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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 2070. 

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 R. 

Proposal Under OMB Delegated 

Authority To Extend for Three Years, 

Without Revision, the Following 

Information Collection 

Collection title: Interagency Bank 

Merger Act Application. 

Collection identifier: FR 2070. 

OMB control number: 7100–0171. 

General description of collection: The 

Board, Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency, and Federal Deposit 

Insurance Corporation each use this 

reporting form to collect information on 

depository institution merger proposals 

that require prior approval under the 

Bank Merger Act. The Board collects the 

information gathered by the FR 2070 so 

that it may meet its statutory obligations 

with respect to each merger proposal in 

which the acquiring, assuming, or 

resulting bank would be a state member 

bank (SMB). 

Frequency: Event-generated. 

Respondents: SMBs regulated by the 

Federal Reserve. 

Total estimated number of 

respondents: 65. 

Total estimated annual burden hours: 

2,183.1

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, January 23, 2024. 

Michele Taylor Fennell, 

Deputy Associate Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. 2024–01647 Filed 1–26–24; 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. 

SUMMARY: The Board of Governors of the 

Federal Reserve System (Board) is 

adopting a proposal to extend for three 

years, without revision, the 

Recordkeeping and Disclosure 

Requirements Associated with 

Regulation R (FR R; OMB No. 7100– 

0316). 

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. 

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. 

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. Boardapproved collections of information are 

incorporated into the official OMB 

inventory of currently approved 

collections of information. The OMB 

inventory, as well as copies of the PRA 

Submission, supporting statements 

(which contain more detailed 

information about the information 

collections and burden estimates than 

this notice), and approved collection of 

information instrument(s) are available 

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

PRAMain. These documents are also 

available on the Federal Reserve Board’s 

public website at https://

www.federalreserve.gov/apps/ 

reportingforms/home/review or may be 

requested from the agency clearance 

officer, whose name appears above. 

Final Approval Under OMB Delegated 

Authority of the Extension for Three 

Years, Without Revision, of the 

Following Information Collection 

Collection title: Recordkeeping and 

Disclosure Requirements Associated 

with Regulation R. 

Collection identifier: FR R. 

OMB control number: 7100–0316. 

General description of collection: The 

Board’s Regulation R—Exceptions for 

Banks from the Definition of Broker in 

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (12 

CFR part 218) implements certain 

exceptions for banks from the definition 

of broker under section 3(a)(4) of the 

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 

(Exchange Act). Sections 701, 723, and 

741 of Regulation R contain certain 

recordkeeping provisions for banks that 

utilize the exceptions in the Exchange 

Act and certain customer and 

counterparty disclosure requirements. 

Frequency: Event-generated. 

Respondents: Banks, as defined in the 

Exchange Act, that qualify for the 

exemptions from the Exchange Act 

definition of broker. 

Total estimated number of 

respondents: 3,185. 

Total estimated annual burden hours: 

62,709.1

Current actions: On September 11, 

2023, the Board published a notice in 

the Federal Register (88 FR 62363) 

requesting public comment for 60 days 

on the extension, without revision, of 

the FR R. The comment period for this 

notice expired on November 13, 2023. 

The Board did not receive any 

comments. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System. 

January 23, 2024. 

Michele Taylor Fennell, 

Deputy Associate Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. 2024–01643 Filed 1–26–24; 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. 

SUMMARY: The Board of Governors of the 

Federal Reserve System (Board) is 

adopting a proposal to extend for three 

years, without revision, the 

Recordkeeping and Disclosure 

Requirements Associated with 

Regulation H (Securities Transactions 

by State Member Banks) (FR H–3; OMB 

No. 7100–0196). 

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. 

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. 

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. Boardapproved collections of information are 


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5544 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 19 / Monday, January 29, 2024 / Notices 

1 15 U.S.C. 78o–5. 

2The requirements of section 208.34 of 

Regulation H apply to all state member banks that 

effect more than 500 government securities 

brokerage transactions per year, unless the 

institution has filed a written notice, or is required 

to file notice, with the Board that it acts as a 

government securities broker or a government 

securities dealer. These requirements also do not 

apply to activities of foreign branches of SMBs; 

activities of nonmember, non-insured trust 

company subsidiaries of bank holding companies; 

or activities that are subject to regulations 

promulgated by the Municipal Securities 

Rulemaking Board. In addition, SMBs with an 

annual average of less than 200 securities 

transactions for customers over the prior three 

calendar years (exclusive of transactions in U.S. 

government and agency obligations) are exempt 

from these Regulation H recordkeeping and 

disclosure requirements. See 12 CFR 

208.34(a)(1)(i)–(iv). 

3More 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 H–3. 

incorporated into the official OMB 

inventory of currently approved 

collections of information. The OMB 

inventory, as well as copies of the PRA 

Submission, supporting statements 

(which contain more detailed 

information about the information 

collections and burden estimates than 

this notice), and approved collection of 

information instrument(s) are available 

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

PRAMain. These documents are also 

available on the Federal Reserve Board’s 

public website at https://

www.federalreserve.gov/apps/ 

reportingforms/home/review or may be 

requested from the agency clearance 

officer, whose name appears above. 

Final Approval Under OMB Delegated 

Authority of the Extension for Three 

Years, Without Revision, of the 

Following Information Collection 

Collection title: Recordkeeping and 

Disclosure Requirements Associated 

with Regulation H (Securities 

Transactions by State Member Banks). 

Collection identifier: FR H–3. 

OMB control number: 7100–0196. 

General description of collection: 

Section 15C of the Securities Exchange 

Act of 1934, establishes federal 

regulation of brokers and dealers of 

government securities, including banks 

and other financial institutions, and 

directs those brokers and dealers to keep 

certain records.1 These requirements are 

implemented for state member banks 

(SMBs) by sections 208.34(c), (d), and 

(g) of the Board’s Regulation H, which 

require that non-exempt SMBs 2

effecting securities transactions for 

customers establish and maintain a 

system of records of these transactions, 

furnish confirmations of transactions to 

customers that disclose certain 

information, and establish written 

policies and procedures relating to 

securities trading. 

Frequency: Event-generated, 

quarterly. 

Respondents: SMBs, SMB officers/ 

employees. 

Total estimated number of 

respondents: 3,368. 

Total estimated annual burden hours: 

100,774.3

Current actions: On September 11, 

2023, the Board published a notice in 

the Federal Register (88 FR 62366) 

requesting public comment for 60 days 

on the extension, without revision, of 

the FR H–3. The comment period for 

this notice expired on November 13, 

2023. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, January 23, 2024. 

Michele Taylor Fennell, 

Deputy Associate Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. 2024–01630 Filed 1–26–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Change in Bank Control Notices; 

Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or 

Bank Holding Company 

The notificants listed below have 

applied under the Change in Bank 

Control Act (Act) (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and 

§ 225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12 

CFR 225.41) to acquire shares of a bank 

or bank holding company. The factors 

that are considered in acting on the 

applications are set forth in paragraph 7 

of the Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)). 

The public portions of the 

applications listed below, as well as 

other related filings required by the 

Board, if any, are available for 

immediate inspection at the Federal 

Reserve Bank(s) indicated below and at 

the offices of the Board of Governors. 

This information may also be obtained 

on an expedited basis, upon request, by 

contacting the appropriate Federal 

Reserve Bank and from the Board’s 

Freedom of Information Office at 

https://www.federalreserve.gov/foia/ 

request.htm. Interested persons may 

express their views in writing on the 

standards enumerated in paragraph 7 of 

the Act. 

Comments regarding each of these 

applications must be received at the 

Reserve Bank indicated or the offices of 

the Board of Governors, Ann E. 

Misback, Secretary of the Board, 20th 

Street and Constitution Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20551–0001, not later 

than February 13, 2024. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago 

(Colette A. Fried, Assistant Vice 

President) 230 South LaSalle Street, 

Chicago, Illinois 60690–1414. 

Comments can also be sent 

electronically to 

Comments.applications@chi.frb.org: 

1. The CN 2023 Dynasty Trust, 

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Gregory P. 

Nicklaus, Arbor Vitae, Wisconsin, and 

Peter J. Wilder, Pewaukee, Wisconsin, as 

co- trustees; and the DN 2023 Dynasty 

Trust, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Todd R. 

Nicklaus, Rothschild, Wisconsin, and 

Peter J. Wilder, as co-trustees; to join the 

Nicklaus Family Control Group, a group 

acting in concert, to acquire voting 

shares of River Valley Bancorporation, 

Inc., and thereby indirectly acquire 

voting shares of IncredibleBank, both of 

Wausau, Wisconsin. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System. 

Michele Taylor Fennell, 

Deputy Associate Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. 2024–01718 Filed 1–26–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Formations of, Acquisitions by, and 

Mergers of Bank Holding Companies 

The companies listed in this notice 

have applied to the Board for approval, 

pursuant to the Bank Holding Company 

Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.) 

(BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR part 

225), and all other applicable statutes 

and regulations to become a bank 

holding company and/or to acquire the 

assets or the ownership of, control of, or 

the power to vote shares of a bank or 

bank holding company and all of the 

banks and nonbanking companies 

owned by the bank holding company, 

including the companies listed below. 

The public portions of the 

applications listed below, as well as 

other related filings required by the 

Board, if any, are available for 

immediate inspection at the Federal 

Reserve Bank(s) indicated below and at 

the offices of the Board of Governors. 

This information may also be obtained 

on an expedited basis, upon request, by 

contacting the appropriate Federal 

Reserve Bank and from the Board’s 

Freedom of Information Office at 

https://www.federalreserve.gov/foia/ 

request.htm. Interested persons may 

express their views in writing on the 

standards enumerated in the BHC Act 

(12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the proposal also 

involves the acquisition of a nonbanking 


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