The Fair Credit Reporting Act,
implemented by Regulation V, requires that consumer reporting
agencies adopt reasonable procedures for meeting the needs of
commerce for consumer credit, personnel, insurance, and other
information in a manner which is fair and equitable to the
consumer, with regard to the confidentiality, accuracy, relevancy,
and proper utilization of such information.
On March 15, 2011, the Federal
Reserve published a joint notice of proposed rulemaking (76 FR
13902) requesting public comment on proposed amendments to
Regulation V. The Federal Reserve proposes to amend the model
notices in Regulation V to include the disclosure of credit scores
and information relating to credit scores in risk-based pricing
notices if a credit score of the consumer is used in setting the
material terms of credit. These proposed amendments reflect the new
content requirements in section 615(h) of the Fair Credit Reporting
Act FCRA that were added by section 1100F of the Dodd-Frank Wall
Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act). The
comment period expired on May 16, 2011. The Agencies received
13comments from industry groups that specifically addressed
paperwork burden. On July 15, 2011, a joint notice of final
rulemaking was published in the Federal Register adopting the
amendments largely as proposed, with mandatory compliance by August
15, 2011 (76 FR 41602).
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.