78022 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 218 / Tuesday, November 14, 2023 / Notices 

1More detailed information regarding this 

collection, including more detailed burden 

estimates, can be found in the OMB Supporting 

Statement posted at https://www.federalreserve.gov/ 

apps/reportingforms/home/review. On the page 

displayed at the link, you can find the OMB 

Supporting Statement by referencing the collection 

identifier, FR 3076. 

1Finance companies include companies in which 

50 percent or more of assets are held in any of the 

following types of loan or lease assets: (1) liens on 

real estate, defined as outstanding balances on loans 

or leases, for any purpose, secured by liens on real 

estate and (2) loans and leases not secured by real 

estate, such as business loans and leases, defined 

as outstanding balances on loans and on leases for 

commercial and industrial purposes to sole 

proprietorships, partnerships, corporations, and 

other business enterprises; or consumer loans and 

leases, defined as outstanding balances on loans 

and on leases for household, family, and other 

personal expenditures. 

Frequency: As needed. 

Respondents: Individual users and 

potential users of the Board’s public 

website. 

Total estimated number of 

respondents: 120. 

Total estimated annual burden hours: 

420.1

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, November 7, 2023. 

Michele Taylor Fennell, 

Deputy Associate Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. 2023–25096 Filed 11–13–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection Activities; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Board of Governors of the 

Federal Reserve System. 

ACTION: Notice, request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The Board of Governors of the 

Federal Reserve System (Board) invites 

comment on a proposal to extend for 

three years, without revision, the 

Domestic Finance Company Report of 

Consolidated Assets and Liabilities (FR 

2248; OMB No. 7100–0005). 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before January 16, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by FR 2248, by any of the 

following methods: 

• Agency website: https://

www.federalreserve.gov/. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments at 

https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/ 

foia/proposedregs.aspx. 

• Email: regs.comments@

federalreserve.gov. Include the OMB 

number or FR number in the subject line 

of the message. 

• FAX: (202) 452–3819 or (202) 452– 

3102. 

• Mail: Federal Reserve Board of 

Governors, Attn: Ann E. Misback, 

Secretary of the Board, Mailstop M– 

4775, 2001 C St. 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 personally identifiable 

information at the commenter’s request. 

Accordingly, comments will not be 

edited to remove any confidential 

business information, identifying 

information, or contact information. 

Public comments may also be viewed 

electronically or in paper in Room M– 

4365A, 2001 C St. NW, Washington, DC 

20551, between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. 

on weekdays, except for Federal 

holidays. 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 Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) Desk 

Officer for the Federal Reserve Board, 

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: 

Federal Reserve Board Clearance 

Officer—Nuha Elmaghrabi—Office of 

the Chief Data Officer, Board of 

Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, nuha.elmaghrabi@frb.gov, (202) 

452–3884. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 

15, 1984, OMB delegated to the Board 

authority under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (PRA) to approve and 

assign OMB control numbers to 

collections of information 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. 

During the comment period for this 

proposal, a copy of the proposed PRA 

OMB submission, including the draft 

reporting form and instructions, 

supporting statement (which contains 

more detail about the information 

collection and burden estimates than 

this notice), and other documentation, 

will be made available on the Board’s 

public website at https://www.federal

reserve.gov/apps/reportingforms/home/ 

review or may be requested from the 

agency clearance officer, whose name 

appears above. Final versions of these 

documents will be made available at 

https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain, if approved. 

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 Board’s functions, 

including whether the information has 

practical utility; 

b. The accuracy of the Board’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 Board should 

modify the proposal. 

Proposal Under OMB Delegated 

Authority To Extend for Three Years, 

Without Revision, the Following 

Information Collection 

Collection title: Domestic Finance 

Company Report of Consolidated Assets 

and Liabilities. 

Collection identifier: FR 2248. 

OMB control number: 7100–0005. 

General description of collection: The 

voluntary FR 2248 is collected monthly 

as of the last calendar day of the month 

from a stratified sample of finance 

companies.1 Each monthly report 

collects balance sheet data on major 

categories of consumer and business 

credit receivables and on major shortterm liabilities. For quarter-end months, 

additional asset and liability items are 

collected to provide a full balance sheet. 


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Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 218 / Tuesday, November 14, 2023 / Notices 78023 

2More detailed information regarding this 

collection, including more detailed burden 

estimates, can be found in the OMB Supporting 

Statement posted at https://www.federalreserve.gov/ 

apps/reportingforms/home/review. On the page 

displayed at the link, you can find the OMB 

Supporting Statement by referencing the collection 

identifier, FR 2248. 

A supplemental section collects data on 

securitized assets. Board staff may ask 

either quantitative or qualitative 

questions through the use of a special 

addendum section no more than twice 

per year. The data are used to construct 

universe estimates of finance company 

holdings, which are published in the 

monthly statistical releases Finance 

Companies (G.20) and Consumer Credit 

(G.19), and in the quarterly statistical 

release Financial Accounts of the 

United States (Z.1). 

Frequency: Monthly. 

Respondents: Sample of 150 finance 

companies. 

Total estimated number of 

respondents: 150. 

Total estimated annual burden hours: 

750.2

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, November 7, 2023. 

Michele Taylor Fennell, 

Deputy Associate Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. 2023–25093 Filed 11–13–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection Activities; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Board of Governors of the 

Federal Reserve System. 

ACTION: Notice, request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The Board of Governors of the 

Federal Reserve System (Board) invites 

comment on a proposal to extend for 

three years, without revision, the 

Government-Administered, General-Use 

Prepaid Card Survey (FR 3063; OMB 

No. 7100–0343). 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before January 16, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by FR 3063, by any of the 

following methods: 

• Agency website: https://

www.federalreserve.gov/. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments at 

https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/ 

foia/proposedregs.aspx. 

• Email: regs.comments@

federalreserve.gov. Include the OMB 

number or FR number in the subject line 

of the message. 

• FAX: (202) 452–3819 or (202) 452– 

3102. 

• Mail: Federal Reserve Board of 

Governors, Attn: Ann E. Misback, 

Secretary of the Board, Mailstop M– 

4775, 2001 C St. 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 personally identifiable 

information at the commenter’s request. 

Accordingly, comments will not be 

edited to remove any confidential 

business information, identifying 

information, or contact information. 

Public comments may also be viewed 

electronically or in paper in Room M– 

4365A, 2001 C St. NW, Washington, DC 

20551, between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. 

on weekdays, except for Federal 

holidays. 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 Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) Desk 

Officer for the Federal Reserve Board, 

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: 

Federal Reserve Board Clearance 

Officer—Nuha Elmaghrabi—Office of 

the Chief Data Officer, Board of 

Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, nuha.elmaghrabi@frb.gov, (202) 

452–3884. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 

15, 1984, OMB delegated to the Board 

authority under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (PRA) to approve and 

assign OMB control numbers to 

collections of information 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. 

During the comment period for this 

proposal, a copy of the proposed PRA 

OMB submission, including the draft 

reporting form and instructions, 

supporting statement (which contains 

more detail about the information 

collection and burden estimates than 

this notice), and other documentation, 

will be made available on the Board’s 

public website at https://www.federal

reserve.gov/apps/reportingforms/home/ 

review or may be requested from the 

agency clearance officer, whose name 

appears above. Final versions of these 

documents will be made available at 

https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain, if approved. 

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 Board’s functions, 

including whether the information has 

practical utility; 

b. The accuracy of the Board’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 Board should 

modify the proposal. 

Proposal Under OMB Delegated 

Authority to Extend for Three Years, 

Without Revision, the Following 

Information Collection 

Collection title: GovernmentAdministered, General-Use Prepaid 

Card Survey. 

Collection identifier: FR 3063. 

OMB control number: 7100–0343. 

General description of collection: The 

FR 3063 survey collects data from 

issuers of government-administered, 

general-use prepaid cards, including 

information on the prepaid card 

program, the number of cards 

outstanding, card funding, purchase 

transactions, interchange fees, and 

cardholder fees. The FR 3063 survey is 

mandatory. The Board uses data from 

the FR 3063 survey to support an annual 

report to Congress on the prevalence of 

use of general-use prepaid cards in 


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