The Securities and Exchange Commission
(SEC) and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
(Federal Reserve) (the agencies) jointly are issuing notice of
final rulemakings (NFR) to implement certain of the exceptions for
banks from the definition of broker under Section 3(a)(4) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act), as amended by the
Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA). The NFR defines terms used in these
statutory exceptions and include certain related exemptions. The
sections of the NFR for Rules 701, 723, and 741 contain new
information collection requirements in the form of recordkeeping
and disclosure requirements.
The Federal Reserve and the
Securities and Exchange Commission jointly issued proposed rules
that implement certain of the exceptions for banks from the
definition of the term broker under Section 3(a)(4) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act), as amended by
the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA). The proposed rules would
define terms used in these statutory exceptions and include certain
related exemptions.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.