[Federal Register: April 8, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 68)]
[Notices]
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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: Notice is hereby given of the final approval of proposed
information collections by the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System (Board) under OMB delegated authority, as per 5 CFR
1320.16 (OMB Regulations on Controlling Paperwork Burdens on the
Public). Board-approved collections of information are incorporated
into the official OMB inventory of currently approved collections of
information. Copies of the OMB 83-I's and supporting statements and
approved collection of information instrument(s) are placed into OMB's
public docket files. The Federal Reserve may not conduct or sponsor,
and the respondent is not required to respond to, an information
collection that has been extended, revised, or implemented on or after
October 1, 1995, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Acting Federal Reserve Clearance
Officer-Michelle Long--Division of Research and Statistics, Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, DC 20551 (202-452-
3829).
OMB Desk Officer-Joseph Lackey--Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive
Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503.
Final approval under OMB delegated authority of the extension for three
years, without revision, of the following reports:
1. Report title: Money Market Mutual Fund Asset Reports
Agency form number: FR 2051a, b
OMB Control number: 7100-0012
Frequency: Weekly and Monthly
Reporters: Money Market Mutual Funds
Annual reporting hours: 7,140 hours
Estimated average hours per response: 3 minutes (FR 2051a), 12
minutes (FR 2051b)
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Number of respondents: 2,100 (FR 2051a), 700 (FR 2051b)
General description of report: This information collection is
voluntary (12 U.S.C. 353 et. seq.) and is given confidential treatment
(5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4)).
Abstract: The weekly FR 2051a collects data on total shares
outstanding for money market mutual funds (MMMFs) and the monthly FR
2051b collects data on total net assets and portfolio holdings for
MMMFs. The data are used to construct the monetary aggregates and for
the analysis of current money market conditions and banking
developments.
2. Report title: Uniform Application for Municipal Securities
Principal or Municipal Securities Representative Associated with a Bank
Municipal Securities Dealer; Uniform Termination Notice for Municipal
Securities Principal or Municipal Securities Representative Associated
with a Bank Municipal Securities Dealer
Agency form number: FR MSD-4, FR MSD-5
OMB control number: 7100-0100, 7100-0101
Frequency: On occasion
Reporters: State member banks, bank holding companies, and foreign
dealer banks engaging in activities as municipal securities dealers.
Annual reporting hours: 30 (FR MSD-4), 18 (FR MSD-5)
Estimated average hours per response: 1.00 (FR MSD-4), 0.25 (FR
MSD-5)
Number of respondents: 30 (FR MSD-4), 70 (FR MSD-5)
General description of report: These information collections are
mandatory (15 U.S.C. Sec. Sec. 78o-4, 78q and 78w) and are given
confidential treatment (5 U.S.C. Sec. 552(b)(6)).
Abstract: The FR MSD-4 collects information, such as personal
history and professional qualifications, on an employee whom the bank
wishes to assume the duties of a municipal securities principal or
representative. The FR MSD-5 collects the date of, and reason for,
termination of such an employee.
3. Report title: Notice By Financial Institutions of Government
Securities Broker or Government Securities Dealer Activities; Notice By
Financial Institutions of Termination of Activities as a Government
Securities Broker or Government Securities Dealer.
Agency form number: FR G-FIN, FR G-FINW
OMB control number: 7100-0224
Frequency: On occasion
Reporters: State member banks, foreign banks, uninsured state
branches or state agencies of foreign banks, commercial lending
companies owned or controlled by foreign banks, and Edge corporations.
Annual reporting hours: (FR G-FIN), 1 (FR G-FINW)
Estimated average hours per response: 1.00 (FR G-FIN), 0.25 (FR G-
FINW)
Number of respondents: 25 (FR G-FIN), 4 (FR G-FINW)
General description of report: These information collections are
mandatory (15 U.S.C. 78o-5(a)(1)(B)) and are not given confidential
treatment.
Abstract: The Government Securities Act of 1986 (the Act) requires
financial institutions to notify their appropriate regulatory authority
of their intent to engage in government securities broker or dealer
activity, to amend information submitted previously, and to record
their termination of such activity. The Federal Reserve uses the
information in its supervisory capacity to measure compliance with the
Act.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, April 2, 2004.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 04-7991 Filed 4-7-04; 8:45 am]
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