Equal Credit Opportunity Act (Regulation B) 12 CFR 1002

ICR 201204-3170-012

OMB: 3170-0013

Federal Form Document

Forms and Documents
Document
Name
Status
Supplementary Document
2012-07-26
Supporting Statement A
2012-04-30
ICR Details
3170-0013 201204-3170-012
Historical Active 201110-3170-002
CFPB
Equal Credit Opportunity Act (Regulation B) 12 CFR 1002
Extension without change of a currently approved collection   No
Regular
Approved without change 07/26/2012
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA) 05/01/2012
  Inventory as of this Action Requested Previously Approved
07/31/2015 36 Months From Approved 07/31/2012
500,500 0 500,500
1,502,000 0 1,502,000
40,309,300 0 40,309,300

Federal and state enforcement agencies and private litigants use recordkeeping information to, for example, compare accepted and rejected applicants or the terms and conditions of accepted applicants in order to determine whether applicants are treated less favorably on the basis of race, sex, age, or other prohibited bases under the ECOA. Information derived from these records provides an important piece of evidence of law violations in ECOA enforcement actions brought by federal agencies. Self-testing records (including for corrective action) are used by creditors to identify potential violations and reflect their efforts to correct the problem. Absent the Regulation B requirement that creditors retain monitoring information, the CFPB's and other agencies' ability to detect unlawful discrimination and enforce the ECOA would be significantly impaired. The CFPB, other agencies, and private litigants use adverse action notices, appraisal reports, and other information in the application file to compare applicants in order to determine whether any applicants are discriminated against on the basis of race/national origin, sex, marital status, age, or other prohibited bases under the ECOA. The adverse action notice requirement apprises applicants of their rights under the ECOA and of the basis for a creditor's decision. Applicants use their copy of the appraisal to review (and possibly challenge) the accuracy and/or fairness of the information contained within, and to determine the role that the appraisal played in the credit decision. Applicants use the self-testing disclosure to facilitate understanding of creditors' information collection, including its optionality.

US Code: 15 USC 1591 Name of Law: Equal Credit Opportunity Act
  
None

Not associated with rulemaking

  77 FR 2685 01/19/2012
77 FR 25437 04/30/2012
No

  Total Approved Previously Approved Change Due to New Statute Change Due to Agency Discretion Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses 500,500 500,500 0 0 0 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 1,502,000 1,502,000 0 0 0 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 40,309,300 40,309,300 0 0 0 0
No
No

$0
No
No
No
Yes
No
Uncollected
Lea Mosena 202 435-7152

  No

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.
05/01/2012


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