Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 167 / Wednesday, September 1, 2021 / Notices 49031 

4 12 U.S.C. 552(b)(6). 

1 12 U.S.C. 225a. 

2 12 U.S.C. 263. 

3 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4). 

clearly unwarranted invasion of 

personal privacy.’’ 4

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, August 26, 2021. 

Michele Taylor Fennell, 

Deputy Associate Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. 2021–18830 Filed 8–31–21; 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, with revision, the Census of 

Finance Companies and Other Lenders 

and the Survey of Finance Companies 

(FR 3033p and FR 3033s; OMB No. 

7100–0277). The revisions are effective 

immediately. 

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. 

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, 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/ 

reportforms/review.aspx 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, With Revision, of the Following 

Information Collections 

Report title: Census of Finance 

Companies and Other Lenders. 

Agency form number: FR 3033p. 

OMB control number: 7100–0227. 

Effective Date: The revisions are 

effective immediately. 

Frequency: Quinquennially. 

Respondents: Finance Companies. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

12,800. 

Estimated average hours per response: 

0.33. 

Estimated annual burden hours: 

4,224. 

General description of report: The FR 

3033p is a census survey designed to 

identify the universe of finance 

companies eligible for potential 

inclusion in the FR 3033s and to enable 

the stratification of the sample for more 

statistically efficient estimation. The FR 

3033p is currently composed of seven 

questions to assess the company’s asset 

size, level of loan and lease activity, 

company structure, and licensing 

authority. 

Report title: Survey of Finance 

Companies. 

Agency form number: FR 3033s. 

OMB control number: 7100–0227. 

Effective Date: The revisions are 

effective immediately. 

Frequency: Quinquennially. 

Respondents: Finance Companies. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

900. 

Estimated average hours per response: 

1. 

Estimated annual burden hours: 900. 

General description of report: From 

the universe of finance companies 

identified by the Census of Finance 

Companies and Other Lenders (FR 

3033p), a sample of finance companies 

will be invited to fill out FR 3033s. 

From these finance companies, the FR 

3033s collects balance sheet data on 

major categories of consumer and 

business credit receivables and major 

liabilities. In addition, the survey may 

be used to gather information on topics 

that are pertinent to increasing the 

Federal Reserve’s understanding of the 

finance companies. 

Legal authorization and 

confidentiality: The FR 3033p and FR 

3033s are authorized pursuant to 

sections 2A and 12A of the Federal 

Reserve Act (FRA). Section 2A of the 

FRA requires that the Board and the 

Federal Open Market Committee 

maintain long-run growth of the 

monetary and credit aggregates 

commensurate with the economy’s long 

run potential to increase production, so 

as to promote effectively the goals of 

maximum employment, stable prices, 

and moderate long-term interest rates.1

Under section 12A of the FRA, the 

Federal Open Market Committee is 

required to implement regulations 

relating to the open market operations 

conducted by Federal Reserve Banks 

with a view to accommodating 

commerce and business and with regard 

to their bearing upon the general credit 

situation of the country.2 Information 

collected from the FR 3033p and FR 

3033s is used to fulfill these obligations. 

The FR 3033p and FR 3033s are 

voluntary. The information collected 

pursuant to the FR 3033p and FR 3033s 

may be treated as confidential pursuant 

to exemption 4 of the Freedom of 

Information Act,3 which protects 

information that is both customarily and 

actually treated as private by the 

respondent. 

Current actions: On May 25, 2021, the 

Board published a notice in the Federal 

Register (86 FR 28105) requesting 

public comment for 60 days on the 

extension, with revision, of the Census 

of Finance Companies and Survey of 

Finance Companies. Board staff 

proposed revising the FR 3033s to 

improve clarity, simplify the form 

overall, and collect additional 

information on the COVID–19 impacts 

on lending activities. The Board did not 

propose any revisions to the FR 3033p. 

The FR 3033s revisions are effective for 

the proposed September 2021 survey 

date. The comment period for this 

notice expired on July 26, 2021. The 

Board did not receive any comments. 

The revisions will be implemented as 

proposed. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, August 26, 2021. 

Michele Taylor Fennell, 

Deputy Associate Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. 2021–18831 Filed 8–31–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection Activities; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Board of Governors of the 

Federal Reserve System. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The Board of Governors of the 

Federal Reserve System (Board) invites 


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