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prior approval of the Federal Reserve to 

establish a branch, agency, or 

representative office in the United 

States; to acquire ownership or control 

of a commercial lending company in the 

United States; or to change the status of 

any existing office in the United States. 

The FR K–2 information collection 

contains five attachments for the 

application and notification 

requirements embodied in subpart B of 

Regulation K. The Federal Reserve uses 

the information to fulfill its statutory 

obligations under the International 

Banking Act. 

The applicant also is required to 

publish a notice in a newspaper of 

general circulation in the community 

where the office is proposed to be 

located. The notice must state the name 

and address of the applicant/notificant 

and the proposed office, and it must 

invite the public to submit written 

comments to the appropriate Reserve 

Bank. 

Legal authorization and 

confidentiality: This information 

collection is mandatory and collected 

pursuant to sections 7, 10, and 13 of the 

International Banking Act (12 U.S.C. 

3105, 3107, and 3108). The information 

collected on the FR K–2 is normally 

subject to public disclosure under the 

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The 

applying or notifying organization may 

request that portions of the information 

contained in the FR K–2 be afforded 

confidential treatment. To do so, 

applicants must demonstrate how the 

information for which confidentiality is 

requested would fall within the scope of 

one or more of the exemptions 

contained in the FOIA. Any such 

request would be evaluated on a caseby-case basis. 

Effective date: July 31, 2018. 

Current actions: On March 23, 2018, 

the Board published a notice in the 

Federal Register (83 FR 12760) 

requesting public comment for 60 days 

on the extension, with revision, of the 

FR K–2. The Board proposed to revise 

the FR K–2 form and instructions in 

order to: Improve the clarity of the 

requests; reflect the impact of new laws, 

regulations, capital requirements, and 

accounting rules; make minor changes 

for improved style, grammar and clarity; 

and harmonize the general information, 

certification, and confidentiality 

sections with other similar forms. The 

revisions are intended to make initial 

filings more reflective of the proposed 

transaction and thereby reduce the need 

for subsequent information requests, 

which delay the Federal Reserve’s 

consideration of a filing and create 

additional burden for filers. The 

comment period for this notice expired 

on May 22, 2018. The Board did not 

receive any comments. Accordingly, the 

revisions will be implemented as 

proposed. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, July 17, 2018. 

Michele Taylor Fennell, 

Assistant Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. 2018–15519 Filed 7–19–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Announcement of Board 

Approval Under Delegated Authority 

and Submission to OMB 

AGENCY: Board of Governors of the 

Federal Reserve System. 

ACTION: Notice 

SUMMARY: The Board of Governors of the 

Federal Reserve System (Board) is 

adopting a proposal to extend for three 

years, with revision, the Bank Holding 

Company Application and Notification 

Forms (OMB No. 7100–0121): The 

Application for Prior Approval to 

Become a Bank Holding Company or for 

a Bank Holding Company to Acquire an 

Additional Bank or Bank Holding 

Company (FR Y–3), the Notification for 

Prior Approval to Become a Bank 

Holding Company or for a Bank Holding 

Company to Acquire an Additional 

Bank or Bank Holding Company 

(FR Y–3N), and the Notification for 

Prior Approval to Engage Directly or 

Indirectly in Certain Nonbanking 

Activities (FR Y–4). 

DATES: The revisions are applicable as of 

July 31, 2018. 

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, Washington, DC 20551 (202) 

452–3829. Telecommunications Device 

for the Deaf (TDD) users may contact 

(202) 263–4869, Board of Governors of 

the Federal Reserve System, 

Washington, DC 20551. 

OMB Desk Officer—Shagufta 

Ahmed—Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 

725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 

20503 or by fax to (202) 395–6974. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 

15, 1984, the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) delegated to the Board 

authority under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (PRA) to approve of and 

assign OMB control numbers to 

collection of information requests and 

requirements conducted or sponsored 

by the Board. Board-approved 

collections of information are 

incorporated into the official OMB 

inventory of currently approved 

collections of information. Copies of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act Submission, 

supporting statements and approved 

collection of information instrument(s) 

are placed into OMB’s public docket 

files. The Board may not conduct or 

sponsor, and the respondent is not 

required to respond to, an information 

collection that has been extended, 

revised, or implemented on or after 

October 1, 1995, unless it displays a 

currently valid OMB control number. 

Final Approval Under OMB Delegated 

Authority of the Extension for Three 

Years, With Revision, of the Following 

Report 

Report title: Application for Prior 

Approval to Become a Bank Holding 

Company, or for a Bank Holding 

Company to Acquire an Additional 

Bank or Bank Holding Company; 

Notification for Prior Approval to 

Become a Bank Holding Company, or 

for a Bank Holding Company to Acquire 

an Additional Bank or Bank Holding 

Company; and Notification for Prior 

Approval to Engage Directly or 

Indirectly in Certain Nonbanking 

Activities. 

Agency form number: FR Y–3, 

FR Y–3N, and FR Y–4. 

OMB control number: 7100–0121. 

Frequency: Event-generated. 

Respondents: Corporations seeking to 

become bank holding companies (BHCs) 

and existing BHCs. 

Estimated average hours per response: 

FR Y–3, Section 3(a)(1): 50 hours; FR Y– 

3, Section 3(a)(3) and 3(a)(5): 60.5 hours; 

FR Y–3N, Sections 3(a)(1), 3(a)(3), and 

3(a)(5): 5 hours; FR Y–4, complete 

notification: 12 hours; FR Y–4, 

expedited notification: 5 hours; and FR 

Y–4, post-consummation: 0.5 hours. 

Estimated number of respondents: FR 

Y–3, Section 3(a)(1): 81; FR Y–3, Section 

3(a)(3) and 3(a)(5): 136; FR Y–3N, 

Sections 3(a)(1), 3(a)(3), and 3(a)(5): 26; 

FR Y–4, complete notification: 30; FR 

Y–4, expedited notification: 11; and FR 

Y–4, post-consummation: 1. 

Estimated annual burden hours: 

12,824 hours. 

General description of report: The 

Federal Reserve requires the submission 

of these filings for regulatory and 

supervisory purposes and to allow the 

Federal Reserve to fulfill its statutory 

obligations under the Bank Holding 

Company Act of 1956 (the BHC Act). 

These filings collect information on 

proposals by BHCs involving 


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formations, acquisitions, mergers, and 

nonbanking activities. The Federal 

Reserve uses this information to 

evaluate each individual transaction 

with respect to financial and managerial 

factors, permissibility, competitive 

effects, net public benefits, financial 

stability, and the impact on the 

convenience and needs of affected 

communities. 

The applicant or notificant also is 

required to publish a notice in a 

newspaper of general circulation in the 

community where the head office of the 

bank to be acquired is located. The 

notice must state the name and address 

of the applicant and its proposed 

subsidiary, and it must invite the public 

to submit written comments to the 

appropriate Federal Reserve Bank. 

Legal authorization and 

confidentiality: The FR Y–3 application 

and FR Y–3N notification are mandatory 

and submitted pursuant to section 3(a) 

of the BHC Act, which requires Board 

approval for formations, acquisitions, 

and mergers of bank holding companies 

(12 U.S.C. 1842(a)), and section 5(b) of 

the BHC Act, which authorizes the 

Board to issue regulations and orders to 

carry out these functions (12 U.S.C. 

1844(b)). The FR Y–4 notification is 

mandatory and submitted pursuant to 

section 4(j) of the BHC Act, which 

requires BHCs to give advance written 

notice to the Board of any nonbanking 

activities (12 U.S.C. 1843(j)), and section 

5(b) of the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1844(b)), 

described above. 

The information submitted in the FR 

Y–3, Y–3N, and Y–4 is considered to be 

public unless an institution requests 

confidential treatment for portions of 

the particular application or 

notification. Applicants may rely on any 

Freedom of Information Act exemption, 

and such requests for confidentiality 

must contain detailed justifications 

corresponding to the claimed 

exemption. Requests for confidentiality 

will be evaluated on a case-by-case 

basis. 

Effective date: July 31, 2018. 

Current actions: On March 23, 2018, 

the Board published a notice in the 

Federal Register (83 FR 12758) 

requesting public comment for 60 days 

on the extension, with revision, of the 

FR Y–3, FR Y–3N, and FR Y–4. The 

Board proposes to revise the FR Y–3, FR 

Y–3N, and FR Y–4 forms and 

instructions in order to improve the 

clarity of the requests; reflect the impact 

of new laws, regulations, capital 

requirements and accounting rules; 

delete items that are not typically useful 

for the analysis of the proposal; and add 

transparency for filers regarding the 

information that is required to consider 

a proposal. The revisions are intended 

to make initial filings better reflect and 

include the information that Board staff 

requires to evaluate a transaction and 

thereby reduce the need for subsequent 

information requests, which may delay 

the Board’s consideration of a filing and 

create additional burden for filers. The 

comment period for this notice expired 

on May 22, 2018. The Board did not 

receive any comments. Accordingly, the 

revisions will be implemented as 

proposed. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, July 17, 2018. 

Michele Taylor Fennell, 

Assistant Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. 2018–15520 Filed 7–19–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[OMB Control No. 9000–0188; Docket No. 

2018–0003; Sequence No. 1] 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Combating Trafficking in Persons 

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DOD), 

General Services Administration (GSA), 

and National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, the 

Regulatory Secretariat Division (MVCB) 

will be submitting to the Office of 

Management and Budget a request and 

an extension of existing OMB 

Clearances concerning combating 

trafficking in persons. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

August 20, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding 

this burden estimate or any other aspect 

of this collection of information, 

including suggestions for reducing this 

burden to: Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs of OMB, Attention: 

Desk Officer for GSA, Room 10236, 

NEOB, Washington, DC 20503. 

Additionally submit a copy to GSA by 

any of the following methods: 

• Regulations.gov: http://

www.regulations.gov. Submit comments 

via the Federal eRulemaking portal by 

searching the OMB control number 

9000–0188. Select the link ‘‘Comment 

Now’’ that corresponds with 

‘‘Information Collection 9000–0188, 

Combating Trafficking in Persons.’’ 

Follow the instructions provided on the 

screen. Please include your name, 

company name (if any), and 

‘‘Information Collection 9000–0188, 

Combating Trafficking in Persons,’’ on 

your attached document. 

• Mail: General Services 

Administration, Regulatory Secretariat 

Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20405. ATTN: Ms. 

Mandell/IC 9000–0188, Combating 

Trafficking in Persons. 

Instructions: Please submit comments 

only and cite Information Collection 

9000–0188, Combating Trafficking in 

Persons, in all correspondence related to 

this collection. Comments received 

generally will be posted without change 

to regulations.gov, including any 

personal and/or business confidential 

information provided. To confirm 

receipt of your comment(s), please 

check regulations.gov, approximately 

two-to-three business days after 

submission to verify posting (except 

allow 30 days for posting of comments 

submitted by mail). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Cecelia L. Davis, Procurement Analyst, 

Acquistion Policy Division, via 

telephone 202–219–0202, or via email 

cecelia.davis@gsa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Purpose 

This is a requirement for a revision 

and renewal of OMB control number 

9000–0188, Combating Trafficking in 

Persons. 

Executive Order (E.O.) 13627, entitled 

Strengthening Protections Against 

Trafficking in Persons in Federal 

Contracts, dated September 25, 2012 (77 

FR 60029, October 2, 2012) and Title 

XVII of the National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 

(Pub. L. 112–239, enacted January 2, 

2013) strengthen the long standing zerotolerance policy of the United States 

regarding Government employees and 

contractor personnel engaging in any 

form of trafficking in persons. 

Contractors are required to inform the 

contracting officer and the agency 

Inspector General of any credible 

information it receives from any source 

that alleges a contractor employee, 

subcontractor, or subcontractor 

employee, or their agent has engaged in 

conduct that violates the policy in 

paragraph (b) of the clause 52.222–50. 

This requirement flows down to all 

subcontractors. 

Additional protections are required 

where the estimated value of the 

supplies (other than commercially 

available off-the-shelf (COTS) items) to 

be acquired outside the United States or 


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