Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 176 / Tuesday, September 11, 2018 / Notices 46013 

1Language expanding the scope of the BSA to 

intelligence or counter-intelligence activities to 

protect against international terrorism was added by 

Section 358 of the Uniting and Strengthening 

America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required 

to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, 

Public Law 107–56. 

unless the collection of information 

displays a valid OMB control number. 

Records required to be retained under 

the BSA must be retained for five years. 

Generally, information collected 

pursuant to the BSA is confidential but 

may be shared as provided by law with 

regulatory and law enforcement 

authorities. 

Request for Comments: Comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be summarized and/or included in the 

request for OMB approval. All 

comments will become a matter of 

public record. Comments are invited on: 

(a) Whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the collection of 

information; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; (d) 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; and (e) estimates of capital 

or start-up costs and costs of operation, 

maintenance and purchase of services to 

provide information. 

Jamal El-Hindi, 

Deputy Director, Financial Crimes 

Enforcement Network. 

[FR Doc. 2018–19656 Filed 9–10–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Renewal; 

Comment Request; Renewal Without 

Change of the Report of International 

Transportation of Currency or 

Monetary Instruments 

AGENCY: Financial Crimes Enforcement 

Network (‘‘FinCEN’’), U.S. Department 

of the Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: FinCEN invites comment on 

the renewal of an information collection 

requirement concerning the Report of 

International Transportation of 

Currency or Monetary Instruments 

(‘‘CMIR’’). This request for comment is 

being made pursuant to the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Written comments are welcome 

and must be received on or before 

November 13, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted by any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal E-rulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Refer to Docket Number FINCEN–2018– 

0012 and the specific Office of 

Management and Budget (‘‘OMB’’) 

control number 1506–0014. 

• Mail: Policy Division, Financial 

Crimes Enforcement Network, P.O. Box 

39, Vienna, VA 22183. Refer to Docket 

Number FINCEN–2018–0012 and OMB 

control number 1506–0014. 

Please submit comments by one 

method only. Comments will also be 

incorporated to FinCEN’s retrospective 

regulatory review process, as mandated 

by E.O. 12866 and 13563. All comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

become a matter of public record. 

Therefore, you should submit only 

information that you wish to make 

publicly available. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

FinCEN Resource Center at 800–767– 

2825 or electronically at frc@fincen.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Bank 

Secrecy Act (‘‘BSA’’), Titles I and II of 

Public Law 91–508, as amended, 

codified at 12 U.S.C. 1829(b), 12 U.S.C. 

1951–1959, and 31 U.S.C. et seq., 

authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury, 

among other things, to require financial 

institutions to keep records and file 

reports that are determined to have a 

high degree of usefulness in criminal, 

tax, and regulatory matters or in the 

conduct of intelligence or counterintelligence activities to protect against 

international terrorism, and to 

implement counter-money laundering 

programs and compliance procedures.1

Title III of the USA PATRIOT Act of 

2001, Public Law 107–56, included 

certain amendments to the anti-money 

laundering provisions of Title II of the 

BSA, 31 U.S.C. 5311 et seq., which are 

intended to aid in the prevention, 

detection, and prosecution of 

international money laundering and 

terrorist financing. 

Regulations implementing Title II of 

the BSA appear at 31 CFR chapter X. 

The authority of the Secretary of the 

Treasury to administer Title II of the 

BSA has been delegated to the Director 

of FinCEN. The information collected 

and retained under the regulation 

addressed in this notice assist Federal, 

state, and local law enforcement as well 

as regulatory authorities in the 

identification, investigation and 

prosecution of money laundering and 

other matters. 

In accordance with the requirements 

of the PRA and its implementing 

regulations, the following information is 

presented concerning the information 

collection below. 

Title: Report of Transportation of 

Currency or Monetary Instruments. (31 

CFR 1010.340.) 

OMB Control Number: 1506–0014. 

Form Number: FinCEN Form 105, 

Report of International Transportation 

of Currency or Monetary Instruments. A 

copy of the form may be obtained from 

the FinCEN website at https://

www.fincen.gov/sites/default/files/ 

shared/fin105_cmir.pdf. 

Abstract: Pursuant to the BSA, the 

requirement of 31 U.S.C. 5316(a) has 

been implemented through a regulation 

promulgated at 31 CFR 1010.340 and 

through the instructions for the CMIR as 

follows: 

(1) Each person who physically 

transports, mails, or ships, or causes to 

be physically transported, mailed, or 

shipped currency or other monetary 

instruments in an aggregate amount 

exceeding $10,000 at one time from the 

United States to any place outside the 

United States or into the United States 

from any place outside the United 

States, and 

(2) Each person who receives in the 

United States currency or other 

monetary instruments in an aggregate 

amount exceeding $10,000 at one time 

which have been transported, mailed, or 

shipped to the person from any place 

outside the United States. 

A transfer of funds through normal 

banking procedures, which does not 

involve the physical transportation of 

currency or monetary instruments, is 

not required to be reported on the CMIR. 

Information collected on the CMIR is 

made available, in accordance with 

strict safeguards, to appropriate criminal 

law enforcement and regulatory 

personnel in the official performance of 

their duties. The information collected 

is of use in investigations involving 

international and domestic money 

laundering, tax evasion, fraud, and other 

financial crimes. 

Current Actions: Renewal without 

change to the existing regulations. 

Type of Review: Renewal without 

change of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Affected Public: Individuals, business 

or other for-profit institutions, and notfor-profit institutions. 

Frequency: As required. 


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46014 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 176 / Tuesday, September 11, 2018 / Notices 

2 DHS indicates that different numbers of CMIRs 

are filed each year. In 2014, approximately 235,000 

CMIRs were filed, the highest number of filings 

between 2012 and 2017. In addition, the number of 

filings display an upward trend. 

3 During the last information collection renewal, 

FinCEN did not receive any comments suggesting 

or requesting a different estimated burden. 

1Language expanding the scope of the BSA to 

intelligence or counter-intelligence activities to 

protect against international terrorism was added by 

Section 358 of the Uniting and Strengthening 

America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required 

to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, 

Public Law 107–56. 

2 During the last information collection renewal, 

FinCEN did not receive any comments suggesting 

or requesting a different estimated number of 

respondents. The respondents are required to 

develop, implement, and maintain a copy of their 

program, but there is no requirement to report it to 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

280,000.2

Estimated Burden per Respondent: 30 

minutes.3

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 140,000 hours. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless the collection of information 

displays a valid OMB control number. 

Records required to be retained under 

the BSA must be retained for five years. 

Generally, information collected 

pursuant to the BSA is confidential, but 

may be shared as provided by law with 

regulatory and law enforcement 

authorities. 

Request for Comments: Comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be summarized and/or included in the 

request for OMB approval. All 

comments will become a matter of 

public record. Comments are invited on: 

(a) Whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the collection of 

information; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; (d) 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; and (e) estimates of capital 

or start-up costs and costs of operation, 

maintenance, and purchase of services 

to provide information. 

Jamal El-Hindi, 

Deputy Director, Financial Crimes 

Enforcement Network. 

[FR Doc. 2018–19654 Filed 9–10–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Renewal; 

Comment Request; Renewal Without 

Change of Anti-Money Laundering 

Programs for Precious Metals, 

Precious Stones, or Jewels 

AGENCY: Financial Crimes Enforcement 

Network (‘‘FinCEN’’), U.S. Department 

of the Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: FinCEN invites comment on a 

renewal, without change, to information 

collections found in existing regulations 

requiring dealers in precious metals, 

stones, or jewels, to develop and 

implement written anti-money 

laundering programs reasonably 

designed to prevent those financial 

institutions from being used to facilitate 

money laundering and the financing of 

terrorist activities. This request for 

comments is being made pursuant to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (‘‘PRA’’) of 

1995. 

DATES: Written comments are welcome 

and must be received on or before 

November 13, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted by any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal E-rulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Refer to Docket Number FINCEN–2018– 

0014 and the Office of Management and 

Budget (‘‘OMB’’) control number 1506– 

0030. 

• Mail: Policy Division, Financial 

Crimes Enforcement Network, P.O. Box 

39, Vienna, VA 22183. Refer to Docket 

Number FINCEN–2018–0014 and OMB 

control number 1506–0030. 

Please submit comments by one 

method only. Comments will also be 

incorporated to FinCEN’s retrospective 

regulatory review process, as mandated 

by E.O. 12866 and 13563. All comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

become a matter of public record. 

Therefore, you should submit only 

information that you wish to make 

publicly available. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

FinCEN Resource Center at 800–767– 

2825 or electronically at frc@fincen.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Bank 

Secrecy Act (‘‘BSA’’), Titles I and II of 

Public Law 91–508, as amended, 

codified at 12 U.S.C. 1829(b), 12 U.S.C. 

1951–1959, and 31 U.S.C. et seq., 

authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury, 

among other things, to require financial 

institutions to keep records and file 

reports that are determined to have a 

high degree of usefulness in criminal, 

tax, and regulatory matters or in the 

conduct of intelligence or counterintelligence activities to protect against 

international terrorism, and to 

implement counter-money laundering 

programs and compliance procedures.1

Title III of the USA PATRIOT Act of 

2001, Public Law 107–56, included 

certain amendments to the anti-money 

laundering provisions of Title II of the 

BSA, 31 U.S.C. 5311 et seq., which are 

intended to aid in the prevention, 

detection, and prosecution of 

international money laundering and 

terrorist financing. 

Regulations implementing Title II of 

the BSA appear at 31 CFR Chapter X. 

The authority of the Secretary of the 

Treasury to administer Title II of the 

BSA has been delegated to the Director 

of FinCEN. The information collected 

and retained under the regulation 

addressed in this notice assist federal, 

state, and local law enforcement as well 

as regulatory authorities in the 

identification, investigation and 

prosecution of money laundering and 

other matters. 

In accordance with the requirements 

of the PRA and its implementing 

regulations, the following information is 

presented concerning the information 

collection below. 

Title: Anti-Money Laundering 

Programs for Dealers in Precious Metals, 

Precious Stones, or Jewels (31 CFR 

1027.210). 

OMB Control Number: 1506–0030. 

Abstract: Dealers in precious metals, 

precious stones, or jewels are required 

to develop and implement written antimoney laundering programs. A copy of 

the written program must be maintained 

for five years. 

Current Action: Renewal without 

change to existing regulations. 

Type of Review: Renewal without 

change to a currently approved 

information collection. 

Affected Public: Business and other 

for-profit institutions. 

Burden: Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 20,000.2


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