The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) Federal Credit Union Act, 12 U.S.C. 1757(7), 1757(8), 1757(15), lists securities, deposits, and other obligations in which a Federal Credit Union (FCU) may invest. The regulations related to these areas are contained in Part 703 and Section 721.3 of the NCUA Rules and Regulations which set forth requirements related to maintaining an adequate investment program. The information collected is used by the NCUA to determine compliance with the appropriate sections of the NCUA Rules and Regulations and Federal Credit Union Act, which governs investment and deposit activities on the basis of safety and soundness concerns. It is used to determine the level of risk that exists within a credit union, the actions taken by the credit union to mitigate such risk, and helps prevent losses to federal credit unions and the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund (NCUSIF).
US Code:
12 USC 1761b
Name of Law: Board of Directors; meetings; powers and duties, etc.
The NCUA anticipates more FCUs to engage in derivatives, which would increase the recordkeeping requirement under §§703.105 and 703.106(c). Section 703.108(a) provides for FCUs the meet certain requirements to provide notification of its readiness to engage in derivatives in lieu of an application. An increase is estimated in the number of FCUs that would engage and does not anticipate any change in the number of FCUs that will require an application under §703.108(b). It is estimated that program changes to the information collection requirements associated with this rule increases the burden by 254 hours.
Adjustments to the information collection burden is also being made to include information collection requirements not previously captured, remove duplicate burden, and update respondents and response times to reflect a more accurate and up-to-date accounting of the burden. Adjustments to the information collection requirements will increase the burden by 288 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.