[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 234 (Friday, December 4, 2020)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 78258-78269]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-26394]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

12 CFR Parts 24, 25, 35, and 192

[Docket ID OCC-2020-0025]
RIN 1557-AE96


Community Reinvestment Act Regulations

AGENCY: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is issuing 
a notice of proposed rulemaking to request comment on the OCC's 
proposed approach to determine the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) 
evaluation measure benchmarks, retail lending distribution test 
thresholds, and community development minimums under the general 
performance standards. The proposal further explains how the OCC would 
assess significant declines in CRA activities levels in connection with 
performance context following the initial establishment of the 
benchmarks, thresholds, and minimums. Finally, the proposed rule would 
make clarifying and technical amendments to the CRA final rule.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 2, 2021.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ioan Voicu, Director, Compliance Risk 
Analysis Division, at (202) 649-5550; or Daniel Borman, Senior 
Attorney, Daniel Sufranski, Attorney, or Jean Xiao, Attorney, Chief 
Counsel's Office, (202) 649-5490, Office of the Comptroller of the 
Currency, 400 7th Street SW, Washington, DC 20219.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction

    On June 5, 2020, the OCC published a final rule in the Federal 
Register (2020 final rule) to update the regulatory framework 
implementing the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 (CRA) \1\ for 
national banks and savings

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associations (collectively, banks).\2\ The 2020 final rule was the 
culmination of a multi-year process of engagement with various 
stakeholders to ensure that the CRA remains a relevant and powerful 
tool for encouraging insured depository institutions to serve the needs 
of their entire communities, including low- and moderate-income (LMI) 
neighborhoods. The 2020 final rule strengthened and modernized the 
implementation of the CRA by making the regulatory framework more 
objective, transparent, consistent in application, and reflective of 
changes in the banking industry and how consumers bank. The OCC's goal 
in implementing the 2020 final rule was to make the CRA framework a 
better tool to encourage banks to engage in more activities to serve 
the needs of their communities, particularly in LMI and other 
historically underserved communities. These goals are consistent with 
the statutory purpose of the CRA to encourage insured depository 
institutions \3\ to help meet the credit needs of the local communities 
in which they are chartered, including LMI neighborhoods, consistent 
with banks' safe and sound operations.
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    \1\ Community Reinvestment Act of 1977, Public Law 95-128, 91 
Stat. 1147 (1977), codified at 12 U.S.C. 2901 et seq.
    \2\ 85 FR 34734 (June 5, 2020). As used throughout this notice, 
the term ``bank'' or ``banks'' also includes uninsured Federal 
branches that result from an acquisition described in section 
5(a)(8) of the International Banking Act of 1978 (12 U.S.C. 
3103(a)(8)). The rulemaking authority of the Office of Thrift 
Supervision (OTS) and the Director of the OTS, respectively, 
relating to savings associations was transferred to the OCC in Title 
III of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection 
Act, Public Law 111-203, 124 Stat. 1376, 1522 (2010). As a result, 
the OCC has CRA rulewriting authority for both Federal and state 
savings associations, as well as for national banks. The OCC also 
has rulewriting authority for Federal and state savings associations 
for purposes of the CRA specifically pursuant to 12 U.S.C. 2905.
    \3\ 12 U.S.C. 1813(c)(2).
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    The 2020 final rule made changes in four areas of the historical 
CRA framework. Specifically, the 2020 final rule: (1) Clarified and 
expanded the bank lending, investment, and services that qualify for 
CRA consideration (collectively, qualifying activities or CRA 
activities); (2) updated how banks delineate the assessment areas in 
which they are evaluated; (3) provided additional methods for 
evaluating CRA performance in a consistent and objective manner; and 
(4) required reporting that is timely and transparent.
    The new framework incentivizes banks to achieve specific 
performance goals. Timely and transparent CRA data, including CRA 
performance evaluations, will provide meaningful information to all 
stakeholders.
    The 2020 final rule made changes to aspects of the historical CRA 
framework that had unintentionally inhibited banks' CRA activities by 
creating uncertainty about which activities would qualify and how much 
those activities would contribute to banks' CRA ratings. Through 
hearings, outreach, and public comments during the rulemaking process, 
the OCC learned that many banks engaged only in CRA activities for 
which they previously received CRA consideration and committed capital 
and credit only to activities for which they were confident that they 
would receive consideration--at the cost of innovation and 
responsiveness. In addition, the historical framework lacked consistent 
and objective evaluations and timely and transparent reporting, which 
inhibited the public's ability to understand how and to what extent 
banks were meeting community credit needs.
    By moving to a system that is primarily objective and transparent 
under the 2020 final rule, CRA ratings will be more consistent, 
reproducible, and comparable over time. The agency's 2020 final rule 
was designed so that similar circumstances will be evaluated in a 
similar manner from bank to bank.
    In the 2020 final rule, the OCC finalized the framework for the 
general performance standards (i.e., the CRA evaluation measure, retail 
lending distribution tests, community development (CD) minimums, and 
the percentage of assessment areas for which a bank must receive a 
satisfactory or outstanding assigned rating to achieve a bank 
presumptive rating of satisfactory or outstanding); however, the OCC 
decided not to adopt the specific CRA evaluation measure benchmarks, 
retail lending distribution test thresholds, and CD minimums as 
initially proposed. As noted in the preamble of the 2020 final rule, 
the OCC believes that it is appropriate to gather more information and 
further calibrate these measures, and the agency stated that it would 
issue a proposal that would explain the process the OCC will use to 
more precisely calibrate the benchmark, threshold, and minimum 
values.\4\
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    \4\ 85 FR at 34774.
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    This proposal seeks comment on the approach the OCC would use to 
set these benchmarks, thresholds, and minimums. As described further in 
this SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section, the OCC is separately seeking 
data through an Information Collection Survey from banks subject to the 
general performance standards.\5\ Once the OCC analyzes the public 
comments on this proposal and the data it receives, the OCC plans to 
issue a final rule that will adopt an approach for setting the 
benchmark, threshold, and minimum values that correspond to the 
presumptive ratings \6\ (i.e., outstanding, satisfactory, needs to 
improve, and substantial noncompliance) for banks assessed under the 
general performance standards. In addition, once the OCC has determined 
the specific benchmarks, thresholds, and minimums according to the 
selected approach, the agency will take the appropriate steps to 
publicize the standards and engage stakeholders regarding the specific 
benchmarks, thresholds, and minimums. Once finalized, the OCC expects 
to periodically review and adjust these benchmarks, thresholds, and 
minimums, as necessary, to ensure that these measures are incentivizing 
banks to engage in appropriate levels of CRA activities, while taking 
into consideration market conditions and changes in economic cycles. 
The OCC also expects to take the appropriate steps to publicize the 
future adjustments to the benchmarks, thresholds, and minimums and 
engage stakeholders on these adjustments.
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    \5\ Twelve CFR 25.10(a) of the 2020 final rule applies the 
general performance standards to banks with more than $2.5 billion 
in assets that are not evaluated under a strategic plan and that are 
not wholesale or limited purpose banks. Under Sec.  25.10(b) of the 
2020 final rule, small, intermediate, wholesale, and limited purpose 
banks can opt into and elect to be evaluated under the general 
performance standards. For purposes of the Information Collection 
Survey, the OCC is not collecting data from any small, intermediate, 
wholesale, and limited purpose banks.
    \6\ Under Sec.  25.13 of the 2020 final rule, banks assessed 
under the general performance standards receive presumptive ratings 
at both the bank and assessment area level based on their 
performance on objective criteria (i.e., the CRA evaluation measure, 
retail lending distribution test performance, CD minimum 
calculation, and the percentage of assessment areas in which the 
bank received a satisfactory or outstanding assigned rating). Those 
presumptive ratings are adjusted for performance context and 
evidence of discriminatory or other illegal credit practices to 
determine the assigned rating pursuant to Sec.  25.19 of the 2020 
final rule.
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II. Background

    The OCC's 2020 final rule incorporates many of the measures and 
methods the OCC historically has used to assess CRA performance, but it 
also provides clarity about how the OCC will use those mechanisms to 
assess a bank's CRA performance. Among other things, the 2020 final 
rule describes what activities will qualify for CRA credit and how they 
will be measured to assess CRA performance. Further, the 2020 final 
rule explains that banks are expected to meet specific benchmarks, 
thresholds, and minimums in order to achieve presumptive CRA ratings.

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    Under the 2020 final rule, banks assessed under the general 
performance standards will be evaluated based on (1) the distribution 
of their retail loans (i.e., home mortgage loans, small loans to 
businesses, small loans to farms, and consumer loans) (retail lending 
distribution tests); (2) the dollar value of qualifying retail loans 
and CD activities and the distribution of their branches in each 
assessment area and at the bank level (CRA evaluation measure); and (3) 
the level of their CD activities in each assessment area and at the 
bank level (CD minimum calculation).
    Twelve CFR 25.13 of the 2020 final rule provides the general 
performance standards and describes how they are applied to determine 
bank and assessment area presumptive ratings. Section 25.13(d) of the 
2020 final rule states that a bank's presumptive assessment area rating 
is based on its CRA evaluation measure, CD minimum calculation, and 
performance on the retail lending distribution tests. Section 25.13(c) 
of the 2020 final rule states that the bank-level presumptive rating is 
based on the CRA evaluation measure, CD minimum calculation, and 
assigned ratings in its assessment areas. Sections 25.11 and 25.13 of 
the 2020 final rule require a bank to determine its CRA evaluation 
measure and CD minimum calculation in each assessment area and at the 
bank level. As described in Sec.  25.11 of the 2020 final rule, the CRA 
evaluation measure is the sum of the bank's annual qualifying 
activities values (including any applicable multipliers \7\) divided by 
its annual average quarterly retail domestic deposits value plus the 
percentage of the bank's branches in certain areas of need multiplied 
by .02, subject to a cap on the value of branches of one percentage 
point. The bank's average annual CRA evaluation measure at both the 
assessment area level and at the bank level will be compared to a 
specific quantitative benchmark, which is to be determined by the OCC.
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    \7\ The purpose of multipliers is to incentivize banks to engage 
in activities that are particularly valuable and important from a 
CRA perspective by giving banks additional credit towards their CRA 
evaluation measures and CD minimum calculations for these 
activities. Under Sec.  25.08 of the 2020 final rule, banks may be 
eligible for multipliers for the following: (1) Activities provided 
to or that support minority depository institutions, women's 
depository institutions, Community Development Financial 
Institutions, and low-income credit unions, except activities 
related to mortgage-backed securities; (2) other CD investments, 
except CD investments in mortgage-backed securities and municipal 
bonds; (3) other CD services; (4) other affordable housing-related 
CD loans; (5) retail loans generated by branches in LMI census 
tracts; and (6) qualifying activities in CRA deserts. Pursuant to 
Sec.  25.08(b)(4) of the 2020 final rule, qualifying activities that 
receive a multiplier may be eligible for an additional multiplier 
based on the OCC's determination of the activity's responsiveness, 
innovativeness, or complexity. Further, to ensure that the use of 
multipliers does not reduce the level of CD activities that banks 
conduct, a bank is not eligible for multipliers until the quantified 
dollar values of its current period CD activities are approximately 
equal to the quantified dollar values of CD activities in its prior 
evaluation period. As described below, this proposal would make 
clarifying edits to the multiplier for activities that are 
determined to be particularly responsive, innovative, or complex. 
Additionally, as discussed below, this proposal would clarify that 
to be eligible for the multipliers described in Sec.  25.08, the 
quantified dollar value of a bank's current evaluation period CD 
loans, CD investments, and CD services must be ``approximately equal 
to or greater than'' the quantified dollar value of these activities 
considered in the bank's prior evaluation period.
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    Under Sec.  25.13 of the 2020 final rule, the CD minimum 
calculation is determined by dividing the total quantified dollar value 
of a bank's CD loans and CD investments, including any applicable 
multipliers, by the bank's average quarterly retail domestic deposits 
value. The bank's CD minimum calculations at both the assessment area 
level and at the bank level will be compared to the CD minimums to be 
determined by the OCC.
    Section 25.12 of the 2020 final rule describes the application of 
the retail lending distribution tests. The retail lending distribution 
tests evaluate the geographic and borrower distributions of a bank's 
major retail lending product lines in assessment areas in which the 
bank has originated 20 or more loans in those product lines per year 
during an evaluation period. The geographic distribution test evaluates 
the percentage of a bank's retail loan originations in LMI census 
tracts, and the borrower distribution test evaluates the percentage of 
a bank's retail loan originations to LMI borrowers, CRA-eligible 
businesses, and CRA-eligible farms, as applicable. Section 25.13 of the 
2020 final rule requires a bank to pass both the geographic and 
borrower distribution tests for each applicable product line to receive 
a presumptive rating of satisfactory or outstanding in an assessment 
area. Section 25.12 of the 2020 final rule allows a bank to pass each 
test based on its performance relative to either the demographic 
comparator, which is based on the demographics of a given assessment 
area, or the peer comparator, which is based on peer performance in a 
given assessment area. The OCC will determine the thresholds to pass 
the borrower distribution test and geographic distribution test for 
both the demographic and peer comparators.
    Although performance on the retail lending distribution tests is 
only evaluated at the assessment area level, Sec.  25.13 of the 2020 
final rule provides that in order to achieve a satisfactory or 
outstanding presumptive rating at the bank level, a bank with more than 
five assessment areas must receive an assigned rating of at least 
satisfactory or outstanding, respectively, in: (1) 80 percent of its 
assessment areas; and (2) assessment areas from which the banks 
receives 80 percent of its retail domestic deposits that it receives 
from its assessment areas. For a bank with five or fewer assessment 
areas to achieve a satisfactory or outstanding presumptive rating at 
the bank level, the bank must receive an assigned rating of at least 
satisfactory or outstanding, respectively, in: (1) 50 percent of its 
assessment areas; and (2) assessment areas from which the bank receives 
80 percent of its retail domestic deposits that it receives from its 
assessment areas. Banks that do not meet these standards or the bank-
level CD minimum requirement will receive a presumptive rating of needs 
to improve or substantial noncompliance, depending on the bank-level 
CRA evaluation measure.
    In the preamble to the 2020 final rule, the OCC indicated that it 
would set the objective CRA evaluation measure benchmarks, retail 
lending distribution test thresholds, and CD minimums for the level of 
performance necessary to achieve each presumptive rating category at a 
later date, and that it would apply these benchmarks, thresholds, and 
minimums as of January 1, 2023, which is the compliance date applicable 
to banks subject to the general performance standards.\8\ This proposal 
suggests an approach to determine those objective benchmarks, 
thresholds, and minimums.
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    \8\ 85 FR at 34736. The OCC would also apply these benchmarks, 
thresholds, and minimums for banks that opt into the general 
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III. Information Collection Survey

    Separate from this proposal, the OCC will issue an Information 
Collection Survey to obtain bank-specific information from banks 
subject to the general performance standards, which will assist the OCC 
in determining the CRA evaluation measure benchmarks, retail lending 
distribution test thresholds, and CD minimums under the 2020 final rule 
that will correspond to the presumptive ratings. This information 
collection will supplement existing OCC data and facilitate a broader 
review of the framework going forward, which may inform additional 
revisions in future years.

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    Specifically, the OCC will request four types of bank data or 
information. First, the OCC will collect data on banks' main office 
presence, branch presence, deposit-taking facility presence, retail 
domestic deposit data at the county level, and what banks' facility-
based and deposit-based assessment areas would have been under the 
standards in Sec.  25.09. This data will assist the OCC in determining 
how banks would have performed under the general performance standards 
and the banks' presumptive ratings under Sec. Sec.  25.10 through 25.13 
of the 2020 final rule. Second, the OCC will collect data on what would 
have been the quantified dollar value of banks' CRA qualifying 
activities under the 2020 final rule to determine what banks' 
performance would have been on the CRA evaluation measure under Sec.  
25.11 of the 2020 final rule and the CD minimum under Sec.  25.13(c) 
and (d) of the 2020 final rule. Third, the OCC will collect data on 
retail loan applications and on what would have been the quantified 
dollar value of banks' CRA qualifying retail loan originations to 
determine the CRA evaluation measure under Sec.  25.11 of the 2020 
final rule. Obtaining information on retail loan applications and 
originations will, in the near term, help inform the OCC about banks' 
credit supply decisions across geographies and, over time, assist the 
OCC in refining and improving the CRA framework.\9\ Finally, the OCC 
will collect information on banks' branch locations to determine what 
would have been the branch distribution component of the CRA evaluation 
measure under Sec.  25.11 of the 2020 final rule.
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    \9\ See various studies using application information to 
understand credit supply such as: Antoniades, A. 2016. ``Liquidity 
Risk and the Credit Crunch of 2007-2008: Evidence from Micro-Level 
Data on Mortgage Loan Applications.'' Journal of Financial and 
Quantitative Analysis 51(6): 1795-1822; Mian, Atif, and Amir Sufi. 
2009. ``The Consequences of Mortgage Credit Expansion: Evidence from 
the U.S. Mortgage Default Crisis.'' The Quarterly Journal of 
Economics 124(4): 1449-1496; Puri, Manju, Jorg Rocholl, and Sascha 
Steffen. 2011. ``Global Retail Lending in the Aftermath of the US 
Financial Crisis: Distinguishing Between Supply and Demand 
Effects.'' Journal of Financial Economics 100(3): 556-578.
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IV. Description of Proposed Rule

A. Proposed Approach for Setting the Benchmarks, Thresholds, and 
Minimums

    The OCC is seeking to set CRA evaluation measure benchmarks, retail 
lending distribution test thresholds, and CD minimums that provide 
objectivity and transparency for banks evaluated under the general 
performance standards, while also encouraging banks to engage in CRA 
activities at a level no less than the status quo.\10\ To accomplish 
these goals, the OCC is proposing to establish benchmarks, thresholds, 
and minimums that correspond to a proportion of banks that would have 
received a hypothetical bank-level presumptive CRA rating of 
outstanding and satisfactory that is no greater than the historical 
proportion of banks that have received a bank-level assigned CRA rating 
of outstanding and satisfactory.\11\
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    \10\ Stakeholders can make only educated guesses about the 
current level of bank CRA activities because there is no 
standardized set of data or information about the actual levels of 
bank CRA activities. The Information Collection Survey will assist 
the OCC in making a more informed estimate of the current level of 
bank CRA activities.
    \11\ The population of banks being analyzed under this approach 
is the same population of banks subject to the Information 
Collection Survey (i.e., banks with assets of $2.5 billion or more 
that are subject to the general performance standards under the 2020 
final rule).
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    Using banks' responses to the information collection, the OCC would 
calculate CRA evaluation measures and CD minimum calculations for each 
bank's assessment areas, as well as a bank-level CRA evaluation measure 
and CD minimum calculation for each bank. Similarly, for each major 
retail lending product line, the OCC would calculate the numerator used 
in determining each bank's retail lending distribution test ratios for 
each bank's assessment areas. After combining data from the Census and 
Dun and Bradstreet files of businesses, the OCC would then calculate 
the demographic comparator under the borrower and geographic 
distribution tests for each retail lending product line, if applicable, 
for every bank's assessment areas. Similarly, the OCC would use data 
collected from all banks subject to the general performance standards 
to calculate the peer comparator under the borrower and geographic 
distribution tests for each retail lending product line, if applicable, 
for every bank's assessment areas. Each bank's numerators under the 
borrower and geographic distribution tests would be divided by the 
applicable demographic and peer comparators to calculate each bank's 
retail lending distribution test ratios for each bank's assessment 
areas. These calculations would result in (1) bank-level distributions 
of the CRA evaluation measure and CD minimum calculation and (2) 
assessment area-level distributions of the CRA evaluation measure, CD 
minimum calculation, and the borrower and geographic distribution test 
ratios.
    Using the dataset described above, possibly combined with other 
datasets, the OCC would examine possible combinations of benchmark, 
threshold, and minimum values. For each set of benchmarks, thresholds, 
and minimums, the OCC would iteratively calculate the proportion of 
assessment areas that would pass for each bank. Subsequently, the OCC 
would determine the proportion of banks that would meet or exceed the 
bank-level CD minimum and the bank-level CRA evaluation measure 
benchmark. The OCC would compare the results to the historical 
proportion of outstanding ratings under the prior CRA framework to 
ensure that the chosen set of benchmarks, thresholds, and minimums 
yields a proportion of outstanding ratings that is no greater than the 
historical proportion. The OCC would determine the appropriate set of 
benchmarks, thresholds, and minimums for a satisfactory rating using 
the same approach. In the OCC's analysis, the banks that do not meet or 
exceed the benchmarks, thresholds, or minimums for satisfactory and 
outstanding ratings would receive a needs to improve or substantial 
noncompliance rating, depending on the criteria outlined in the 2020 
final rule.
    If the OCC identifies multiple combinations of benchmarks, 
thresholds, and minimums that result in a similar proportion of banks 
that pass, the OCC would consider additional criteria, such as 
incentives to further increase CRA activities that benefit LMI 
individuals and distressed or underserved areas, to identify the most 
appropriate set of performance standard values.
    To maintain flexibility, the OCC would not require any of the 
benchmark, threshold, or minimum values to be similar to each other. 
That is, the information collection may reveal that distributions of 
the various CRA performance standards differ across retail lending 
product lines and aggregation levels. For example, the distribution of 
the mortgage product line may be significantly different from that of 
the automobile loan or small loan to a business product lines. 
Similarly, the distribution of the CRA evaluation measure at the 
assessment area level may differ from that at the bank level. As such, 
the OCC anticipates that there may be as many as 26 different 
calibrated benchmark, threshold, and minimum values under the general 
performance standards. Specifically, the retail lending distribution 
tests reflect six retail lending product lines for the borrower 
distribution test, three retail lending product lines for the 
geographic distribution test, and involve two different comparisons 
under each test,

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thus yielding up to 18 different threshold values. The CRA evaluation 
measure would involve six different benchmark values (one at the bank 
level and one at the assessment area level for needs to improve, 
satisfactory, and outstanding presumptive ratings, respectively), while 
the CD minimum would involve two values, one at the bank level and one 
at the assessment area level.

B. Alternatives Considered to the Proposed Approach for Setting the 
Benchmarks, Thresholds, and Minimums

    The OCC recognizes that some extent of normative judgment is 
necessary for any approach the OCC chooses. The OCC considered 
proposing an alternative where instead of the proposed approach, the 
OCC would choose a set of benchmarks, thresholds, and minimums without 
reference to the historical distribution of ratings. The OCC chose not 
to propose this approach because the OCC believes that setting 
benchmarks, thresholds, and minimums in relation to the historic status 
quo minimizes the degree of normative judgment and provides a useful 
starting point for determining an expected distribution of CRA ratings.
    The OCC also considered proposing using the information collection 
to calculate the historical aggregate distribution and dollar amount of 
CRA activities for the components of the general performance standards 
to set benchmarks, thresholds, and minimums. This approach would 
consider the CRA activities, branches, and retail domestic deposits of 
all banks as if they were the CRA activities, branches, and retail 
domestic deposits of a single hypothetical bank in order to set the 
thresholds, benchmarks, and minimums that correspond to the desirable 
level of CRA activity.
    The OCC chose not to propose this approach because of the 
additional assumptions and constraints it would entail. First, the OCC 
views this approach as unworkable for the retail lending distribution 
tests. Consolidating all banks would prevent the calculation of the 
peer comparator because the hypothetical, aggregate bank has no peers. 
For the demographic comparator, this approach would require either 
using nationwide demographics (i.e., the proportion of LMI families, 
LMI tracts, or owner-occupied units in LMI tracts in the entire United 
States) or assuming how the hypothetical aggregate bank would delineate 
its assessment areas. Because each bank's lending activities likely do 
not cover all areas in which LMI families reside or all the LMI tracts 
nationwide, and individual banks delineate their own assessment areas 
pursuant to Sec.  25.09 of the 2020 final rule, it is unclear whether 
this approach would be appropriate. Second, without further data 
analysis, the approach may be disproportionately influenced by the 
activities of the largest banks assessed under the general performance 
standards, which are responsible for the majority of CRA activities and 
deposits. Lastly, the OCC does not believe that this approach would 
sufficiently capture the interaction between the benchmarks, 
thresholds, and minimums, making it difficult to predict a resulting 
distribution of presumptive ratings for a set of chosen values.
    Having considered different approaches to setting the benchmarks, 
thresholds, and minimums, the OCC is proposing an approach that would 
set robust benchmarks, thresholds, and minimums. The OCC believes that 
the proposed approach will effectively achieve the agency's goals of 
providing objectivity and transparency in the performance standards, 
while also encouraging banks to engage in CRA activities at an 
aggregate level that is no less than the status quo.

C. Proposed Approach for Treating Declines in CRA Performance Following 
the Initial Establishment of the Benchmarks, Thresholds, and Minimums

    The OCC is proposing to amend Sec.  25.16 of the 2020 final rule to 
state that banks whose performance precipitously decreases by ten 
percent \12\ or more on the general performance standards after the 
establishment of the initial benchmarks, thresholds, and minimums 
without an adequate explanation under the performance context criteria, 
including consideration of market conditions, risk having their 
assigned ratings adversely impacted.
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    \12\ This proposed ten percent figure is based on the expert 
judgment of the OCC Economics Department and is a reasonable 
representation of what the OCC currently considers to be a 
precipitous decrease in a bank's CRA activities.
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    The OCC recognizes that for any well-defined set of benchmarks, 
thresholds, minimums, and CRA presumptive ratings, the current CRA 
activities of some banks will fall below, while the current CRA 
activities of other banks will exceed, the chosen set of benchmarks, 
thresholds, and minimums. The former set of banks would be expected to 
increase CRA activities, whereas the latter set of banks could 
potentially decrease CRA activities while maintaining the same rating 
or achieving a better rating under the new benchmarks, thresholds, and 
minimums. This potential decrease in CRA activities by some banks may 
negate any increase in CRA activities that would result from other 
banks increasing their CRA activities to meet the new benchmarks, 
thresholds, and minimums. Therefore, with the proposed approach and 
alternative approaches considered, the OCC recognizes the need to 
evaluate precipitous declines in CRA activity under performance context 
as banks adapt to the new benchmarks, thresholds, and minimums.
    As a general matter, it is appropriate for banks to adjust their 
CRA activities over time in response to regulatory requirements. This 
is normal and acceptable. That said, precipitous declines of ten 
percent or more in a bank's performance on the general performance 
standards as calculated based on historical data, between the 
establishment of the objective benchmarks, thresholds, and minimums and 
the bank's first evaluation under the general performance standards, 
that cannot be explained by market conditions or other performance 
context criteria may result in the bank receiving an assigned rating 
that is no higher than needs to improve at the assessment area level as 
well as at the overall bank level.

V. 2020 Final Rule Clarifying and Technical Amendments

    Following publication of the 2020 final rule, the OCC engaged in a 
review process with the goal of providing additional clarity to 12 CFR 
part 25, effective October 1, 2020. The OCC seeks comment on revisions 
to aspects of the 2020 final rule, including compliance dates, some 
definitions, multipliers, the general performance standards opt out, 
the aggregate disclosure statement, and references to the FDIC. In 
addition, the proposal contains various technical, clarifying, and 
conforming amendments.

A. Compliance Dates for Banks Evaluated Under a Strategic Plan

    Under the 2020 final rule, all banks have the option to be 
evaluated under a strategic plan, including banks that meet the small 
or intermediate bank definitions. The 2020 final rule also sets forth 
compliance dates for certain sections of the rule based on bank type. 
Section 25.01(c)(4)(i) of the 2020 final rule states that ``[b]anks 
other than small, intermediate, wholesale, and limited purpose banks 
must comply with Sec. Sec.  25.07--25.13, 25.21, 25.25, and 25.26 by 
January 1, 2023.'' This provision was intended to apply to banks 
evaluated under a strategic plan,

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and the sections referenced in this paragraph are applicable to banks 
evaluated under a strategic plan or the general performance standards 
(e.g., Sec.  25.21 includes the data collection requirements for banks 
evaluated under the general performance standards or a strategic plan). 
In contrast, Sec.  25.01(c)(4)(iii) of the 2020 final rule includes the 
compliance dates applicable to small and intermediate banks. To 
eliminate any potential confusion regarding which compliance dates 
apply to banks evaluated under a strategic plan that also meet either 
the small bank or intermediate bank definition, the proposal would 
revise Sec.  25.01(c)(4)(i) to clarify that banks other than those 
evaluated under the performance standards applicable to small, 
intermediate, wholesale, and limited purpose banks must comply with the 
applicable sections by January 1, 2023.

B. Definitions

    In Sec.  25.03 of the 2020 final rule, the definition of 
``compensation'' refers to ``median hourly compensation value (i.e., 
total salaries and benefits divided by full-time equivalent 
employees).'' It also describes the calculation as being based on 
aggregate Call Report data on median salaries and benefits and the 
median number of full-time equivalent employees. The OCC determined 
that the two descriptions are inconsistent and may result in different 
compensation levels. The OCC intended for the definition of 
``compensation'' to reflect the median hourly compensation value based 
on each bank's total salaries and benefits and its full-time equivalent 
employees. Therefore, the proposed rule would revise the definition of 
``compensation'' to clarify this approach for determining compensation 
value. Under the 2020 final rule's definitions of ``partially'' and 
``primarily,'' it is possible that an activity could meet both 
definitions if the activity has an express, bona fide intent, purpose, 
or mandate, consistent with a criterion in Sec.  25.04(c) of the 2020 
final rule. To eliminate the potential overlap in the definitions, the 
proposal would revise the definition of ``partially'' to clarify that 
the definition applies to activities that do not have an express, bona 
fide intent, purpose, or mandate consistent with a criterion in Sec.  
25.04(c) of the 2020 final rule. The proposal also would revise the 
definitions of ``partially'' and ``primarily'' to clarify that the 
terms apply to activities involving ``families, businesses, or farms'' 
to ensure consistency with the qualifying activities criteria that use 
those terms.

C. Multiplier Clarifications

    Section 25.08(b) of the 2020 final rule includes multipliers for 
some qualifying activities, including a multiplier for activities that 
are determined to be particularly responsive, innovative, or complex. 
The proposal would clarify that this multiplier is applicable to any 
activity that received one of the other multipliers provided for in the 
2020 final rule and that the maximum total upward adjustment 
considering all multipliers is four times the quantified dollar value 
of the qualifying activity. Section 25.08(b)(1) also provides that to 
be eligible for the multipliers in sections 25.08(b)(2) and (b)(3) of 
the 2020 final rule, the quantified dollar value of a bank's current 
evaluation period CD loans, CD investments, and CD services must be 
``approximately equal to'' the quantified dollar value of these 
activities considered in the bank's prior evaluation period. The 
proposal would clarify that the quantified dollar value of a bank's 
current evaluation period CD loans, CD investments, and CD services 
must be ``approximately equal to or greater than'' the quantified 
dollar value of these activities considered in the bank's prior 
evaluation period.

D. General Performance Standards Opt Out

    Section 25.10(b) of the 2020 final rule permits a small, 
intermediate, wholesale, or limited purpose bank that opted into the 
general performance standards a single opportunity to opt out of 
evaluation under those standards. The 2020 final rule stated that banks 
that elected to opt out of evaluation under the general performance 
standards would ``revert'' to being evaluated according to the small 
and intermediate performance standards or the wholesale and limited 
purpose performance standards. This provision may lead to confusion in 
circumstances where a bank meets a different bank size or type 
definition when it opts into the general performance standards than it 
does when it elects to opt out. The proposal would revise the opt out 
provision to clarify that banks are subject to the applicable 
performance standards based on the bank's size or type when it opts 
out.

E. References to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

    The 2020 final rule integrates 12 CFR part 195 into 12 CFR part 25 
and eliminates the former part 195. As of October 1, 2020, national 
banks and Federal savings associations supervised by the OCC and state 
savings associations supervised by the FDIC will be evaluated under 
part 25. The proposal would add references to the FDIC where they were 
inadvertently omitted in the 2020 final rule.

F. Aggregate CRA Disclosure Statement

    Section 25.27(b) of the 2020 final rule provides for public 
disclosure of the retail loan origination data reported to the OCC that 
is necessary to evaluate banks' performance under the retail lending 
distribution tests. The OCC intended to include all data reported to 
the OCC regarding retail loan originations in the aggregate disclosure 
statement but inadvertently omitted disclosure of banks' number of home 
mortgage loans in LMI census tracts. The proposal would add this 
disclosure requirement to the rule.

G. Other Revisions

    In addition to the revisions discussed above, the proposal would 
make several non-substantive technical, clarifying, and conforming 
revisions throughout the 2020 final rule to improve clarity and 
consistency. The OCC is also proposing revisions to regulations that 
include cross references to the CRA implementing regulations in effect 
prior to October 1, 2020, including 12 CFR part 24, 12 CFR part 35, and 
12 CFR part 192. These revisions update the cross references to be 
consistent with the 2020 final rule and include transition provisions 
as appropriate.

VI. Request for Comments

    The OCC requests comment on all aspects of the proposed rule. The 
OCC specifically requests comments on the approach the OCC would use to 
determine the CRA evaluation measure benchmarks, retail lending 
distribution test thresholds, and CD minimums under the Community 
Reinvestment Act's general performance standards. The OCC also seeks 
comment on its proposal to amend the 2020 final rule to consider, under 
performance context, declines of ten percent or greater on a bank's 
performance under the general performance standards following the 
establishment of the benchmarks, thresholds, and minimums.

VII. Regulatory Analyses

A. Paperwork Reduction Act

    In accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995 (PRA), 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., the OCC may not conduct or 
sponsor, and respondents are not required to respond to, an information 
collection unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) control number. The OCC has reviewed the notice of 
proposed rulemaking and

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determined that it would not introduce any new or revise any existing 
collection of information pursuant to the PRA. Therefore, no submission 
will be made to OMB for review.

B. Regulatory Flexibility Act

    In general, the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) (5 U.S.C. 601 et 
seq.) requires an agency, in connection with a proposed rule, to 
prepare an Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis describing the 
impact of the rule on small entities (defined by the Small Business 
Administration for purposes of the RFA to include commercial banks and 
savings institutions with total assets of $600 million or less and 
trust companies with total assets of $41.5 million of less). However, 
under section 605(b) of the RFA, this analysis is not required if an 
agency certifies that the rule would not have a significant economic 
impact on a substantial number of small entities and publishes its 
certification and a short explanatory statement in the Federal Register 
along with its rule.
    The OCC currently supervises approximately 1,067 insured depository 
institutions, of which 1,030 may be impacted by the proposed rule. 
Moreover, 745 of the institutions are small entities.\13\ The OCC 
estimates that the proposed rule's technical amendments and updated 
cross references may impact approximately 708 of these small entities, 
which is a significant number.\14\ However, because the OCC estimates 
the costs, if any, associated with the proposal would be de minimis, 
the proposed rule would not have a significant economic impact on any 
small OCC-regulated entities. Additionally, the other sections of the 
proposed rule do not impose new mandates and primarily request comment 
on the OCC's proposed approach for setting the benchmarks, thresholds, 
and minimums as well as how the OCC would consider decreases in CRA 
activities following the establishment of these standards.\15\ 
Therefore, the OCC believes the costs associated with the proposal, if 
any, would be de minimis. For these reasons, the OCC certifies that, if 
adopted, the proposed rule would not have a significant economic impact 
on a substantial number of small entities regulated by the OCC. 
Accordingly, an Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis is not 
required.
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    \13\ Consistent with the General Principles of Affiliation 13 
CFR 121.103(a), the OCC counts the assets of affiliated financial 
institutions when determining if it should classify an institution 
as a small entity. The OCC used December 31, 2019, to determine size 
because a ``financial institution's assets are determined by 
averaging the assets reported on its four quarterly financial 
statements for the preceding year.'' See footnote 8 of the U.S. 
Small Business Administration's Table of Size Standards.
    \14\ The OCC excluded entities with a CRA examination type of 
``exempt'' in an OCC supervisory information system.
    \15\ As noted above, these sections of the proposal are relevant 
to banks subject to the general performance standards, which 
generally only apply to institutions that have more than $2.5 
billion in assets that are not evaluated under a strategic plan and 
that are not wholesale or limited purpose banks.
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C. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995

    The OCC has analyzed the proposed rule under the factors in the 
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (UMRA), 2 U.S.C. 1501 et seq. 
Under this analysis the OCC considered whether the proposed rule 
includes a Federal mandate that may result in the expenditure by State, 
local, and tribal governments, in the aggregate, or by the private 
sector, of $100 million or more in any one year ($157 million as 
adjusted annually for inflation). The UMRA does not apply to 
regulations that incorporate requirements specifically set forth in 
law.
    As discussed above, the proposed rule, if implemented, would not 
impose new mandates. The OCC concludes that if implemented, the 
proposed rule would not result in an expenditure of $157 million or 
more annually by State, local, and tribal governments, or by the 
private sector. Therefore, the OCC finds that the proposed rule does 
not trigger the UMRA cost threshold. Accordingly, the OCC has not 
prepared the written statement described in section 202 of the UMRA.

D. Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994

    Pursuant to section 302(a) of the Riegle Community Development and 
Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 (RCDRIA), 12 U.S.C. 4802(a), in 
determining the effective date and administrative compliance 
requirements for new regulations that impose additional reporting, 
disclosure, or other requirements on insured depository institutions, 
the OCC will consider, consistent with principles of safety and 
soundness and the public interest: (1) Any administrative burdens that 
the proposed rule would place on depository institutions, including 
small depository institutions and customers of depository institutions; 
and (2) the benefits of the proposed rule. The OCC requests comment on 
any administrative burdens that the proposed rule would place on 
depository institutions, including small depository institutions, and 
their customers, and the benefits of the proposed rule that the OCC 
should consider in determining the effective date and any 
administrative compliance requirements for a final rule.

List of Subjects

12 CFR Part 24

    Community development, Credit, Investments, Low- and moderate-
income housing, National banks, Reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements, Rural areas, Small businesses.

12 CFR Part 25

    Community development, Credit, Investments, National banks, 
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Savings associations.

12 CFR Part 35

    Community development, Credit, Freedom of information, Investments, 
National banks, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

12 CFR Part 192

    Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Savings associations, 
Securities.

    For the reasons set out in the preamble, the OCC proposes to amend 
12 CFR chapter I as follows:

PART 24--COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ENTITIES, COMMUNITY 
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, AND OTHER PUBLIC WELFARE INVESTMENTS

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1. The authority citation for part 24 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  12 U.S.C. 24(Eleventh), 93a, 481 and 1818.


Sec.  24.2   [Amended]

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2. In Sec.  24.2 amend paragraph (f) by removing ``12 CFR 25.12(m)'' 
and adding in its place ``12 CFR 25.03''.


Sec.  24.3  [Amended]

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3. Section 24.3 is amended by removing the phrase ``12 CFR 25.23 as a 
``qualified investment.'''' and adding in its place the phrase ``12 CFR 
25.04 as a ``community development investment.''''.


Sec.  24.7   [Amended]

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4. In Sec.  24.7 amend (paragraph (b) by removing ``12 CFR 25.23'' and 
adding in its place ``12 CFR 25.04''.

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PART 25--COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT ACT AND INTERSTATE DEPOSIT 
PRODUCTION REGULATIONS

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5. The authority citation for part 25 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  12 U.S.C. 21, 22, 26, 27, 30, 36, 93a, 161, 215, 
215a, 481, 1462a, 1463, 1464, 1814, 1816, 1828(c), 1835a, 2901 
through 2908, 3101 through 3111, and 5412(b)(2)(B).

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6. Section 25.01 amended by:
0
a. In paragraph (b)(1) adding the phrase ``or the Federal Deposit 
Insurance Corporation (FDIC)'' after ``(OCC)'';
0
b. In paragraph (b)(2) adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC'';
0
c. In paragraph (c)(1) removing ``Sec.  25.03'' and adding ``Sec.  
25.03,'' in its place;
0
d. Revising paragraph (c)(4)(i); and
0
e. In paragraph (c)(5):
0
i. Removing ``October 1, 2020.'' and adding ``October 1, 2020,'' in its 
place;
0
ii. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC'' in the introductory 
text; and
0
iii. Removing the word ``element'' and adding in its place the word 
``elements'' in the introductory text.
    The revision reads as follows:


Sec.  25.01   Authority, purposes, scope, and severability.

* * * * *
    (c)* * *
    (4) Compliance dates. (i) Banks other than banks evaluated under 
the performance standards applicable to small, intermediate, wholesale, 
and limited purpose banks must comply with Sec. Sec.  25.07-25.13, 
25.21, 25.25, and 25.26, as applicable, by January 1, 2023.
* * * * *


Sec.  25.02  [Amended]

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7. Section 25.02 is amended by:
0
a. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC'' in paragraph (a) 
introductory text;
0
b. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC'' in the second sentence 
of paragraph (b); and
0
c. In paragraph (c):
0
i. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC''; and
0
ii. Removing the phrase ``OCC's procedures set forth in part 5 of this 
chapter'' and adding in its place the phrase ``applicable comment 
procedures''.
0
8. Section 25.03 is amended by:
0
a. In the definition of Affiliate removing the phrase ``October 1, 
2020'' and adding the phrase ``October 1, 2020,'' in its place;
0
b. In the definition of Automated teller machine (ATM) removing the 
phrase ``cash dispersed'' and adding the phrase ``cash is disbursed'' 
in its place;
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c. Revising the definition of Compensation;
0
d. In the definition of Essential community facility removing the word 
``means'' and adding the word ``means'' in its place;
0
e. In the definition of Essential infrastructure:
0
i. Removing the word ``means'' and adding the word ``means'' in its 
place; and
0
ii. Adding the word ``and'' before the word ``tunnels'' in paragraph 
(1);
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f. Moving the definition of Low-income credit union to follow the 
definition of Limited purpose bank;
0
g. In the definition of Metropolitan division adding the word ``the'' 
before the phrase ``successor publication thereof'';
0
h. In the definition of Metropolitan statistical area adding the word 
``the'' before the phrase ``successor publication thereof'';
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i. Revising the definition of Partially;
0
j. In the definition of Primarily removing the phrase ``individuals or 
census tracts'' from paragraph (1) and adding in its place the phrase 
``individuals, families, businesses, farms, or census tracts'';
0
k. In the definition of Retail domestic deposit:
0
i. Removing ``FDIA'' in the introductory text and adding in its place 
the phrase ``Federal Deposit Insurance Act'' in the first sentence of 
the definition;
0
ii. Removing ``FDIA'' and adding in its place ``Federal Deposit 
Insurance Act'' in paragraph (2)(i)(A); and
0
iii. Adding quotation marks to the phrase ``reciprocal deposit'' in 
paragraph (2)(ii);
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l. In the definition of Metropolitan division removing the phrase ``the 
center of the census tract if the census tract'' in paragraph (2)(i)(D) 
and adding in its place the word ``the center of the census tract if 
it''; and
0
m. In the definition of Wholesale bank adding the word ``loans'' after 
the word ``mortgage''.
    The revisions read as follows:


Sec.  25.03   Definitions.

* * * * *
    Compensation means the median hourly compensation value (where 
compensation value equals total salaries and benefits divided by full-
time equivalent employees) for the banking industry based on Call 
Report data for--
    (1) Salaries and employee benefits from Schedule RI, Item 7.a; and
    (2) Number of full-time equivalent employees from Schedule RI, 
Memorandum Item 5.
* * * * *
    Partially means 50 percent or less of the dollar value of the 
activity or of the individuals, families, businesses, farms, or census 
tracts served by the activity, if the activity does not have an 
express, bona fide intent, purpose, or mandate consistent with a 
criterion in Sec.  25.04(c).
* * * * *


Sec.  25.04  [Amended]

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9. In Sec.  25.04 amend paragraph (a)(3) by removing the phrase ``on 
the date'' and adding in its place the word ``conducted'';


Sec.  25.06  [Amended]

0
10. In Sec.  25.06 amend paragraph (c)(2) by removing the word 
``activity'' and adding in its place the word ``area''.
0
11. Section 25.08 is amended by:
0
a. Adding the phrase ``or greater than'' after the phrase 
``approximately equal to'' in the first sentence of paragraph (b)(1);
0
b. Removing the word ``conducted'' in the second sentence of paragraph 
(b)(1) and adding ``conducted,'';
0
c. Removing the word ``activity'' and adding in its place the word 
``activities'' in paragraph (b)(2); and
0
d. Revising paragraph (b)(4).
    The revision reads as follows:


Sec.  25.08  Qualifying activities value.

* * * * *
    (b)* * *
    (4) The quantified dollar value of qualifying activities that 
receive a multiplier under paragraphs (b)(2) or (b)(3) of this section 
may also be subject to an additional upward adjustment, for a maximum 
total upward adjustment of up to 4 times the quantified dollar value of 
the qualifying activity based on the OCC's or FDIC's determination of 
the activity's responsiveness, innovativeness, or complexity.
* * * * *


Sec.  25.09  [Amended]

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12. Section 25.09 is amended by:
0
a. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC'' wherever it appears in 
paragraph (a);
0
b. Removing the word ``it'' from paragraph (c)(2)(v) and adding in its 
place the phrase ``the bank'';
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c. In paragraph (e):
0
i. Removing the phrase ``will consist'' from the first sentence and 
adding in its place the word ``consists''; and
0
ii. Adding the phrase ``assessed under the general performance 
standards in Sec.  25.13'' after the word ``bank'' in the second 
sentence; and
0
d. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC'' wherever it appears in 
paragraph (g)
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13. Section 25.10 is amended by:

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a. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC'' in paragraph (a) 
introductory text;
0
b. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC'' in paragraph (a)(1)(i);
0
c. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC'' in paragraph (a)(1)(ii);
0
d. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC'' in paragraph 
(a)(1)(iii);
0
e. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC'' in paragraph (a)(2)(i);
0
f. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC'' in paragraph (a)(2)(ii);
0
g. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC'' in paragraph 
(a)(2)(iii);
0
h. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC'' in paragraph (a)(3)(i);
0
i. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC'' in paragraph (a)(3)(ii);
0
j. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC'' wherever it appears in 
paragraph (a)(4);
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k. Revising the last sentence of paragraph (b); and
0
l. Removing the word ``anticipates'' and adding the phrase ``and FDIC 
anticipate'' in paragraph (c).
    The revision reads as follows:


Sec.  25.10  Performance standards and ratings, in general.

* * * * *
    (b)* * *A small, intermediate, wholesale, or limited purpose bank 
that opts out from the general performance standards will be evaluated 
according to the performance standards described in paragraphs (a)(2) 
and (a)(3) of this section, as applicable, unless the bank is evaluated 
under an approved strategic plan as described under (a)(4) of this 
section.
* * * * *


Sec.  25.11   [Amended]

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14. Section 25.11 is amended by removing ``Sec.  25.08(c);'' in 
paragraph (c)(1) and adding ``Sec.  25.08(c)'' in its place.


Sec.  25.12  [Amended]

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15. Section 25.12 is amended by:
0
a. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC'' in paragraph (a) 
introductory text;
0
b. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC'' in paragraph (b)(1) 
introductory text;
0
c. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC'' in paragraph (b)(2) 
introductory text;
0
d. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC'' in paragraph (b)(3) 
introductory text;
0
e. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC'' in paragraph (c)(1) 
introductory text;
0
f. In paragraph (c)(2):
0
i. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC''; and
0
ii. Removing the phrase ``demographic borrower comparator or the 
associated'' and adding in its place ``borrower demographic comparator 
or the associated borrower'';
0
g. In paragraph (c)(3):
0
i. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC''; and
0
ii. Removing the phrase ``demographic borrower comparator or the 
associated'' and adding in its place ``borrower demographic comparator 
or the associated borrower'';
0
h. In paragraph (c)(4) introductory text:
0
i. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC''; and
0
ii. Removing the phrase ``demographic borrower comparator or the 
associated'' and adding in its place ``borrower demographic comparator 
or the associated borrower''.
0
16. Section 25.13 is amended by:
0
a. Removing the word ``in'' and adding in its place ``in--'' in 
paragraph (c)(1)(ii)(B) introductory text;
0
b. Removing the word ``in'' and adding in its place ``in--'' in 
paragraph (c)(2)(ii)(A) introductory text;
0
c. Removing the word ``in'' and adding in its place ``in--'' in 
paragraph (c)(2)(ii)(B) introductory text;
0
d. Removing the phrase ``divided by'' in paragraph (c)(2)(iii) and 
adding ``divided by'' in its place;
0
e. Removing the phrase ``substantial noncompliance standard'' in 
paragraph (c)(4) and adding in its place the phrase ``substantial 
noncompliance performance standard'';
0
f. Removing the phrase ``average assessment area CRA evaluation 
measure'' in paragraph (d)(2)(ii) and adding in its place the phrase 
``average annual assessment area CRA evaluation measure'';
0
g. Removing the phrase ``average assessment area CRA evaluation 
measure'' in paragraph (d)(3) and adding in its place the phrase 
``average annual assessment area CRA evaluation measure'';
0
h. Removing the phrase ``average assessment area CRA evaluation 
measure'' in paragraph (d)(4) and adding in its place the phrase 
``average annual assessment area CRA evaluation measure''; and
0
i. Adding paragraph (e).
    The addition reads as follows:


Sec.  25.13   General performance standards and presumptive rating.

* * * * *
    (e) OCC approach to setting CRA evaluation measure benchmarks, 
retail lending distribution test thresholds, and community development 
minimums. Based on the activity data collected from banks that are 
subject to the general performance standards, the OCC will calculate 
historic CRA activity levels and corresponding performance ratings 
under the general performance standards had they been in place. Based 
on this analysis, the OCC will set the CRA evaluation measure 
benchmarks, retail lending distribution test thresholds, and community 
development minimums such that the proportion of banks receiving 
hypothetical presumptive ratings of outstanding and satisfactory is no 
greater than the historical proportion of banks that received assigned 
ratings of outstanding and satisfactory.


Sec.  25.14   [Amended]

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17. Section 25.14 is amended by:
0
a. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC'' in paragraph (a)(1);
0
b. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC'' in paragraph (a)(2); and
0
c. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC'' in paragraph (d).


Sec.  25.15   [Amended]

0
18. Section 25.15 is amended by:
0
a. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC'' in paragraph (a);
0
b. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC'' wherever it appears in 
paragraph (b);
0
c. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC'' in paragraph (c) 
introductory text;
0
d. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC'' in paragraph (d)(1);
0
e. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC'' in paragraph (d)(2); and
0
f. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC'' in paragraph (e).
0
19. Section 25.16 is amended by:
0
a. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC'' in paragraph (a) 
introductory text;
0
b. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC'' in paragraph (b) 
introductory text;
0
c. Removing the period at the end of paragraph (b)(3) and adding in its 
place a semicolon;
0
d. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC'' in paragraph (b)(4);
0
e. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC'' in paragraph (b)(5);
0
f. Removing the phrase ``including for each assessment area.'' in 
paragraph (c) and adding in its place the phrase ``including for each 
assessment area.''; and
0
g. Adding paragraph (d).
    The addition reads as follows:


Sec.  25.16   Consideration of performance context.

* * * * *
    (d) Declines in CRA performance. In assessing a bank's performance, 
the OCC

[[Page 78267]]

considers whether there has been a decline of 10% or greater in a 
bank's performance on the general performance standards as calculated 
based on historical data between the establishment of the objective 
benchmarks, thresholds, and minimums and the bank's first evaluation 
under the general performance standards. Declines that cannot be 
explained by market conditions or other factors under paragraph (b) of 
this section may warrant a downward adjustment in determining the 
bank's assigned rating.


Sec.  25.17  [Amended]

0
20. Section 25.17 is amended by:
0
a. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC's'' after ``OCC's'' in paragraph (a) 
introductory text; and
0
b. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC'' in paragraph (b).


Sec.  25.18   [Amended]

0
21. Section 25.18 is amended by:
0
a. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC'' in paragraph (a) 
introductory text;
0
b. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC'' in paragraph (a)(1);
0
c. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC'' in paragraph (a)(2);
0
d. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC'' in paragraph (b)(2);
0
e. In paragraph (c):
0
i. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC's'' after ``OCC's'';
0
ii. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC'' wherever it appears;
0
f. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC'' in paragraph (d)(1);
0
g. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC'' in paragraph (e) 
introductory text;
0
h. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC's'' after ``OCC's'' in paragraph (e)(1);
0
i. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC'' wherever it appears in 
paragraph (f);
0
j. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC'' wherever it appears in 
paragraph (g)(3);
0
k. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC'' wherever it appears in 
paragraph (g)(4);
0
l. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC'' wherever it appears in 
paragraph (h)(1);
0
m. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC'' in paragraph (h)(2);
0
n. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC'' in paragraph (h)(3); and
0
o. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC'' wherever it appears in 
paragraph (i).
0
22. Section 25.19 is amended by:
0
a. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC'' and removing the comma 
after ``Sec.  25.16'' in paragraph (a)(1); and
0
b. Revising paragraphs (a)(2) and (b).
    The revisions read as follows:


Sec.  25.19   Assigned ratings.

    (a)* * *
    (2) Assessment area assigned rating(s). The OCC or FDIC determines 
the assessment area assigned rating(s) for a bank evaluated under Sec.  
25.13 based on its assessment area presumptive rating(s) under Sec.  
25.13, adjusted for performance context under Sec.  25.16 and 
consideration of discriminatory or other illegal credit practices under 
Sec.  25.17.
    (b) Strategic plans assigned rating(s). A bank operating under a 
strategic plan will receive, as applicable, an assigned rating, 
assessment area assigned rating(s), and state-level and multistate 
metropolitan statistical area assigned rating(s) of satisfactory or 
outstanding if it has met the measurable goals in the plan that 
correspond to those ratings after considering performance context under 
Sec.  25.16 and discriminatory or other illegal credit practices under 
Sec.  25.17.


Sec.  25.20  [Amended]

0
23. Section 25.20 is amended by:
0
a. Removing the phrase ``assigned rating'' from the heading and adding 
in its place the phrase ``assigned rating(s)''; and
0
b. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC''.


Sec.  25.21  [Amended]

0
24. Section 25.21 is amended by:
0
a. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC'' in paragraph (a);
0
b. Removing the phrase ``evaluated in the assessment area'' and adding 
in its place the phrase ``evaluated in each assessment area'' in 
paragraph (b)(1);
0
c. Removing the phrase ``paragraph (c)(8) of this section'' in 
paragraph (c)(1) introductory text and adding in its place the phrase 
``paragraph (c)(9) of this section'';
0
d. In paragraph (c)(7):
0
i. Redesignating paragraphs (c)(7)(iii) through (viii) as paragraphs 
(c)(7)(iv) through (ix); and
0
ii. Redesignating the second instance of paragraph (c)(7)(ii) as 
paragraph (c)(7)(iii);
0
e. Removing the phrase ``qualifies under Sec.  25.04(a)(1)(3)'' in 
paragraph (c)(9) introductory text and adding in its place the phrase 
``qualifies under Sec.  25.04(a)(3)''; and
0
f. Removing the phrase ``on the date'' in paragraph (c)(9)(vii) and 
adding in its place the word ``conducted''.


Sec.  25.23   [Amended]

0
25. Section 25.23 is amended by:
0
a. Removing the phrase ``community development service required'' in 
the paragraph (b) heading and adding in its place ``community 
development service data required''; and
0
b. Removing the phrase ``qualifies under Sec.  25.04(d)'' in paragraph 
(b)(4) introductory text and adding in its place the phrase ``qualifies 
under Sec.  25.04(a)(3)''.


Sec.  25.25   [Amended]

0
26. Section 25.25 is amended by adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after 
``OCC''.


Sec.  25.26   [Amended]

0
27. Section 25.26 is amended by:
0
a. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC'' in paragraph (a);
0
b. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC'' in paragraph (b)(1)(i) 
introductory text;
0
c. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC'' in paragraph (b)(1)(ii) 
introductory text;
0
d. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC'' in paragraph 
(b)(1)(iii);
0
e. In paragraph (c):
0
i. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC''; and
0
ii. Removing ``Sec.  25.21(e)'' and adding in its place ``Sec.  
25.23(d)''.
0
28. Section 25.27 is amended in paragraph (b) by:
0
a. Removing in the introductory text the phrase ``subject to reporting 
under this part'' and adding in its place the phrase ``evaluated under 
Sec.  25.13'';
0
b. Redesignating paragraphs (b)(2) through (10) as paragraphs (b)(3) 
through (11); and adding a new paragraph (b)(2).
    The addition reads as follows:


Sec.  25.27  Public disclosures.

* * * * *
    (b) * * *
    (2) The number of home mortgage loans in low- and moderate-income 
census tracts;
* * * * *


Sec.  25.28  [Amended]

0
29. Section 25.28 is amended by:
0
a. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC'' wherever it appears in 
paragraph (a)(2); and
0
b. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC'' in paragraph (b)(1).


Sec.  25.29   [Amended]

0
30. Section 25.29 is amended by adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after 
``OCC''.

Appendix A to Part 25 [Amended]

0
31. Appendix A to part 25 is amended by:
0
a. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC'' in paragraph (a);

[[Page 78268]]

0
b. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC'' in paragraph (b)(1)(i) 
introductory text;
0
c. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC'' in paragraph (b)(2)(i);
0
d. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC'' in paragraph (b)(2)(ii);
0
e. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC'' in paragraph 
(b)(3)(ii)(B);
0
f. Removing the phrase ``assigned rating'' after ``substantial 
noncompliance'' in paragraph (b)(3)(iii);
0
g. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC'' in paragraph (c) 
introductory text;
0
h. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC'' in paragraph (c)(1) 
introductory text;
0
i. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC'' in paragraph (c)(2) 
introductory text;
0
j. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC'' in paragraph (c)(3) 
introductory text; and
0
k. Adding the phrase ``or FDIC'' after ``OCC'' in paragraph (c)(4) 
introductory text.
0
32. Revise appendix B to part 25 to read as follows:

Appendix B to Part 25--Community Reinvestment Act Notice

    Under the Federal Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), the [Office of 
the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) or Federal Deposit Insurance 
Corporation (FDIC)] evaluates our record of helping to meet the credit 
needs of this community, consistent with safe and sound operations. The 
[OCC or FDIC] also takes this record into account when deciding on 
certain applications submitted by us.
    Your involvement is encouraged.
    You are entitled to certain information about our operations and 
our performance under the CRA, including, for example, information 
about our branches, such as their location and services provided at 
them; the public section of our most recent CRA Performance Evaluation, 
prepared by the [OCC or FDIC]; and comments received from the public 
relating to assessment area needs and opportunities, as well as our 
responses to those comments. You may review this information today by 
reviewing the public file which is available at (web address and/or 
physical address at which the public file can be reviewed and copied).
    You may also have access to the following additional information, 
which we will make available to you after you make a request to us: (1) 
A map showing the assessment area containing a select branch, which is 
the area in which the [OCC or FDIC] evaluates our CRA performance for 
that particular community; (2) branch addresses and associated branch 
facilities and hours in any assessment area; (3) a list of services we 
provide at those locations; (4) our most recent rating in the 
assessment area; and (5) copies of all written comments received by us 
that specifically relate to the needs and opportunities of a given 
assessment area, and any responses we have made to those comments. If 
we are operating under an approved strategic plan, you may also have 
access to a copy of the plan.
    At least 30 days before the beginning of each quarter, the [OCC or 
FDIC] publishes a nationwide list of the (entity type) that are 
scheduled for CRA examination in that quarter. This list is available 
from the [OCC Deputy Comptroller (address) or FDIC appropriate regional 
director (address)]. You may send written comments regarding the needs 
and opportunities of any of the (entity type)'s assessment area(s) to 
(name, address, and email address of official at bank) and [OCC Deputy 
Comptroller (address and email address) or FDIC appropriate regional 
director (address and email address)]. Your comments, together with any 
response by us, will be considered by the [OCC or FDIC] in evaluating 
our CRA performance and may be made public.
    You may ask to look at any comments received by the [OCC Deputy 
Comptroller or FDIC appropriate regional director]. You may also 
request from the [OCC Deputy Comptroller or FDIC appropriate regional 
director] an announcement of our applications covered by the CRA filed 
with the [OCC or FDIC]. [(We are an affiliate of (name of holding 
company), a (entity type) holding company. You may request from the 
(title of responsible official), Federal Reserve Bank of _____(address) 
an announcement of applications covered by the CRA filed by (entity 
type) holding companies.)]

Appendix C to Part 25 [Amended]

0
33. Appendix C to part 25 is amended by:
0
a. Removing the phrase ``pursuant part 1003 of this title'' in Sec.  
25.43(b)(2) and adding in its place the phrase ``pursuant to part 1003 
of this title''; and
0
b. Removing the phrase ``pursuant part 1003 of this title'' in Sec.  
195.43(b)(2) and adding in its place the phrase ``pursuant to part 1003 
of this title''.

PART 35--DISCLOSURE AND REPORTING OF CRA-RELATED AGREEMENTS

0
34. The authority citation for part 35 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 12 U.S.C. 1, 93a, 1462a, 1463, 1464, 1831y, and 
5412(b)(2)(B).


Sec.  35.1   [Amended]

0
35. Section 35.1 is amended by removing the phrase ``or part 195 
(Community Reinvestment)'' from paragraph (c).
0
36. Section 35.4 is amended by revising paragraph (a)(2).
    The revision reads as follows:


Sec.  35.4   Fulfillment of the CRA.

    (a)* * *
    (2) Activities given favorable CRA consideration. Performing any of 
the following activities if the activity is of the type that is likely 
to receive favorable consideration by a Federal banking agency in 
evaluating the performance under the CRA of the insured depository 
institution that is a party to the agreement or an affiliate of a party 
to the agreement--
    (i) Retail loans, community development loans, community 
development investments, and community development services, as 
described in Sec.  25.04 (12 CFR 25.04) or 12 CFR part 25, Appendix C, 
Sec.  25.22 or Sec.  25.23, as applicable;
    (ii) Delivering retail banking services, as described in 12 CFR 
part 25, Appendix C, Sec.  25.24(d);
    (iii) In the case of a wholesale or limited-purpose insured 
depository institution, community development lending, including 
originating and purchasing loans and making loan commitments and 
letters of credit, making community development investments, or 
providing community development services, as described in Sec.  
25.15(c) (12 CFR 25.15(c)) or 12 CFR part 25, Appendix C, Sec.  
25.25(c), as applicable;
    (iv) In the case of a small insured depository institution, any 
lending or other activity described in Sec.  25.14(a) (12 CFR 25.14(a)) 
or 12 CFR part 25, Appendix C, Sec.  25.26(a), as applicable; or
    (v) In the case of an insured depository institution that is 
evaluated on the basis of a strategic plan, any element of the 
strategic plan, as described in Sec.  25.18(g) (12 CFR 25.18(g)) or 12 
CFR part 25, Appendix C, Sec.  25.27(f), as applicable.
* * * * *
0
37. Effective January 1, 2024, revise paragraph (a)(2) to read as 
follows:


Sec.  35.4  Fulfillment of the CRA.

    (a)* * *

[[Page 78269]]

    (2) Activities given favorable CRA consideration. Performing any of 
the following activities if the activity is of the type that is likely 
to receive favorable consideration by a Federal banking agency in 
evaluating the performance under the CRA of the insured depository 
institution that is a party to the agreement or an affiliate of a party 
to the agreement--
    (i) Retail loans, community development loans, community 
development investments, and community development services, as 
described in Sec.  25.04 (12 CFR 25.04);
    (ii) In the case of a wholesale or limited-purpose insured 
depository institution, community development lending, including 
originating and purchasing loans and making loan commitments and 
letters of credit, making community development investments, or 
providing community development services, as described in Sec.  
25.15(c) (12 CFR 25.15(c));
    (iii) In the case of a small insured depository institution, any 
lending or other activity described in Sec.  25.14(a) (12 CFR 
25.14(a)); or
    (iv) In the case of an insured depository institution that is 
evaluated on the basis of a strategic plan, any element of the 
strategic plan, as described in Sec.  25.18(g) (12 CFR 25.18(g)).
* * * * *


Sec.  35.6  [Amended]

0
38. Section 35.6 is amended by removing the phrase ``set forth in Sec.  
25.43 (12 CFR 25.43)'' in paragraph (b)(7) and adding in its place 
``set forth in Sec.  25.28 (12 CFR 25.28) or 12 CFR part 25, Appendix 
C, Sec.  25.43, as applicable''.


Sec.  35.11   [Amended]

0
39. Section 35.11 is amended by removing the phrase ``described in 
Sec.  25.43 (12 CFR 25.43)'' in paragraph (d) and adding in its place 
the phrase ``described in Sec.  25.28 (12 CFR 25.28) or 12 CFR part 25, 
Appendix C, Sec.  25.43, as applicable''.

PART 192--CONVERSIONS FROM MUTUAL TO STOCK FORM

0
40. The authority citation for part 192 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  12 U.S.C. 1462a, 1463, 1464, 1467a, 2901 et seq., 
5412(b)(2)(B); 15 U.S.C. 78c, 78l, 78m, 78n, 78w.


Sec.  192.200  [Amended]

0
41. Section 192.200 is amended by removing the phrase ``under 12 CFR 
part 195'' in paragraph (c) introductory text and adding in its place 
``under part 25''.

Brian P. Brooks,
Acting Comptroller of the Currency.
[FR Doc. 2020-26394 Filed 12-3-20; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4810-33-P


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