Schedule A (Summary)—Revisions to                       techniques or other forms of information              DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
                                                  Schedule A.7.c (PPNR Metrics)                           technology; and
                                                                                                                                                                Office of Foreign Assets Control
                                                    In order to fully align the schedule                    (e) Estimates of capital or start-up
                                                  with the stress scenarios, the beta                     costs and costs of operation,                         Additional Designations, Foreign
                                                  information would be collected                          maintenance, and purchase of services                 Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act
                                                  according to the scenario instead of the                to provide information.
                                                  current ‘‘normal environment’’                                                                                AGENCY:  Office of Foreign Assets
                                                                                                            Dated: November 9, 2015.                            Control, Treasury.
                                                  requirement, effective for the 2016
                                                  DFAST submission.                                       Stuart Feldstein,                                     ACTION: Notice.
                                                                                                          Director, Legislative and Regulatory Activities
                                                  Counterparty Credit Risk Schedule                       Division.                                             SUMMARY:   The U.S. Department of the
                                                    This schedule would be removed to                     [FR Doc. 2015–29211 Filed 11–16–15; 8:45 am]          Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets
                                                  reduce reporting burden effective for the               BILLING CODE 4810–33–P
                                                                                                                                                                Control (OFAC) is publishing the names
                                                  2016 DFAST submission. Aggregate                                                                              of two individuals and two entities
                                                  counterparty credit risk information will                                                                     whose property and interests in
                                                  continue to be obtained through the                     DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY                            property have been blocked pursuant to
                                                  Summary Schedule (Schedule A).                                                                                the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin
                                                                                                          Fiscal Service                                        Designation Act (Kingpin Act) (21
                                                  Scenario Schedule                                                                                             U.S.C. 1901–1908, 8 U.S.C. 1182).
                                                    Information about additional                          Surety Companies Acceptable on                        DATES: The designation by the Acting
                                                  scenarios that are used by covered                      Federal Bonds: Change In Business                     Director of OFAC of the two individuals
                                                  institutions is currently submitted in a                Address Colonial Surety Company                       and two entities identified in this notice
                                                  format with limited structure, which                                                                          pursuant to section 805(b) of the
                                                  makes it difficult for the OCC to                       AGENCY:  Bureau of the Fiscal Service,                Kingpin Act is effective on November
                                                  evaluate. As such, the OCC would                        Fiscal Service, Department of the                     10, 2015.
                                                  require that covered institutions provide               Treasury.                                             FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                  three more historical quarters in                                                                             Assistant Director, Sanctions
                                                                                                          ACTION:   Notice.
                                                  addition to the currently required most                                                                       Compliance & Evaluation, Office of
                                                  recent historical quarter of actual data                                                                      Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department
                                                  values for each additional variable                     SUMMARY:  This is Supplement No. 4 to
                                                                                                                                                                of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20220,
                                                  submitted. The OCC would also provide                   the Treasury Department Circular 570,
                                                                                                                                                                Tel: (202) 622–2490.
                                                  additional instructions on variable                     2015 Revision, published July 1, 2015,
                                                                                                                                                                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                  naming conventions and other                            at 80 FR 37735.
                                                  appropriate standardizations in order to                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                                                                                                                                Electronic and Facsimile Availability
                                                  facilitate more streamlined electronic                  Surety Bond Branch at (202) 874–6850.                   This document and additional
                                                  processing of the data.                                                                                       information concerning OFAC are
                                                    Type of Review: Revision.                             SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:       Notice is            available on OFAC’s Web site at http://
                                                    Affected Public: Businesses or other                  hereby given by the Treasury that                     www.treasury.gov/ofac or via facsimile
                                                  for-profit.                                             COLONIAL SURETY COMPANY                               through a 24-hour fax-on-demand
                                                    Estimated Number of Respondents:                      formally changed its ‘‘BUSINESS                       service at (202) 622–0077.
                                                  23.                                                     ADDRESS’’ to: 123 Tice Boulevard,
                                                    Estimated Total Annual Burden:                        Suite 250, Woodcliff Lake, NJ 07677.                  Background
                                                  16,466 hours.                                              Federal bond-approving officers                       The Kingpin Act became law on
                                                    The OCC believes that the systems                     should annotate their reference copies                December 3, 1999. The Kingpin Act
                                                  covered institutions use to prepare the                 of the Treasury Department Circular 570               establishes a program targeting the
                                                  FR Y–14 reporting templates to submit                                                                         activities of significant foreign narcotics
                                                                                                          (‘‘Circular’’), 2015 revision, to reflect
                                                  to the Board will also be used to prepare                                                                     traffickers and their organizations on a
                                                                                                          this change.
                                                  the reporting templates described in this                                                                     worldwide basis. It provides a statutory
                                                  notice. Comments submitted in                              The Circular may be viewed and                     framework for the imposition of
                                                  response to this notice will be                         downloaded through the Internet at                    sanctions against significant foreign
                                                  summarized and included in the request                  www.fiscal.treasury.gov/fsreports/ref/                narcotics traffickers and their
                                                  for OMB approval. All comments will                     suretyBnd/surety_home.htm.                            organizations on a worldwide basis,
                                                  become a matter of public record.                          Questions concerning this notice may               with the objective of denying their
                                                  Comments are invited on:                                be directed to the U.S. Department of                 businesses and agents access to the U.S.
                                                    (a) Whether the collection of                         the Treasury, Financial Management                    financial system and the benefits of
                                                  information is necessary for the proper                 Service, Funds Management Division,                   trade and transactions involving U.S.
                                                  performance of the functions of the                                                                           companies and individuals.
                                                                                                          Surety Bond Branch, 3700 East-West
                                                  OCC, including whether the information                                                                           The Kingpin Act blocks all property
                                                                                                          Highway, Room 6D22, Hyattsville, MD
                                                  has practical utility;                                                                                        and interests in property, subject to U.S.
                                                                                                          20782.
                                                    (b) The accuracy of the OCC’s                                                                               jurisdiction, owned or controlled by
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                                                  estimate of the burden of the collection                  Dated: November 2, 2015.                            significant foreign narcotics traffickers
                                                  of information;                                         Kevin McIntyre,                                       as identified by the President. In
                                                    (c) Ways to enhance the quality,                      Manager, Financial Accounting and Services            addition, the Secretary of the Treasury,
                                                  utility, and clarity of the information to              Branch.                                               in consultation with the Attorney
                                                  be collected;                                           [FR Doc. 2015–29299 Filed 11–16–15; 8:45 am]          General, the Director of the Central
                                                    (d) Ways to minimize the burden of                                                                          Intelligence Agency, the Director of the
                                                                                                          BILLING CODE 4810–AS–P
                                                  the collection on respondents, including                                                                      Federal Bureau of Investigation, the
                                                  through the use of automated collection                                                                       Administrator of the Drug Enforcement


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Document Created: 2015-12-14 14:00:29
Document Modified: 2015-12-14 14:00:29
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice and request for comment.
DatesComments must be received by January 19, 2016.
ContactShaquita Merritt or Mary H. Gottlieb, OCC Clearance Officers, (202) 649-5490 or, for persons who are deaf or hard of hearing, TTY, (202) 649-5597, Legislative and Regulatory Activities Division, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, 400 7th St. SW., Washington, DC 20219. In addition, copies of the templates referenced in this notice can be found on the OCC's Web site under News and Issuances (http://www.occ.treas.gov/tools-forms/forms/bank- operations/stress-test-reporting.html).
FR Citation80 FR 71915 

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