81_FR_5539 81 FR 5518 - Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Bank Secrecy Act Currency Transaction Report (BCTR) Revised Layout and Proposed Additional Data Fields

81 FR 5518 - Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Bank Secrecy Act Currency Transaction Report (BCTR) Revised Layout and Proposed Additional Data Fields

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 21 (February 2, 2016)

Page Range5518-5519
FR Document2016-01825

FinCEN published the revised Bank Secrecy Act Currency Transaction Report (``BCTR'') in March 2011. The BCTR was designed to facilitate financial institutions reporting the most frequently encountered transaction scenarios. Since that time, FinCEN has become aware that the current report is not configured to allow for alternative reporting models that have developed in the last few years, such as reports filed by a parent company on behalf of its subsidiary. To remedy some of the limitations of the current BCTR, FinCEN now proposes an amended report. This notice does not propose any new regulatory requirements or changes to the requirements related to currency transaction reporting, but rather seeks input on technical matters designed to improve the layout and reporting of the BCTR. This request for comments covers 31 CFR 1010.310. This request for comments is made pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), Public Law 104-13, 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A).

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network


Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Bank Secrecy Act Currency 
Transaction Report (BCTR) Revised Layout and Proposed Additional Data 
Fields

AGENCY: Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (``FinCEN''), Treasury.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: FinCEN published the revised Bank Secrecy Act Currency 
Transaction Report (``BCTR'') in March 2011. The BCTR was designed to 
facilitate financial institutions reporting the most frequently 
encountered transaction scenarios. Since that time, FinCEN has become 
aware that the current report is not configured to allow for 
alternative reporting models that have developed in the last few years, 
such as reports filed by a parent company on behalf of its subsidiary. 
To remedy some of the limitations of the current BCTR, FinCEN now 
proposes an amended report. This notice does not propose any new 
regulatory requirements or changes to the requirements related to 
currency transaction reporting, but rather seeks input on technical 
matters designed to improve the layout and reporting of the BCTR. This 
request for comments covers 31 CFR 1010.310. This request for comments 
is made pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), Public 
Law 104-13, 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A).

DATES: Written comments are welcome and must be received on or before 
April 4, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be submitted to: Office of 
Regulatory Policy, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, Department of 
the Treasury, P.O. Box 39, Vienna, Virginia 22183, ``Attention: PRA 
Comments--BCTR Revision.''
    Comments also may be submitted by electronic mail to the following 
Internet address: [email protected], with the caption, 
``Attention: BCTR Revision'' in the body of the text. Please submit by 
one method only. All comments submitted by either method in response to 
this notice will become a matter of public record. Therefore, you 
should submit only information that you wish to make publicly 
available.
    Inspection of comments. Comments will be posted on the FinCEN 
public Web site. Persons wishing to review the comments submitted may 
access the posted comments by going to https://www.fincen.gov/forms/bsa_forms/.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: FinCEN Resource Center at 1-800-767-
2825 or 1-703-905-3591 (not a toll free number) and select option 3 for 
regulatory questions. Email inquiries can be sent to [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: BSA Currency Transaction Report by Financial Institutions 
(See 31 CFR 1010.310).
    Office of Management and Budget (``OMB'') Number: 1506-0064.\1\
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    \1\ The BCTR reporting requirements are currently covered under 
the following OMB Control numbers: 1506-0004 (Financial Institutions 
other than Casinosons), and 1506-0005 (Casinos and Card Clubs).
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    Report Number: FinCEN 112.
    Abstract: The statute generally referred to as the ``Bank Secrecy 
Act,'' (``BSA'') Titles I and II of Public Law 91-508, as amended, 
codified at 12 U.S.C. 1829b, 12 U.S.C. 1951-1959, and 31 U.S.C. 5311-
5332, authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury, inter alia, to require 
financial institutions to keep records and file reports that are 
determined to have a high degree of usefulness in criminal, tax, and 
regulatory matters, or in the conduct of intelligence or counter-
intelligence activities, to protect against international terrorism, 
and to implement counter-money laundering programs and compliance 
procedures.\2\ Regulations implementing Title II of the BSA appear at 
31 CFR Chapter X. The authority of the Secretary to administer the BSA 
has been delegated to the Director of FinCEN.
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    \2\ Language expanding the scope of the BSA to intelligence or 
counter-intelligence activities to protect against international 
terrorism was added by Section 358 of the Uniting and Strengthening 
America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and 
Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, Public Law 107-56.
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    The Secretary of the Treasury was granted authority in 1970, with 
the enactment of 31 U.S.C. 5313, to require financial institutions to 
report currency transactions exceeding $10,000. The information 
collected on the ``report'' is required to be provided pursuant to 31 
U.S.C. 5313 as implemented by FinCEN regulations found at 31 CFR 
1010.310. The information collected under this requirement is made 
available to appropriate agencies and organizations as disclosed in 
FinCEN's Privacy Act

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System of Records Notice relating to BSA Reports.\3\
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    \3\ Department of the Treasury bureaus such as FinCEN renew 
their System of Records Notices every three years unless there is 
cause to amend them more frequently. FinCEN's System of Records 
Notice for BSA Reports System may be reviewed at http://www.fincen.gov/foia/files/FinCEN_79_FR_20969.pdf.
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    Current Action: FinCEN completed a review of the BCTR in 
preparation for renewal under the PRA. During its review, FinCEN 
considered suggestions for improvements to the report received from our 
stakeholders and filers. A data quality review of previously filed 
BCTRs suggested a change in reporting schemes had occurred since the 
initial BCTR was placed in service in March 2011. In particular, over 
the period of four years, FinCEN observed an increase in the number of 
holding or parent companies filing for their subsidiary institutions. 
Prior to this, the BCTR was predominantly filed by the financial 
institution where the transaction occurred. The current BCTR was not 
designed to record different filing and transaction locations. 
Additionally, FinCEN noted an inability to record the dollar value of 
the transaction in Part III when multiple transactions were reported. 
FinCEN also was made aware that the current BCTR does not provide a 
means of indicating ``shared branching'' transactions. Under the 
``shared branching'' transaction, the employee identification number 
(EIN) of the financial institution where the transaction was conducted 
may not be known to the filing institution, so an ``unknown'' check box 
has been added.
    In response to these identified deficiencies, FinCEN is proposing 
the following adjustments to the BCTR. To support recording the dollar 
amount of the transaction at the transaction location, cash-in and 
cash-out fields have been added to Part III. A new Part IV, has been 
added to record the entity actually filing the report through the BSA 
E-Filing System. A check box has been added to Part III to indicate 
when the information in Part IV is the same for Part III. This change 
will reduce the burden for filing the BCTR in those cases where the 
filer and transaction locations are the same. In Part I, Item 2d has 
been changed from ``Courier Service (Private)'' to ``Common carrier'' 
to reflect defined terminology. FinCEN has been advised by several non-
bank financial institutions that the reference to ``teller(s)'' in the 
instructions is confusing and misleading since non-bank financial 
institutions normally do not employ ``tellers.'' FinCEN appreciates 
this feedback and proposes to define ``teller'' for the purpose of 
completing a BCTR as follows: Teller: An individual employed by a 
covered financial institution that accepts currency in the normal 
course of business at the covered financial institution. Example titles 
(but not limited to) are ``cashier,'' and ``cage operator.'' Finally, 
the completion order for the report has been revised. Part IV will be 
completed first, followed by Part III. This facilitates using the check 
box in Part III when the information is the same. Part I is then 
completed followed by Part II. The BSA E-Filing Batch filing 
specifications will be revised to reflect the above changes.
    Type of Review: Initial review of the proposed changes to the BCTR.
    Affected public: Businesses or other for-profit and not-for-profit 
financial institutions.
    Frequency: As required.
    Estimated Reporting Burden: Average of 25 minutes per report and 20 
minutes recordkeeping per filing. (The reporting burden of the 
regulations at 31 CFR 1010.310 is reflected in the burden for the 
form.)
    Estimated Recordkeeping and Reporting Burden: 45 minutes.
    Estimated number of respondents: 82,255 (Includes depository 
institutions, broker-dealers, future commission merchants, introducing 
brokers in commodities, money services businesses, mutual funds, and 
casinos and card clubs.)
    Estimated Total Annual Responses: 15,522,084.\4\
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    \4\ Numbers are based on actual 2015 filings as reported through 
the BSA E-Filing System as of December 31, 2015.
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    Estimated Total Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden: 
11,641,563 hours.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
to respond to, a collection of information unless the collection of 
information displays a valid OMB control number. Records required to be 
retained under the BSA must be retained for five years.
Request for Comments
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and/or 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 agency, including whether the information shall 
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency'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 of information on 
respondents, including through the use of automated collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology; (e) estimates of 
capital or start-up costs and costs of operation, maintenance and 
purchase of services to provide information; and (f) the proposed 
definition of the word ``teller.''

Jamal El-Hindi,
Deputy Director, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.

Appendix

    The added or updated data items for the BCTR are as follows:

Part I Rename item 2d from ``Courier Service (private)'' to ``Common 
carrier''
Part II Add a checkbox to item 24 to reflect ``Shared Branching''
Part III ``Financial Institution Where Transaction(s) Takes Place'' 
add a checkbox after the title to read: If Part III information is 
the same as Part IV, Check this box.
    Add item 40 ``Dollar amount of item 25 Total cash-in transacted 
at this location.'' $____
    Add item 41 ``Dollar amount of item 25 Total cash-out transacted 
at this location.'' $____
Part IV Add a new Part IV ``Filing Institution Information''
    Item 42 Primary Federal Regulator (Drop down box)
    Item 43 Legal name of financial institution
    Item 44 Alternate name, e.g., trade name, DBA
    Item 45 EIN
    Item 46 Address (number, street, and Apt. or suite no.)
    Item 47 City
    Item 48 State
    Item 48 ZIP Code
    Item 50 Type of financial institution (Check only one)
    a. Casino/card Club
    b. Depository institution
    c. MSB
    d. Securities/futures
    z. Other (Specify) ____
    Item 51 If 50a is checked, indicate type (check only one)
    a. State Licensed casino
    b. Tribal auth. casino
    c. Card Club
    z. Other (specify) ____
    Item 52 Financial institution ID number (check one box to 
indicate type)
    a. CRD Number
    b. IARD number
    c. NFA number
    d. RSSD number
    e. SEC number
    Item 52f ID number ____
    Item 53 Contact office
    Item 54 Phone number ____
    Item 54a Ext. ____
    Item 55 Date filed MM/DD/YYYY

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                                             well-established, nationally recognized                   Issued in Washington, DC, on January 27,            should submit only information that
                                             program in research and education, as                   2016.                                                 you wish to make publicly available.
                                             shown by:                                               Gregory D. Winfree,                                      Inspection of comments. Comments
                                                (i) recent expenditures by the                       Assistant Secretary.                                  will be posted on the FinCEN public
                                             institution in highway or public                        [FR Doc. 2016–01838 Filed 2–1–16; 8:45 am]            Web site. Persons wishing to review the
                                             transportation research;                                BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P                                comments submitted may access the
                                                (ii) a historical track record of                                                                          posted comments by going to https://
                                             awarding graduate degrees in                                                                                  www.fincen.gov/forms/bsa_forms/.
                                             professional fields closely related to                  DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY                            FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                             highways and public transportation;                                                                           FinCEN Resource Center at 1–800–767–
                                             and                                                     Financial Crimes Enforcement Network                  2825 or 1–703–905–3591 (not a toll free
                                                (iii) an experienced faculty who                                                                           number) and select option 3 for
                                             specialize in professional fields closely               Proposed Collection; Comment
                                                                                                     Request; Bank Secrecy Act Currency                    regulatory questions. Email inquiries
                                             related to highways and public                                                                                can be sent to FRC@fincen.gov.
                                             transportation.                                         Transaction Report (BCTR) Revised
                                                                                                     Layout and Proposed Additional Data                   SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                             (49 U.S.C. 5505(c)(3)(B) (iii) as amended
                                                                                                     Fields                                                   Title: BSA Currency Transaction
                                                by Pub. L. 114–94, § 6016).
                                                                                                     AGENCY: Financial Crimes Enforcement                  Report by Financial Institutions (See 31
                                                Tier 1 UTCs. Consideration will be                                                                         CFR 1010.310).
                                             given to minority institutions, as                      Network (‘‘FinCEN’’), Treasury.
                                                                                                     ACTION: Notice and request for
                                                                                                                                                              Office of Management and Budget
                                             defined by section 365 of the Higher
                                                                                                     comments.                                             (‘‘OMB’’) Number: 1506–0064.1
                                             Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
                                             1067k), or consortia that include such                                                                           Report Number: FinCEN 112.
                                             institutions that have demonstrated an                  SUMMARY:   FinCEN published the revised                  Abstract: The statute generally
                                             ability in transportation-related                       Bank Secrecy Act Currency Transaction                 referred to as the ‘‘Bank Secrecy Act,’’
                                                                                                     Report (‘‘BCTR’’) in March 2011. The                  (‘‘BSA’’) Titles I and II of Public Law
                                             research.
                                                                                                     BCTR was designed to facilitate                       91–508, as amended, codified at 12
                                                Past Performance. The Department is
                                                                                                     financial institutions reporting the most             U.S.C. 1829b, 12 U.S.C. 1951–1959, and
                                             required by 2 CFR 200, Uniform
                                                                                                     frequently encountered transaction                    31 U.S.C. 5311–5332, authorizes the
                                             Administrative Requirements, Cost
                                                                                                     scenarios. Since that time, FinCEN has                Secretary of the Treasury, inter alia, to
                                             Principles, and Audit Requirements for
                                                                                                     become aware that the current report is               require financial institutions to keep
                                             Federal Awards, Section 205, to review
                                                                                                     not configured to allow for alternative               records and file reports that are
                                             risk posed by applicants. This may be
                                                                                                     reporting models that have developed in               determined to have a high degree of
                                             done through such publicly available
                                                                                                     the last few years, such as reports filed             usefulness in criminal, tax, and
                                             information collections as the System
                                                                                                     by a parent company on behalf of its                  regulatory matters, or in the conduct of
                                             for Award Management (SAM.gov) and/                     subsidiary. To remedy some of the
                                             or through specifically collected                                                                             intelligence or counter-intelligence
                                                                                                     limitations of the current BCTR, FinCEN               activities, to protect against
                                             information about the applicant’s record                now proposes an amended report. This
                                             in managing Federal awards.                                                                                   international terrorism, and to
                                                                                                     notice does not propose any new                       implement counter-money laundering
                                                External Stakeholders. The                           regulatory requirements or changes to
                                             Department will consult with external                                                                         programs and compliance procedures.2
                                                                                                     the requirements related to currency                  Regulations implementing Title II of the
                                             stakeholders (including the                             transaction reporting, but rather seeks
                                             Transportation Research Board of the                                                                          BSA appear at 31 CFR Chapter X. The
                                                                                                     input on technical matters designed to                authority of the Secretary to administer
                                             National Academy of Sciences, among                     improve the layout and reporting of the
                                             others), to the maximum extent                                                                                the BSA has been delegated to the
                                                                                                     BCTR. This request for comments covers                Director of FinCEN.
                                             practicable, to evaluate and review all                 31 CFR 1010.310. This request for
                                             proposals. (49 U.S.C. 5505(b)(6) as                                                                              The Secretary of the Treasury was
                                                                                                     comments is made pursuant to the                      granted authority in 1970, with the
                                             amended by Public Law 114–94, 6016).                    Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995                       enactment of 31 U.S.C. 5313, to require
                                             V. Program Funding and Award                            (PRA), Public Law 104–13, 44 U.S.C.                   financial institutions to report currency
                                                                                                     3506(c)(2)(A).                                        transactions exceeding $10,000. The
                                                UTCs will be selected by the
                                             Secretary, in consultation as appropriate               DATES: Written comments are welcome                   information collected on the ‘‘report’’ is
                                             with the Assistant Secretary for                        and must be received on or before April               required to be provided pursuant to 31
                                             Research and Technology, the                            4, 2016.                                              U.S.C. 5313 as implemented by FinCEN
                                             Administrator of the Federal Highway                    ADDRESSES: Written comments should                    regulations found at 31 CFR 1010.310.
                                             Administration and other modal                          be submitted to: Office of Regulatory                 The information collected under this
                                             administrators as appropriate. Awards                   Policy, Financial Crimes Enforcement                  requirement is made available to
                                             will be made no later than December 4,                  Network, Department of the Treasury,                  appropriate agencies and organizations
                                             2016, with Federal FY16 funds awarded                   P.O. Box 39, Vienna, Virginia 22183,                  as disclosed in FinCEN’s Privacy Act
                                             at that time. Subsequent Federal FY17–                  ‘‘Attention: PRA Comments—BCTR
                                             FY20 funding will be awarded                            Revision.’’                                             1 The BCTR reporting requirements are currently

                                             approximately annually after that date,                    Comments also may be submitted by                  covered under the following OMB Control numbers:
                                                                                                     electronic mail to the following Internet             1506–0004 (Financial Institutions other than
                                             subject to availability of funds and
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                                                                                                                                                           Casinosons), and 1506–0005 (Casinos and Card
                                             grantee compliance with grant terms                     address: regcomments@fincen.gov, with                 Clubs).
                                             and conditions.                                         the caption, ‘‘Attention: BCTR                          2 Language expanding the scope of the BSA to

                                                                                                     Revision’’ in the body of the text. Please            intelligence or counter-intelligence activities to
                                             VI. Use of Grant Funds                                  submit by one method only. All                        protect against international terrorism was added by
                                                                                                                                                           Section 358 of the Uniting and Strengthening
                                               Grantees will have until September                    comments submitted by either method                   America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required
                                             30, 2022 to expend all funds, assuming                  in response to this notice will become                to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001,
                                             availability of annual appropriations.                  a matter of public record. Therefore, you             Public Law 107–56.



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                                             System of Records Notice relating to                    completing a BCTR as follows: Teller:                 information to be collected; (d) ways to
                                             BSA Reports.3                                           An individual employed by a covered                   minimize the burden of the collection of
                                                Current Action: FinCEN completed a                   financial institution that accepts                    information on respondents, including
                                             review of the BCTR in preparation for                   currency in the normal course of                      through the use of automated collection
                                             renewal under the PRA. During its                       business at the covered financial                     techniques or other forms of information
                                             review, FinCEN considered suggestions                   institution. Example titles (but not                  technology; (e) estimates of capital or
                                             for improvements to the report received                 limited to) are ‘‘cashier,’’ and ‘‘cage               start-up costs and costs of operation,
                                             from our stakeholders and filers. A data                operator.’’ Finally, the completion order             maintenance and purchase of services to
                                             quality review of previously filed                      for the report has been revised. Part IV              provide information; and (f) the
                                             BCTRs suggested a change in reporting                   will be completed first, followed by Part             proposed definition of the word
                                             schemes had occurred since the initial                  III. This facilitates using the check box             ‘‘teller.’’
                                             BCTR was placed in service in March                     in Part III when the information is the
                                             2011. In particular, over the period of                                                                       Jamal El-Hindi,
                                                                                                     same. Part I is then completed followed
                                             four years, FinCEN observed an increase                                                                       Deputy Director, Financial Crimes
                                                                                                     by Part II. The BSA E-Filing Batch filing
                                             in the number of holding or parent                                                                            Enforcement Network.
                                                                                                     specifications will be revised to reflect
                                             companies filing for their subsidiary                   the above changes.                                    Appendix
                                             institutions. Prior to this, the BCTR was                  Type of Review: Initial review of the
                                             predominantly filed by the financial                                                                            The added or updated data items for the
                                                                                                     proposed changes to the BCTR.                         BCTR are as follows:
                                             institution where the transaction                          Affected public: Businesses or other               Part I Rename item 2d from ‘‘Courier
                                             occurred. The current BCTR was not                      for-profit and not-for-profit financial                    Service (private)’’ to ‘‘Common carrier’’
                                             designed to record different filing and                 institutions.                                         Part II Add a checkbox to item 24 to reflect
                                             transaction locations. Additionally,                       Frequency: As required.                                 ‘‘Shared Branching’’
                                             FinCEN noted an inability to record the                    Estimated Reporting Burden: Average                Part III ‘‘Financial Institution Where
                                             dollar value of the transaction in Part III             of 25 minutes per report and 20 minutes                    Transaction(s) Takes Place’’ add a
                                             when multiple transactions were                         recordkeeping per filing. (The reporting                   checkbox after the title to read: If Part III
                                             reported. FinCEN also was made aware                    burden of the regulations at 31 CFR                        information is the same as Part IV, Check
                                             that the current BCTR does not provide                                                                             this box.
                                                                                                     1010.310 is reflected in the burden for
                                             a means of indicating ‘‘shared                                                                                  Add item 40 ‘‘Dollar amount of item 25
                                                                                                     the form.)                                                 Total cash-in transacted at this location.’’
                                             branching’’ transactions. Under the                        Estimated Recordkeeping and                             $llll
                                             ‘‘shared branching’’ transaction, the                   Reporting Burden: 45 minutes.                           Add item 41 ‘‘Dollar amount of item 25
                                             employee identification number (EIN) of                    Estimated number of respondents:                        Total cash-out transacted at this
                                             the financial institution where the                     82,255 (Includes depository institutions,                  location.’’ $llll
                                             transaction was conducted may not be                    broker-dealers, future commission                     Part IV Add a new Part IV ‘‘Filing
                                             known to the filing institution, so an                  merchants, introducing brokers in                          Institution Information’’
                                             ‘‘unknown’’ check box has been added.                   commodities, money services                             Item 42 Primary Federal Regulator (Drop
                                                In response to these identified                                                                                 down box)
                                                                                                     businesses, mutual funds, and casinos                   Item 43 Legal name of financial institution
                                             deficiencies, FinCEN is proposing the                   and card clubs.)
                                             following adjustments to the BCTR. To                                                                           Item 44 Alternate name, e.g., trade name,
                                                                                                        Estimated Total Annual Responses:                       DBA
                                             support recording the dollar amount of                  15,522,084.4                                            Item 45 EIN
                                             the transaction at the transaction                         Estimated Total Annual Reporting                     Item 46 Address (number, street, and Apt.
                                             location, cash-in and cash-out fields                   and Recordkeeping Burden: 11,641,563                       or suite no.)
                                             have been added to Part III. A new Part                 hours.                                                  Item 47 City
                                             IV, has been added to record the entity                    An agency may not conduct or                         Item 48 State
                                             actually filing the report through the                  sponsor, and a person is not required to                Item 48 ZIP Code
                                             BSA E-Filing System. A check box has                                                                            Item 50 Type of financial institution
                                                                                                     respond to, a collection of information                    (Check only one)
                                             been added to Part III to indicate when                 unless the collection of information
                                             the information in Part IV is the same                                                                          a. Casino/card Club
                                                                                                     displays a valid OMB control number.                    b. Depository institution
                                             for Part III. This change will reduce the               Records required to be retained under                   c. MSB
                                             burden for filing the BCTR in those                     the BSA must be retained for five years.                d. Securities/futures
                                             cases where the filer and transaction                                                                           z. Other (Specify) llll
                                             locations are the same. In Part I, Item 2d              Request for Comments                                    Item 51 If 50a is checked, indicate type
                                             has been changed from ‘‘Courier Service                   Comments submitted in response to                        (check only one)
                                             (Private)’’ to ‘‘Common carrier’’ to                    this notice will be summarized and/or                   a. State Licensed casino
                                             reflect defined terminology. FinCEN has                 included in the request for OMB                         b. Tribal auth. casino
                                             been advised by several non-bank                                                                                c. Card Club
                                                                                                     approval. All comments will become a                    z. Other (specify) llll
                                             financial institutions that the reference               matter of public record. Comments are                   Item 52 Financial institution ID number
                                             to ‘‘teller(s)’’ in the instructions is                 invited on: (a) Whether the collection of                  (check one box to indicate type)
                                             confusing and misleading since non-                     information is necessary for the proper                 a. CRD Number
                                             bank financial institutions normally do                 performance of the functions of the                     b. IARD number
                                             not employ ‘‘tellers.’’ FinCEN                          agency, including whether the                           c. NFA number
                                             appreciates this feedback and proposes                  information shall have practical utility;               d. RSSD number
                                             to define ‘‘teller’’ for the purpose of                 (b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate               e. SEC number
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                                                                                                     of the burden of the collection of                      Item 52f ID number llll
                                               3 Department of the Treasury bureaus such as                                                                  Item 53 Contact office
                                                                                                     information; (c) ways to enhance the                    Item 54 Phone number llll
                                             FinCEN renew their System of Records Notices
                                             every three years unless there is cause to amend        quality, utility, and clarity of the                    Item 54a Ext. llll
                                             them more frequently. FinCEN’s System of Records                                                                Item 55 Date filed MM/DD/YYYY
                                             Notice for BSA Reports System may be reviewed at          4 Numbers are based on actual 2015 filings as

                                             http://www.fincen.gov/foia/files/FinCEN_79_FR_          reported through the BSA E-Filing System as of        [FR Doc. 2016–01825 Filed 2–1–16; 8:45 am]
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DatesWritten comments are welcome and must be received on or before April 4, 2016.
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FR Citation81 FR 5518 

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