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6See 12 CFR 1223.21(b)(7). 

7See 12 CFR 1223.22(a). 

8See 12 CFR 1223.23(b)(1). As required by 29 

CFR 1602.7, each Bank and the Office of Finance 

annually files an EEO–1 form with the EEOC. 

9See 12 CFR 1223.23(b)(10)(i). 10See 83 FR 22684 (May 16, 2018). 

diversity in nominating or soliciting 

nominees for positions on boards of 

directors and engage in recruiting and 

outreach directed at encouraging 

individuals who are minorities, women, 

and individuals with disabilities to seek 

or apply for employment with the 

regulated entity.’’ 6

In conformity with the statutory 

requirements, FHFA’s MWI regulations 

require that each Bank and the Office of 

Finance submit to FHFA an annual 

report describing, among other things, 

its efforts to promote diversity at all 

levels of management and employment, 

and the results of those efforts.7 In order 

to provide a quantitative basis upon 

which to assess the results of those 

efforts, FHFA’s regulations require that 

each Bank and the Office of Finance set 

forth in in their respective annual 

reports the demographic data reported 

on the EEO–1 form, which they are 

required to file annually with the Equal 

Employment Opportunity Commission 

(EEOC).8 The EEO–1 form requires that 

each respondent provide race, ethnicity, 

and gender information for its 

employees, broken down into various 

job categories. Because the EEO–1 form 

does not require that a respondent 

provide information on board directors, 

FHFA cannot use the EEO–1 data to 

assess the effectiveness of the Bank 

System’s efforts to ‘‘encourage the 

consideration of diversity in nominating 

or soliciting nominees for positions on 

boards of directors.’’ 

Therefore, in order to enable FHFA to 

assess those efforts, the MWI regulations 

separately require that the annual 

reports set forth ‘‘[d]ata showing for the 

reporting year by minority and gender 

classification, the number of individuals 

on the board of directors of each Bank 

and the Office of Finance,’’ using the 

same racial and ethnic classifications 

that are used on the EEO–1 form (which 

comply with OMB’s ‘‘Statistical Policy 

Directive No. 15, Race and Ethnic 

Standards for Federal Statistics and 

Administrative Reporting’’).9 The 

regulation requires that each Bank and 

the Office of Finance collect that data 

‘‘through an information collection 

requesting each director’s voluntary 

self-identification of his or her minority 

and gender classification without 

personally identifiable information.’’ 

FHFA uses the information collected 

under this control number to assess the 

effectiveness of the policies and 

procedures that each Bank and the 

Office of Finance is required to 

implement to promote diversity in all of 

its business and activities ‘‘at all levels’’ 

and, specifically, to encourage diversity 

in the nomination and solicitation of 

nominees for members of its boards of 

directors. FHFA also uses the 

information to establish a baseline to 

analyze future trends related to the 

diversity of the boards of directors of the 

Banks and the Office of Finance and to 

assess the effectiveness of the strategies 

developed by the Banks and the Office 

of Finance for promoting, developing, 

and retaining diverse board talent. 

B. Burden Estimate 

FHFA estimates the total annual hour 

burden imposed upon respondents by 

this information collection to be 20 

hours. This is based on estimates that 

200 Bank and Office of Finance 

Directors will respond annually, with 

each response taking an average of 0.1 

hours (6 minutes) (200 respondents × 

0.1 hours = 20 hours). 

C. Comments Request 

In accordance with the requirements 

of 5 CFR 1320.8(d), FHFA published an 

initial notice and request for public 

comments regarding this information 

collection in the Federal Register on 

May 16, 2018.10 The 60-day comment 

period closed on July 16, 2018. FHFA 

received no comments. 

FHFA requests written comments on 

the following: (1) Whether the collection 

of information is necessary for the 

proper performance of FHFA functions, 

including whether the information has 

practical utility; (2) the accuracy of 

FHFA’s estimates of the burdens of the 

collection of information; (3) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information collected; and (4) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Dated: July 24, 2018. 

Kevin Winkler, 

Chief Information Officer, Federal Housing 

Finance Agency. 

[FR Doc. 2018–16230 Filed 7–27–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8070–01–P 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection Activities: Submission for 

OMB Review; Comment Request 

AGENCY: Board of Governors of the 

Federal Reserve System (Board). 

ACTION: Notice and request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the Board, 

the Federal Deposit Insurance 

Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of 

the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) 

(collectively, the ‘‘agencies’’) may not 

conduct or sponsor, and the respondent 

is not required to respond to, an 

information collection unless it displays 

a currently valid Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) control number. On 

April 27, 2018, the Board, under the 

auspices of the Federal Financial 

Institutions Examination Council 

(FFIEC), requested public comment for 

60 days on a proposal to extend for 

three years, without revision, the 

Country Exposure Report for U.S. 

Branches and Agencies of Foreign Banks 

(FFIEC 019), which is currently an 

approved collection of information. The 

Board is publishing this proposal on 

behalf of the agencies. The comment 

period for this proposal ended on June 

26, 2018, and no comments were 

received. The Board is giving notice that 

it is sending the collection to OMB for 

review. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before August 29, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are 

invited to submit written comments to 

the agency listed below. All comments, 

which should refer to the OMB control 

number, will be shared among the 

agencies. 

You may submit comments, which 

should refer to ‘‘FFIEC 019,’’ by any of 

the following methods: 

• Agency Website: http://

www.federalreserve.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments at: 

http://www.federalreserve.gov/ 

generalinfo/foia/ProposedRegs.cfm. 

• Email: regs.comments@

federalreserve.gov. Include the reporting 

form number in the subject line of the 

message. 

• Fax: (202) 452–3819 or (202) 452– 

3102. 

• Mail: Ann E. Misback, Secretary, 

Board of Governors of the Federal 

Reserve System, 20th Street and 

Constitution Avenue NW Washington, 

DC 20551. 

All public comments are available 

from the Board’s website at 

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foia/ProposedRegs.cfm as submitted, 

unless modified for technical reasons. 

Accordingly, your comments will not be 

edited to remove any identifying or 

contact information. Public comments 

may also be viewed electronically or in 

paper form in Room 3515, 1801 K Street 

NW (between 18th and 19th Streets 

NW), Washington, DC 20006, between 

9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on weekdays. 

Additionally, commenters may send a 

copy of their comments to the OMB 

desk officer for the agencies by mail to 

the Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, U.S. Office of Management and 

Budget, New Executive Office Building, 

Room 10235, 725 17th Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20503; by fax to (202) 

395–6974; or by email to oira_

submission@omb.eop.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information about the proposed 

extension without revision of the FFIEC 

019 discussed in this notice, please 

contact the agency staff member whose 

name appears below. In addition, a copy 

of the FFIEC 019 form can be obtained 

at the FFIEC’s website (https://

www.ffiec.gov/ffiec_report_forms.htm). 

Nuha Elmaghrabi, Federal Reserve 

Board Clearance Officer, (202) 452– 

3884, Office of the Chief Data Officer, 

Board of Governors of the Federal 

Reserve System, 20th and C Streets NW, 

Washington, DC 20551. 

Telecommunications Device for the Deaf 

(TDD) users may call (202) 263–4869. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board 

is proposing to extend for three years, 

without revision, the FFIEC 019. 

Report Title: Country Exposure Report 

for U.S. Branches and Agencies of 

Foreign Banks. 

Form Number: FFIEC 019. 

OMB Control Number: 7100–0213. 

Frequency of Response: Quarterly. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Respondents: All branches and 

agencies of foreign banks domiciled in 

the United States with total direct 

claims on foreign residents in excess of 

$30 million. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

156. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 10 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

6,240 hours. 

Type of Review: Extension of 

currently approved collection. 

I. General Description of Report 

This information collection is 

required pursuant to sections 7 and 13 

of the International Banking Act (12 

U.S.C. 3105 and 3108) for the Board, 

sections 7 and 10 of the Federal Deposit 

Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1817 and 1820) 

for the FDIC, and the National Bank Act 

(12 U.S.C. 161) as applied through 

section 4 of the International Banking 

Act (12 U.S.C. 3102) for the OCC. The 

FFIEC 019 is given confidential 

treatment consistent with 5 U.S.C. 

552(b)(4) and (b)(8). 

Abstract 

The FFIEC 019 report must be filed by 

each U.S. branch or agency of a foreign 

bank that has total direct claims on 

foreign residents in excess of $30 

million. The branch or agency reports 

its total exposure (1) to residents of its 

home country, and (2) to the other five 

foreign nations to which its exposure is 

largest and is at least $20 million. The 

home country exposure must be 

reported regardless of the size of the 

total claims for that nation. 

Each respondent must report by 

country, as appropriate, the information 

on its direct claims (assets such as 

deposit balances with banks, loans, or 

securities), indirect claims (which 

include guarantees), and total adjusted 

claims on foreign residents, as well as 

information on commitments. The 

respondent also must report information 

on claims on related non-U.S. offices 

that are included in total adjusted 

claims on the home country, as well as 

a breakdown for the home country and 

each other reported country of adjusted 

claims on unrelated foreign residents by 

the sector of borrower or guarantor, and 

by maturity (in two categories: One year 

or less, and over one year). The Federal 

Reserve System collects and processes 

this report on behalf of all three 

agencies. 

II. Current Actions 

On April 27, 2018, the Board 

requested comment for 60 days on a 

proposal to extend for three years, 

without revision, the FFIEC 019 report 

(83 FR 18564). The Board did not 

receive any comments on the proposal 

and is now submitting a request to OMB 

for review and approval to extend for 

three years, without revision, the FFIEC 

019 report. 

III. Request for Comment 

The FFIEC 019 has remained 

substantially the same, including with 

respect to the reporting scope and 

thresholds, since its original adoption in 

May 1997. Although the agencies are 

not proposing any revisions to the 

FFIEC 019, they are interested in 

respondents’ views on potential 

revisions they should consider in future 

proposals. This includes views on 

whether and how to adjust the $20 

million minimum threshold for 

reporting a non-home foreign country 

exposure and whether to change the 

number of non-home foreign countries 

over that threshold that are reported. 

Public comment is requested on all 

aspects of this notice. Comment is also 

specifically invited on: 

a. Whether the information collection 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the agencies’ functions, including 

whether the information has practical 

utility; 

b. The accuracy of the agencies’ 

estimate of the burden of the 

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 the 

information collection on respondents, 

including through the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology; and 

e. Estimates of capital or start up costs 

and costs of operation, maintenance, 

and purchase of services to provide 

information. 

Comments submitted to the Board in 

response to this notice will be shared 

with the other agencies. All comments 

will become a matter of public record. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, July 24, 2018. 

Michele Taylor Fennell, 

Assistant Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. 2018–16173 Filed 7–27–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

[OMB No.: 0970–0036] 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

Title: ORR–6, ORR Requirements for 

Refugee Cash Assistance; and Refugee 

Medical Assistance (45 CFR part 400). 

Description: As required by section 

412(e) of the Immigration and 

Nationality Act, the Administration for 

Children and Families (ACF), Office of 

Refugee Resettlement (ORR), is 

requesting the information from Form 

ORR–6 to determine the effectiveness of 

the State cash and medical assistance, 

and social services programs. State-byState Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA) 

and Refugee Medical Assistance (RMA) 

utilization rates derived from Form 

ORR–6 are calculated for use in 

formulating program initiatives, 


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