81 FR 37462 - Semiannual Regulatory Flexibility Agenda
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 111 (June 9, 2016)
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 111 (June 9, 2016)
| Page Range | 37462-37463 | |
| FR Document | 2016-12934 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 111 (Thursday, June 9, 2016)] [Unknown Section] [Pages 37462-37463] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-12934] [[Page 37461]] Vol. 81 Thursday, No. 111 June 9, 2016 Part XXVI Federal Reserve System ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Semiannual Regulatory Agenda Federal Register / Vol. 81 , No. 111 / Thursday, June 9, 2016 / Unified Agenda [[Page 37462]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 12 CFR Ch. II Semiannual Regulatory Flexibility Agenda AGENCY: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Board is issuing this agenda under the Regulatory Flexibility Act and the Board's Statement of Policy Regarding Expanded Rulemaking Procedures. The Board anticipates having under consideration regulatory matters as indicated below during the period May 1, 2016 through October 31, 2016. The next agenda will be published in fall 2016. DATES: Comments about the form or content of the agenda may be submitted any time during the next 6 months. ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to Robert deV. Frierson, Secretary of the Board, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, DC 20551. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A staff contact for each item is indicated with the regulatory description below. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board is publishing its spring 2016 agenda as part of the Spring 2016 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions, which is coordinated by the Office of Management and Budget under Executive Order 12866. The agenda also identifies rules the Board has selected for review under section 610(c) of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, and public comment is invited on those entries. The complete Unified Agenda will be available to the public at the following Web site: www.reginfo.gov. Participation by the Board in the Unified Agenda is on a voluntary basis. The Board's agenda is divided into four sections. The first, Pre- rule Stage, reports on matters the Board is considering for future rulemaking. The second section, Proposed Rule Stage, reports on matters the Board may consider for public comment during the next 6 months. The third section, Final Rule Stage, reports on matters that have been proposed and are under Board consideration. And a fourth section, Completed Actions, reports on regulatory matters the Board has completed or is not expected to consider further. A dot () preceding an entry indicates a new matter that was not a part of the Board's previous agenda and which the Board has not completed. Margaret McCloskey Shanks, Deputy Secretary of the Board. Federal Reserve System--Proposed Rule Stage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulation Sequence No. Title Identifier No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 403....................... Regulation CC-- 7100-AD68 Availability of Funds and Collection of Checks (Docket No.: R-1409). 404....................... Regulation LL--Savings and 7100-AD80 Loan Holding Companies and Regulation MM--Mutual Holding Companies (Docket No.: R-1429). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM (FRS) Proposed Rule Stage 403. Regulation CC--Availability of Funds and Collection of Checks (Docket No.: R-1409) Legal Authority: 12 U.S.C. 4001 to 4010; 12 U.S.C. 5001 to 5018 Abstract: The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the Board) proposed amendments to Regulation CC to facilitate the banking industry's ongoing transition to fully electronic interbank check collection and return, including proposed amendments to subpart C to condition a depositary bank's right of expeditious return on the depositary bank agreeing to accept returned checks electronically, either directly or indirectly, from the paying bank. The Board also proposed amendments to subpart B, the funds availability schedule provisions to reflect the fact that there are no longer any non-local checks. The Board proposed to revise the model forms in appendix C that banks may use in disclosing their funds availability policies to their customers and to update the preemption determinations in appendix F. Finally, the Board requested comment on whether it should consider future changes to the regulation to improve the check collection system, such as decreasing the time afforded to a paying bank to decide whether to pay a check in order to reduce the risk to a depositary bank of needing to make funds available for withdrawal before learning whether a deposited check has been returned unpaid. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Board Requested Comment............. 03/25/11 76 FR 16862 Board Requested Comment on Revised 02/04/14 79 FR 6673 Proposal. Board Expects Further Action on 09/00/16 ....................... Subpart C. Board Expects Further Action on 12/00/16 ....................... Subpart B. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: Clinton Chen, Attorney, Federal Reserve System, Legal Division, Washington, DC 20551, Phone: 202 452-3952. RIN: 7100-AD68 404. Regulation LL--Savings and Loan Holding Companies and Regulation MM--Mutual Holding Companies (Docket No.: R-1429) Legal Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552; 5 U.S.C. 559; 5 U.S.C. 1813; 5 U.S.C. 1817; 5 U.S.C. 1828 Abstract: The Dodd-Frank Act Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the Act) transferred responsibility for supervision of Savings and Loan Holding Companies (SLHCs) and their non-depository subsidiaries from the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the Board), on July 21, 2011. The Act also transferred supervisory functions related to Federal savings associations and State savings associations to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), respectively. The Board on August 12, 2011, approved an interim final rule for SLHCs, including a request for public comment. The interim final rule transferred from the OTS to the Board the regulations necessary for the Board to supervise SLHCs, with certain technical and substantive modifications. The interim final rule has three components: (1) New Regulation LL (part 238), which sets forth regulations generally [[Page 37463]] governing SLHCs; (2) new Regulation MM (part 239), which sets forth regulations governing SLHCs in mutual form; and (3) technical amendments to existing Board regulations necessary to accommodate the transfer of supervisory authority for SLHCs from the OTS to the Board. The structure of interim final Regulation LL closely follows that of the Board's Regulation Y, which governs bank holding companies, in order to provide an overall structure to rules that were previously found in disparate locations. In many instances, interim final Regulation LL incorporated OTS regulations with only technical modifications to account for the shift in supervisory responsibility from the OTS to the Board. Interim final Regulation LL also reflects statutory changes made by the Dodd-Frank Act with respect to SLHCs, and incorporates Board precedent and practices with respect to applications processing procedures and control issues, among other matters. Interim final Regulation MM organized existing OTS regulations governing SLHCs in mutual form (MHCs) and their subsidiary holding companies into a single part of the Board's regulations. In many instances, interim final Regulation MM incorporated OTS regulations with only technical modifications to account for the shift in supervisory responsibility from the OTS to the Board. Interim final Regulation MM also reflects statutory changes made by the Dodd-Frank Act with respect to MHCs. The interim final rule also made technical amendments to Board rules to facilitate supervision of SLHCs, including to rules implementing Community Reinvestment Act requirements and to Board procedural and administrative rules. In addition, the Board made technical amendments to implement section 312(b)(2)(A) of the Act, which transfers to the Board all rulemaking authority under section 11 of the Home Owner's Loan Act relating to transactions with affiliates and extensions of credit to executive officers, directors, and principal shareholders. These amendments include revisions to parts 215 (Insider Transactions) and part 223 (Transactions with Affiliates) of Board regulations. Timetable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Action Date FR Cite ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Board Requested Comment............. 09/13/11 76 FR 56508 Board Expects Further Action........ 06/00/16 ....................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes. Agency Contact: C. Tate Wilson, Counsel, Federal Reserve System, Legal Division, Washington, DC 20551, Phone: 202 452-3696. Claudia Von Pervieux, Counsel, Federal Reserve System, Legal Division, Washington, DC 20551, Phone: 202 452-2552. RIN: 7100-AD80 [FR Doc. 2016-12934 Filed 6-8-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210-01-P
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Board’s Regulation Y, which governs reflects statutory changes made by the Comment.
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provide an overall structure to rules that The interim final rule also made Further Action.
were previously found in disparate technical amendments to Board rules to
locations. In many instances, interim facilitate supervision of SLHCs, Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
final Regulation LL incorporated OTS including to rules implementing Required: Yes.
regulations with only technical Community Reinvestment Act Agency Contact: C. Tate Wilson,
modifications to account for the shift in requirements and to Board procedural Counsel, Federal Reserve System, Legal
supervisory responsibility from the OTS and administrative rules. In addition, Division, Washington, DC 20551, Phone:
to the Board. Interim final Regulation LL the Board made technical amendments 202 452–3696.
also reflects statutory changes made by to implement section 312(b)(2)(A) of the Claudia Von Pervieux, Counsel,
the Dodd-Frank Act with respect to Act, which transfers to the Board all Federal Reserve System, Legal Division,
SLHCs, and incorporates Board rulemaking authority under section 11 Washington, DC 20551, Phone: 202 452–
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| Action | Semiannual regulatory agenda. | |
| Dates | Comments about the form or content of the agenda may be submitted any time during the next 6 months. | |
| Contact | A staff contact for each item is indicated with the regulatory description below. | |
| FR Citation | 81 FR 37462 |
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