OCC 2001-25
OCC Bulletin
Subject: Availability of "A Guide to CRA Data Collection
 and Reporting"
Date: May 8, 2001

TO:	Chief Executive Officers and Compliance Officers 
of All National Banks, Department and Division Heads, 
and All Examining Personnel


The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council 
(FFIEC) has made A Guide to CRA Data Collection and 
Reporting available on its Internet Web site 
< www.ffiec.gov/cra >.  The FFIEC agencies developed 
the guide as a resource for financial institutions 
required to report Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) 
data.  CRA data reports are due annually on  March 1.

The CRA regulations generally require independent 
financial institutions with assets of $250 million 
or more to report annually data on small business, 
small farm, and community development lending.  
Financial institutions of any size are generally 
subject to the reporting requirements if they are 
owned by a holding company with total banking and 
thrift assets of $1 billion or more.

This guide can be used as a resource for information 
on CRA loan data collection, maintenance, and reporting,
which are important aspects of large institutions' 
CRA performance.  The guide also provides other useful 
information about the CRA regulations.

For more information about the new guide, please call 
the CRA Assistance Line at (202) 872-7584, or contact 
your supervisory office or the Community and Consumer 
Policy Division at (202) 874-4428.


__________________________________                                                           

Ralph E. Sharpe
Deputy Comptroller for Community 
and Consumer Policy