83_FR_23373 83 FR 23276 - Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request

83 FR 23276 - Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 97 (May 18, 2018)

Page Range23276-23278
FR Document2018-10669

The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) invites comment on a proposal to extend for three years, with revision, the Report of Selected Money Market Rates (FR 2420; OMB No. 7100-0357).

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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM


Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment 
Request

AGENCY: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

ACTION: Notice, request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) 
invites comment on a proposal to extend for three years, with revision, 
the Report of Selected Money Market Rates (FR 2420; OMB No. 7100-0357).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 17, 2018.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by FR 2420, by any of 
the following methods:
     Agency Website: http://www.federalreserve.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments at http://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/foia/proposedregs.aspx.
     Email: [email protected]. Include OMB 
number in the subject line of the message.
     Fax: (202) 452-3819 or (202) 452-3102.
     Mail: Ann E. Misback, Secretary, Board of Governors of the 
Federal Reserve System, 20th Street and Constitution Avenue NW, 
Washington, DC 20551.
    All public comments are available from the Board's website at 
https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/foia/proposedregs.aspx as 
submitted, unless modified for technical reasons or to remove sensitive 
PII (personal identifiable information) at the commenter's request. 
Public comments may also be viewed electronically or in paper form in 
Room 3515, 1801 K Street NW (between 18th and 19th Streets NW), 
Washington, DC 20006 between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on weekdays. For 
security reasons, the Board requires that visitors make an appointment 
to inspect comments. You may do so by calling (202) 452-3684. Upon 
arrival, visitors will be required to present valid government-issued 
photo identification and to submit to security screening in order to 
inspect and photocopy comments.
    Additionally, commenters may send a copy of their comments to the 
OMB Desk Officer--Shagufta Ahmed--Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office 
Building, Room 10235, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503 or by 
fax to (202) 395-6974.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A copy of the PRA OMB submission, 
including the proposed reporting form and instructions, supporting 
statement, and other documentation will be placed into OMB's public 
docket files, once approved. These documents will also be made 
available on the Federal Reserve Board's public website at: https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/reportforms/review.aspx or may be requested 
from the agency clearance officer, whose name appears below.
    Federal Reserve Board Clearance Officer--Nuha Elmaghrabi--Office of 
the Chief Data Officer, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 
System, Washington, DC 20551 (202) 452-3829. Telecommunications Device 
for the Deaf (TDD) users may contact (202) 263-4869, Board of Governors 
of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, DC, 20551.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 15, 1984, the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) delegated to the Board authority under the Paperwork 
Reduction Act (PRA) to approve of and assign OMB control numbers to 
collection of information requests and requirements conducted or 
sponsored by the Board. In exercising this delegated authority, the 
Board is directed to take every reasonable step to solicit comment. In 
determining whether to approve a collection of information, the Board 
will consider all comments received from the public and other agencies.

Request for Comment on Information Collection Proposal

    The Board invites public comment on the following information 
collection, which is being reviewed under authority delegated by the 
OMB under the PRA. Comments are invited on the following:
    a. Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for 
the proper performance of the Federal Reserve's functions; including 
whether the information has practical utility;
    b. The accuracy of the Federal Reserve's estimate of the burden of 
the proposed information collection, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
    c. Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected;
    d. Ways to minimize the burden of information collection on 
respondents, including through the use of automated collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology; and
    e. Estimates of capital or startup costs and costs of operation, 
maintenance, and purchase of services to provide information.
    At the end of the comment period, the comments and recommendations 
received will be analyzed to determine the extent to which the Federal 
Reserve should modify the proposal prior to giving final approval.

Proposal To Approve Under OMB Delegated Authority the Extension for 
Three Years, With Revision, of the Following Report

    Report title: Report of Selected Money Market Rates.
    Agency form number: FR 2420.
    OMB control number: 7100-0357.
    Frequency: Daily.
    Respondents: Commercial banks, savings associations, U.S. branches 
and agencies of foreign banks, International Banking Facilities, and 
significant banking organizations representing entities actively 
participating in the federal funds and/or other money markets.
    Estimated number of respondents: 99 commercial banks and savings 
associations, 84 U.S. branches and agencies of foreign banks, 82

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International Banking Facilities, and 1 significant banking 
organization.
    Estimated average hours per response: 1.8 commercial banks and 
savings associations, 1.8 U.S. branches and agencies of foreign banks, 
1.0 International Banking Facilities, and 1.8 significant banking 
organization.
    Estimated annual burden hours: 44,550 commercial banks and savings 
associations, 37,800 U.S. branches and agencies of foreign banks, 
20,500 International Banking Facilities, and 450 significant banking 
organization.
    General description of report: The FR 2420 is a transaction-based 
report that collects daily liability data on federal funds purchased, 
selected borrowings from non-exempt entities, Eurodollar transactions, 
and time deposits and certificates of deposits (CDs) from (1) 
domestically chartered commercial banks and savings associations that 
have $18 billion or more in total assets as well as those that have 
total assets above $5 billion but less than $18 billion and meet the 
activity threshold, (2) U.S. branches and agencies of foreign banks 
with total third-party assets of $2.5 billion or more, and (3) 
significant banking organizations that are active participants in money 
markets. The FR 2420 also collects daily data on Eurodollar 
transactions from International Banking Facilities (IBFs) of the above-
referenced institutions.\1\ The FR 2420 data are used in the 
publication of the effective federal funds rate (EFFR) and overnight 
bank funding rate (OBFR) and in analysis of current money market 
conditions.
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    \1\ A selected borrowing from a non-exempt entity is an 
unsecured borrowing (an unsecured primary obligation undertaken by 
the reporting institution as a means of obtaining funds) in U.S. 
dollars from a counterparty that is a non-exempt entity as derived 
from Regulation D, Section 204.2(a)(vii).
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    Proposed revisions: The Board proposes to revise the FR 2420 by 
adding Selected Deposits (Part D) and removing Selected Borrowings from 
Non-Exempt Entities (Part AA). Other minor edits in the reporting 
instructions are proposed to improve clarity. The first report for the 
proposed revisions to FR 2420 would be as of October 1, 2018.

Summary of Revisions

1. Addition of Selected Deposits (Part D)

    The Board proposes adding a new section, Part D, to the FR 2420, 
intended to capture short-term wholesale unsecured deposits that are 
economically equivalent to federal funds purchased in Part A or 
Eurodollars in Part B. The primary target for this collection would be 
reporting institutions that, in recent years, shifted deposits from 
branches in the Caribbean Islands \2\ to the U.S., which has caused 
this borrowing to fall outside the scope of the current FR 2420. The 
proposed Part D would also collect data from institutions that have 
historically booked all or a portion of such deposits in their U.S. 
offices.
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    \2\ Caribbean islands includes the Cayman Islands and Nassau, 
Bahamas or any other location within the Caribbean if the majority 
of the responsibility for business decisions for that FBO branch 
reside at the U.S. branch of the foreign bank that reports on the FR 
2420.
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    Since June 2016, some Eurodollar activity from Cayman and Nassau 
branches of foreign banks has shifted to U.S. branches of those banks, 
causing Eurodollar volume reported on the FR 2420 to decline 
significantly, obscuring vision into the wholesale funding market and 
reducing the robustness of the data used in calculating the OBFR. 
Federal Reserve staff are aware of at least roughly $35 billion in 
overnight Eurodollar transactions that have moved from the Cayman 
Islands to New York. The motivation has been described as the 
simplification of corporate structure for the drafting of living wills. 
Accordingly, the Board proposes to add Part D to the FR 2420 to capture 
these short-term, wholesale, domestic deposits.
    To capture the intended data, a selected deposit is defined as a 
deposit denominated in U.S. dollars, in an amount of $1 million or 
more, that is issued in a U.S. office of the reporting institution on 
the report date. A selected deposit is a deposit issued with an 
original specified term to maturity of six or less days such that the 
dollar amount of the deposit is payable as follows:
    (a) On a certain calendar date that is six or less days after the 
settlement date of the deposit, or
    (b) At the end of a specified period of time that is six or less 
days after the settlement date of the deposit.
    Selected deposits include deposits issued for which the terms were 
negotiated at arm's length on the report date, which have interest 
rates specified as part of the terms that were negotiated, with an 
original maturity of six or less days and are issued to either a 
personal or a non-personal counterparty.
    Selected deposits exclude deposits that do not have a specified 
term to maturity and are payable immediately on demand and deposits 
that are issued as collateral for another transaction (e.g., a deposit 
issued as collateral for a loan).
    The data elements collected for Selected Deposits are identical to 
the elements collected for Federal Funds Purchased (Part A) and 
Eurodollars (Part B), with the exception of `office identifier.' The 
reporting deadline is the same as the deadline for Parts A and B.

2. Removal of Selected Borrowings From Non-Exempt Entities (Part AA)

    The Board proposes deleting Selected Borrowings from Non-Exempt 
Entities, Part AA, from the FR 2420 to offset additional reporting 
burden resulting from the proposal to add Part D. There are two 
additional reasons for the Board's proposed deletion. First, Part AA 
does not capture data currently used or expected to be used in the 
calculation of reference rates. Second, Part AA currently collects very 
little data and the Part AA instructions sometimes cause confusion 
among FR 2420 respondents. Currently, respondents are instructed to 
include borrowings from non-exempt entities in Part AA, and are also 
instructed to exclude deposits as defined in Regulation D (Section 
204.2(a)(1)) from Part AA. However, borrowings from non-exempt entities 
are typically defined as deposits under Regulation D, which has caused 
confusion for respondents reporting data on Part AA and limited the 
amount of useful data captured on this part of the report form.

3. Data Elements and Reporting Requirements Applicable to All Parts of 
the FR 2420

    The Board proposes some wording changes throughout the FR 2420 
instructions to help clarify reporting expectations for respondents. As 
an example, the Board proposes to amend the definition of federal funds 
purchased applicable to the FR 2420 to explicitly exclude borrowings 
from a Federal Reserve Bank. While borrowings from Federal Reserve 
Banks were never meant to be included in the definition of federal 
funds purchased for the purpose of the FR 2420, respondents frequently 
reported such borrowings in Part A of the report form. Adding explicit 
instructions to exclude borrowings from Federal Reserve Banks from Part 
A of the FR 2420 should help to clarify the type of data to be 
reported. There are several other instances of these types of 
clarifications in the proposed FR 2420 instructions.
    Legal authorization and confidentiality: The FR 2420 is authorized 
by section 11(a)(2) of the Federal Reserve Act, which authorizes the 
Board to require depository institutions to make such reports of their 
liabilities and assets as the Board may determine to be necessary or 
desirable to enable the Board to discharge its responsibility to 
monitor and control monetary and credit aggregates (12 U.S.C. 
248(a)(2)). The FR

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2420 is also authorized pursuant to section 7(c)(2) of the 
International Banking Act (IBA), which provides that Federal branches 
and agencies of foreign banks are subject to section 11(a) of the 
Federal Reserve Act as if they were a state member bank (12 U.S.C. 
3105(c)(2)). Section 7(c)(2) of the IBA also provides that state-
licensed branches and agencies of foreign banks are subject to the 
requirement in section 9 of the Federal Reserve Act that they file 
reports of condition with the appropriate Federal Reserve Bank (12 
U.S.C. 324). The obligation to comply with the reporting requirements 
of FR 2420 is mandatory.
    The individual financial institution information provided by each 
respondent would not be otherwise available to the public. The proposed 
revisions, as well as information currently collected, would be 
accorded confidential treatment under the authority of exemption 4 of 
the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4)). Exemption 4 
protects from disclosure trade secrets and privileged or confidential 
commercial or financial information.
    Consultation outside the agency: A representative group of large FR 
2420 respondents was consulted in December 2016 to better understand 
the reasons banks were shifting Eurodollar deposits from Caribbean 
Islands to deposits at their U.S. branches. Additionally, large 
commercial banks were also consulted in late 2017 about the proposed 
changes to the FR 2420. The comments from the large FR 2420 respondents 
and the representative group were considered and incorporated into this 
proposal. Outreach was also done to the major federal funds and 
Eurodollar deposit brokers to better understand the extent to which new 
institutions would be required to report in the FR 2420. These brokers 
reported that there may be a few additional institutions, but that 
institutions actively negotiating deposits in their U.S. offices are 
the same institutions actively funding through Eurodollar deposits, or 
those that formerly were actively funding through Eurodollars. The 
banks consulted confirmed that the deposits intended to be captured in 
the new Part D could be an important wholesale funding source for 
reporting institutions. To ensure that the instructions have captured 
the key potential elements of transactions in this wholesale funding 
source, the characteristics listed for deposits reportable in the new 
Part D will be available for public comment.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, May 15, 2018.
Ann Misback,
Secretary of the Board.
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                                               [Respondent] to engage in unfair                        number in the subject line of the                     collection of information requests and
                                               practices with respect to rates or charges              message.                                              requirements conducted or sponsored
                                               under its tariff . . .                                    • Fax: (202) 452–3819 or (202) 452–                 by the Board. In exercising this
                                                  3. 46 U.S.C. 41104(10): It is a violation            3102.                                                 delegated authority, the Board is
                                               of the Shipping Act for [Respondent] to                   • Mail: Ann E. Misback, Secretary,                  directed to take every reasonable step to
                                               unreasonably refuse to deal or negotiate                Board of Governors of the Federal                     solicit comment. In determining
                                               . . .                                                   Reserve System, 20th Street and                       whether to approve a collection of
                                                  4. 46 U.S.C. 41102(c): [Respondent]                  Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,                   information, the Board will consider all
                                               further violated the Shipping Act by                    DC 20551.                                             comments received from the public and
                                               failing to establish and enforce just and                 All public comments are available                   other agencies.
                                               reasonable practices relating to the                    from the Board’s website at https://
                                               handling and delivery of property . . .                 www.federalreserve.gov/apps/foia/                     Request for Comment on Information
                                                  5. 46 CFR 530.8(b)(12) and (c)(1): The               proposedregs.aspx as submitted, unless                Collection Proposal
                                               regulations governing service contracts                 modified for technical reasons or to                    The Board invites public comment on
                                               require that a service contract set forth               remove sensitive PII (personal                        the following information collection,
                                               all provisions of the contract and that                 identifiable information) at the                      which is being reviewed under
                                               terms may not be ‘uncertain, vague or                   commenter’s request. Public comments                  authority delegated by the OMB under
                                               ambiguous’ . . .’’                                      may also be viewed electronically or in               the PRA. Comments are invited on the
                                                  Complainant seeks an order for                       paper form in Room 3515, 1801 K Street                following:
                                               Respondent ‘‘to cease and desist from                   NW (between 18th and 19th Streets                       a. Whether the proposed collection of
                                               any further violations of the shipping                  NW), Washington, DC 20006 between                     information is necessary for the proper
                                               Act, including any efforts to enforce the               9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on weekdays.                  performance of the Federal Reserve’s
                                               arbitration award or to collect any                     For security reasons, the Board requires              functions; including whether the
                                               monies from Claimant . . .’’ and other                  that visitors make an appointment to                  information has practical utility;
                                               relief. The full text of the complaint can              inspect comments. You may do so by                      b. The accuracy of the Federal
                                               be found in the Commission’s Electronic                 calling (202) 452–3684. Upon arrival,                 Reserve’s estimate of the burden of the
                                               Reading Room at www.fmc.gov/18-03/.                     visitors will be required to present valid            proposed information collection,
                                                  This proceeding has been assigned to                 government-issued photo identification                including the validity of the
                                               the Office of Administrative Law Judges.                and to submit to security screening in                methodology and assumptions used;
                                               The initial decision of the presiding                   order to inspect and photocopy                          c. Ways to enhance the quality,
                                               officer in this proceeding shall be issued              comments.                                             utility, and clarity of the information to
                                               by May 15, 2019, and the final decision                   Additionally, commenters may send a                 be collected;
                                               of the Commission shall be issued by                    copy of their comments to the OMB                       d. Ways to minimize the burden of
                                               November 29, 2019.                                      Desk Officer—Shagufta Ahmed—Office                    information collection on respondents,
                                                                                                       of Information and Regulatory Affairs,                including through the use of automated
                                               Rachel E. Dickon,                                                                                             collection techniques or other forms of
                                                                                                       Office of Management and Budget, New
                                               Secretary.                                                                                                    information technology; and
                                                                                                       Executive Office Building, Room 10235,
                                               [FR Doc. 2018–10662 Filed 5–17–18; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                       725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC                      e. Estimates of capital or startup costs
                                               BILLING CODE 6731–AA–P                                  20503 or by fax to (202) 395–6974.                    and costs of operation, maintenance,
                                                                                                                                                             and purchase of services to provide
                                                                                                       FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A
                                                                                                                                                             information.
                                                                                                       copy of the PRA OMB submission,
                                               FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM                                                                                          At the end of the comment period, the
                                                                                                       including the proposed reporting form
                                                                                                                                                             comments and recommendations
                                               Proposed Agency Information                             and instructions, supporting statement,
                                                                                                                                                             received will be analyzed to determine
                                               Collection Activities; Comment                          and other documentation will be placed
                                                                                                                                                             the extent to which the Federal Reserve
                                               Request                                                 into OMB’s public docket files, once
                                                                                                                                                             should modify the proposal prior to
                                                                                                       approved. These documents will also be
                                                                                                                                                             giving final approval.
                                               AGENCY: Board of Governors of the                       made available on the Federal Reserve
                                               Federal Reserve System.                                 Board’s public website at: https://                   Proposal To Approve Under OMB
                                               ACTION: Notice, request for comment.                    www.federalreserve.gov/apps/                          Delegated Authority the Extension for
                                                                                                       reportforms/review.aspx or may be                     Three Years, With Revision, of the
                                               SUMMARY:   The Board of Governors of the                requested from the agency clearance                   Following Report
                                               Federal Reserve System (Board) invites                  officer, whose name appears below.                      Report title: Report of Selected Money
                                               comment on a proposal to extend for                       Federal Reserve Board Clearance                     Market Rates.
                                               three years, with revision, the Report of               Officer—Nuha Elmaghrabi—Office of                       Agency form number: FR 2420.
                                               Selected Money Market Rates (FR 2420;                   the Chief Data Officer, Board of                        OMB control number: 7100–0357.
                                               OMB No. 7100–0357).                                     Governors of the Federal Reserve                        Frequency: Daily.
                                               DATES: Comments must be submitted on                    System, Washington, DC 20551 (202)                      Respondents: Commercial banks,
                                               or before July 17, 2018.                                452–3829. Telecommunications Device                   savings associations, U.S. branches and
                                               ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,                     for the Deaf (TDD) users may contact                  agencies of foreign banks, International
                                               identified by FR 2420, by any of the                    (202) 263–4869, Board of Governors of                 Banking Facilities, and significant
                                               following methods:                                      the Federal Reserve System,                           banking organizations representing
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                                                 • Agency Website: http://                             Washington, DC, 20551.                                entities actively participating in the
                                               www.federalreserve.gov. Follow the                      SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June                    federal funds and/or other money
                                               instructions for submitting comments at                 15, 1984, the Office of Management and                markets.
                                               http://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/                     Budget (OMB) delegated to the Board                     Estimated number of respondents: 99
                                               foia/proposedregs.aspx.                                 authority under the Paperwork                         commercial banks and savings
                                                 • Email: regs.comments@                               Reduction Act (PRA) to approve of and                 associations, 84 U.S. branches and
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                                               International Banking Facilities, and 1                 years, shifted deposits from branches in              identifier.’ The reporting deadline is the
                                               significant banking organization.                       the Caribbean Islands 2 to the U.S.,                  same as the deadline for Parts A and B.
                                                  Estimated average hours per response:                which has caused this borrowing to fall
                                                                                                                                                             2. Removal of Selected Borrowings From
                                               1.8 commercial banks and savings                        outside the scope of the current FR
                                                                                                                                                             Non-Exempt Entities (Part AA)
                                               associations, 1.8 U.S. branches and                     2420. The proposed Part D would also
                                               agencies of foreign banks, 1.0                          collect data from institutions that have                 The Board proposes deleting Selected
                                               International Banking Facilities, and 1.8               historically booked all or a portion of               Borrowings from Non-Exempt Entities,
                                               significant banking organization.                       such deposits in their U.S. offices.                  Part AA, from the FR 2420 to offset
                                                  Estimated annual burden hours:                          Since June 2016, some Eurodollar                   additional reporting burden resulting
                                               44,550 commercial banks and savings                     activity from Cayman and Nassau                       from the proposal to add Part D. There
                                               associations, 37,800 U.S. branches and                  branches of foreign banks has shifted to              are two additional reasons for the
                                               agencies of foreign banks, 20,500                       U.S. branches of those banks, causing                 Board’s proposed deletion. First, Part
                                               International Banking Facilities, and                   Eurodollar volume reported on the FR                  AA does not capture data currently used
                                               450 significant banking organization.                   2420 to decline significantly, obscuring              or expected to be used in the calculation
                                                  General description of report: The FR                vision into the wholesale funding                     of reference rates. Second, Part AA
                                               2420 is a transaction-based report that                 market and reducing the robustness of                 currently collects very little data and the
                                               collects daily liability data on federal                the data used in calculating the OBFR.                Part AA instructions sometimes cause
                                               funds purchased, selected borrowings                    Federal Reserve staff are aware of at                 confusion among FR 2420 respondents.
                                               from non-exempt entities, Eurodollar                    least roughly $35 billion in overnight                Currently, respondents are instructed to
                                               transactions, and time deposits and                     Eurodollar transactions that have moved               include borrowings from non-exempt
                                               certificates of deposits (CDs) from (1)                 from the Cayman Islands to New York.                  entities in Part AA, and are also
                                               domestically chartered commercial                       The motivation has been described as                  instructed to exclude deposits as
                                               banks and savings associations that have                the simplification of corporate structure             defined in Regulation D (Section
                                               $18 billion or more in total assets as                  for the drafting of living wills.                     204.2(a)(1)) from Part AA. However,
                                               well as those that have total assets above              Accordingly, the Board proposes to add                borrowings from non-exempt entities
                                               $5 billion but less than $18 billion and                Part D to the FR 2420 to capture these                are typically defined as deposits under
                                               meet the activity threshold, (2) U.S.                   short-term, wholesale, domestic                       Regulation D, which has caused
                                               branches and agencies of foreign banks                  deposits.                                             confusion for respondents reporting
                                               with total third-party assets of $2.5                      To capture the intended data, a                    data on Part AA and limited the amount
                                               billion or more, and (3) significant                    selected deposit is defined as a deposit              of useful data captured on this part of
                                               banking organizations that are active                   denominated in U.S. dollars, in an                    the report form.
                                               participants in money markets. The FR                   amount of $1 million or more, that is                 3. Data Elements and Reporting
                                               2420 also collects daily data on                        issued in a U.S. office of the reporting              Requirements Applicable to All Parts of
                                               Eurodollar transactions from                            institution on the report date. A selected            the FR 2420
                                               International Banking Facilities (IBFs) of              deposit is a deposit issued with an
                                                                                                       original specified term to maturity of six               The Board proposes some wording
                                               the above-referenced institutions.1 The                                                                       changes throughout the FR 2420
                                               FR 2420 data are used in the publication                or less days such that the dollar amount
                                                                                                       of the deposit is payable as follows:                 instructions to help clarify reporting
                                               of the effective federal funds rate (EFFR)                                                                    expectations for respondents. As an
                                               and overnight bank funding rate (OBFR)                     (a) On a certain calendar date that is
                                                                                                       six or less days after the settlement date            example, the Board proposes to amend
                                               and in analysis of current money market                                                                       the definition of federal funds
                                               conditions.                                             of the deposit, or
                                                                                                          (b) At the end of a specified period of            purchased applicable to the FR 2420 to
                                                  Proposed revisions: The Board                                                                              explicitly exclude borrowings from a
                                               proposes to revise the FR 2420 by                       time that is six or less days after the
                                                                                                       settlement date of the deposit.                       Federal Reserve Bank. While borrowings
                                               adding Selected Deposits (Part D) and                                                                         from Federal Reserve Banks were never
                                                                                                          Selected deposits include deposits
                                               removing Selected Borrowings from                                                                             meant to be included in the definition
                                                                                                       issued for which the terms were
                                               Non-Exempt Entities (Part AA). Other                                                                          of federal funds purchased for the
                                                                                                       negotiated at arm’s length on the report
                                               minor edits in the reporting instructions                                                                     purpose of the FR 2420, respondents
                                                                                                       date, which have interest rates specified
                                               are proposed to improve clarity. The                                                                          frequently reported such borrowings in
                                                                                                       as part of the terms that were negotiated,
                                               first report for the proposed revisions to                                                                    Part A of the report form. Adding
                                                                                                       with an original maturity of six or less
                                               FR 2420 would be as of October 1, 2018.                                                                       explicit instructions to exclude
                                                                                                       days and are issued to either a personal
                                               Summary of Revisions                                    or a non-personal counterparty.                       borrowings from Federal Reserve Banks
                                                                                                          Selected deposits exclude deposits                 from Part A of the FR 2420 should help
                                               1. Addition of Selected Deposits (Part D)               that do not have a specified term to                  to clarify the type of data to be reported.
                                                 The Board proposes adding a new                       maturity and are payable immediately                  There are several other instances of
                                               section, Part D, to the FR 2420, intended               on demand and deposits that are issued                these types of clarifications in the
                                               to capture short-term wholesale                         as collateral for another transaction (e.g.,          proposed FR 2420 instructions.
                                               unsecured deposits that are                             a deposit issued as collateral for a loan).              Legal authorization and
                                               economically equivalent to federal                         The data elements collected for                    confidentiality: The FR 2420 is
                                               funds purchased in Part A or                            Selected Deposits are identical to the                authorized by section 11(a)(2) of the
                                               Eurodollars in Part B. The primary                      elements collected for Federal Funds                  Federal Reserve Act, which authorizes
                                               target for this collection would be                     Purchased (Part A) and Eurodollars (Part              the Board to require depository
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                                               reporting institutions that, in recent                  B), with the exception of ‘office                     institutions to make such reports of
                                                                                                                                                             their liabilities and assets as the Board
                                                  1 A selected borrowing from a non-exempt entity         2 Caribbean islands includes the Cayman Islands    may determine to be necessary or
                                               is an unsecured borrowing (an unsecured primary         and Nassau, Bahamas or any other location within      desirable to enable the Board to
                                               obligation undertaken by the reporting institution      the Caribbean if the majority of the responsibility
                                               as a means of obtaining funds) in U.S. dollars from     for business decisions for that FBO branch reside
                                                                                                                                                             discharge its responsibility to monitor
                                               a counterparty that is a non-exempt entity as           at the U.S. branch of the foreign bank that reports   and control monetary and credit
                                               derived from Regulation D, Section 204.2(a)(vii).       on the FR 2420.                                       aggregates (12 U.S.C. 248(a)(2)). The FR


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                                               2420 is also authorized pursuant to                       Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve           check www.regulations.gov,
                                               section 7(c)(2) of the International                    System, May 15, 2018.                                 approximately two to three days after
                                               Banking Act (IBA), which provides that                  Ann Misback,                                          submission to verify posting (except
                                               Federal branches and agencies of foreign                Secretary of the Board.                               allow 30 days for posting of comments
                                               banks are subject to section 11(a) of the               [FR Doc. 2018–10669 Filed 5–17–18; 8:45 am]           submitted by mail). This information
                                               Federal Reserve Act as if they were a                   BILLING CODE 6210–01–P                                collection is pending at the FAR
                                               state member bank (12 U.S.C.                                                                                  Council. The Council will submit it to
                                               3105(c)(2)). Section 7(c)(2) of the IBA                                                                       OMB within 60 days from the date of
                                               also provides that state-licensed                       DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE                                 this notice.
                                               branches and agencies of foreign banks                                                                        FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
                                               are subject to the requirement in section               GENERAL SERVICES                                      Zenaida Delgado, Procurement Analyst,
                                               9 of the Federal Reserve Act that they                  ADMINISTRATION                                        at telephone 202–969–7207, or email
                                               file reports of condition with the                                                                            zenaida.delgado@gsa.gov.
                                               appropriate Federal Reserve Bank (12                    NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND                              SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                               U.S.C. 324). The obligation to comply                   SPACE ADMINISTRATION
                                                                                                                                                             A. Overview of Information Collection
                                               with the reporting requirements of FR                   [OMB Control No. 9000–0154; Docket 2018–
                                               2420 is mandatory.                                      0053; Sequence 2]                                     Description of the Information
                                                                                                                                                             Collection
                                                  The individual financial institution
                                                                                                       Information Collection; Construction                    1. Type of Information Collection:
                                               information provided by each                            Wage Rate Requirements-Price
                                               respondent would not be otherwise                                                                             Revision/Renewal of a currently
                                                                                                       Adjustment (Actual Method)                            approved collection.
                                               available to the public. The proposed
                                               revisions, as well as information                       AGENCY: Department of Defense (DOD),                    2. Title of the Collection—
                                               currently collected, would be accorded                  General Services Administration (GSA),                Construction Wage Rate Requirements-
                                               confidential treatment under the                        and National Aeronautics and Space                    Price Adjustment (Actual Method).
                                               authority of exemption 4 of the Freedom                 Administration (NASA).                                  3. Agency form number, if any:—N/A.
                                               of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4)).                ACTION: Notice and request for                        Solicitation of Public Comment
                                               Exemption 4 protects from disclosure                    comments.                                                Written comments and suggestions
                                               trade secrets and privileged or                                                                               from the public should address one or
                                               confidential commercial or financial                    SUMMARY:   In accordance with the
                                                                                                       Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and                   more of the following four points:
                                               information.                                                                                                     (1) Evaluate whether the collection of
                                                                                                       the Office of Management and Budget
                                                  Consultation outside the agency: A                   (OMB) regulations, the FAR Council                    information is necessary for the proper
                                               representative group of large FR 2420                   invites the public to comment upon a                  performance of the functions of the
                                               respondents was consulted in December                   renewal for the Construction Wage Rate                agency, including whether the
                                               2016 to better understand the reasons                   Requirements-Price Adjustment (Actual                 information will have practical utility;
                                               banks were shifting Eurodollar deposits                 Method). There are no changes to the                     (2) Evaluate the accuracy of the
                                               from Caribbean Islands to deposits at                   existing information collection.                      agency’s estimate of the burden of the
                                               their U.S. branches. Additionally, large                                                                      proposed collection of information,
                                                                                                       DATES: Submit comments on or before
                                               commercial banks were also consulted                                                                          including the validity of the
                                                                                                       July 17, 2018.                                        methodology and assumptions used;
                                               in late 2017 about the proposed changes
                                                                                                       ADDRESSES: The FAR Council invites                       (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and
                                               to the FR 2420. The comments from the
                                                                                                       interested persons to submit comments                 clarity of the information to be
                                               large FR 2420 respondents and the
                                                                                                       on this collection by either of the                   collected; and
                                               representative group were considered
                                                                                                       following methods:                                       (4) Minimize the burden of the
                                               and incorporated into this proposal.
                                                                                                         • Federal eRulemaking Portal: This                  collection of information on those who
                                               Outreach was also done to the major
                                                                                                       website provides the ability to type                  are to respond, including through the
                                               federal funds and Eurodollar deposit                    short comments directly into the                      use of appropriate automated,
                                               brokers to better understand the extent                 comment field or attach a file for                    electronic, mechanical, or other
                                               to which new institutions would be                      lengthier comments. Go to http://                     technological collection techniques or
                                               required to report in the FR 2420. These                www.regulations.gov and follow the                    other forms of information technology,
                                               brokers reported that there may be a few                instructions on the site.                             e.g., permitting electronic submission of
                                               additional institutions, but that                         • Mail: General Services                            responses.
                                               institutions actively negotiating deposits              Administration, Regulatory Secretariat
                                               in their U.S. offices are the same                      Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW,                    B. Purpose
                                               institutions actively funding through                   Washington, DC 20405. ATTN: Ms.                         Government contracting officers may
                                               Eurodollar deposits, or those that                      Mandell/IC 9000–0154, Construction                    include Federal Acquisition Regulation
                                               formerly were actively funding through                  Wage Rate Requirements-Price                          (FAR) clause 52.222–32, Construction
                                               Eurodollars. The banks consulted                        Adjustment (Actual Method).                           Wage Rate Requirements-Price
                                               confirmed that the deposits intended to                   Instructions: All items submitted                   Adjustment (Actual Method), in fixed-
                                               be captured in the new Part D could be                  must cite Information Collection 9000–                price solicitations and contracts subject
                                               an important wholesale funding source                   0154, Construction Wage Rate                          to the Construction Wage Rate
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                                               for reporting institutions. To ensure that              Requirements-Price Adjustment (Actual                 Requirements statute under certain
                                               the instructions have captured the key                  Method). Comments received generally                  conditions. The conditions are that the
                                               potential elements of transactions in                   will be posted without change to http://              solicitation or contract contains option
                                               this wholesale funding source, the                      www.regulations.gov, including any                    provisions to extend the term of the
                                               characteristics listed for deposits                     personal and/or business confidential                 contract and the contracting officer
                                               reportable in the new Part D will be                    information provided. To confirm                      determines that the most appropriate
                                               available for public comment.                           receipt of your comment(s), please                    method to adjust the contract price at


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Document Created: 2018-05-18 02:16:01
Document Modified: 2018-05-18 02:16:01
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, request for comment.
DatesComments must be submitted on or before July 17, 2018.
ContactA copy of the PRA OMB submission, including the proposed reporting form and instructions, supporting statement, and other documentation will be placed into OMB's public docket files, once approved. These documents will also be made available on the Federal Reserve Board's public website at: https:// www.federalreserve.gov/apps/reportforms/review.aspx or may be requested from the agency clearance officer, whose name appears below.
FR Citation83 FR 23276 

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