The Bank Secrecy Act authorizes
Treasury to require financial institutions and individuals to keep
records and file reports that the Treasury determines have a high
degree of usefulness in criminal, tax, or regulatory matters, or to
protect against international terrorism. This action updates this
ICR to reflect the reallocation of all non-FBAR related PRA burden
previously reported under this control number to other existing
control numbers or a newly assigned control number. This action
reduces the PRA burden under this control number to a total of
500,000 hours.
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.