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###### Federal Reserve System

# 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. Board-approved 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.

# Footnotes

1.                             More 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.                    
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