Treasury International Capital (TIC) Forms BC, BL-1, BL-2, BQ-1, BQ-2, and BQ-3

Forms and Documents

Forms and supporting documents for this ICR

Document	Type	Status	Availability
Form BL-1 BL-1	Form	Modified	Available
Form BL-1 Treasury International Capital (TIC) Form BL-1 "Report of U.S. Dollar Liabilities of Financial Institutions to Foreign Residents"	Form	Modified	Repair queued
Form BQ-3 BQ-3	Form	Modified	Available
Form BQ-3 Treasury International Capital Form BQ-3, "Report of Maturities of Selected Liabilities and Claims of Financial Institutions with Foreign Residents"	Form	Modified	Repair queued
Form BQ-2 BQ-2	Form	Modified	Available
Form BQ-2 TIC BQ-2, "Part 1-Foreign Currency Liabilities & Claims of Financial Institutions & Domestic Customers' Forn. Curr. Claims with Forn Residents; Part 2-Customers' Forn. Curr. Liabilities to Forn. Res."	Form	Modified	Repair queued
Form BQ-1 BQ-1	Form	Modified	Available
Form BQ-1 Treasury International Capital Form BQ-1, "Report of Customers' U.S. Dollar Claims on Foreign Residents"	Form	Modified	Repair queued
Form BL-2 BL-2	Form	Modified	Available
Form BL-2 Treasury International Capital Form BL-2, "Report of Customers' U.S. Dollar Liabilities to Foreign Residents"	Form	Modified	Repair queued
Form BC BC	Form	Modified	Available
Form BC Treasury International Capital Form BC, "Report of U.S. Dollar Claims of Financial Institutions on Foreign Residents"	Form	Modified	Repair queued
SS for(1505-0016, B forms)(2023Jan).docx	Supporting Statement A	Uploaded 2023-01-20	Repair queued

IC Document Collections

Information collection document groups

IC ID	Collection	Type	Status	Form
238985	Treasury International Capital (TIC) Form BL-1 "Report of U.S. Dollar Liabilities of Financial Institutions to Foreign Residents"	Form	Modified	BL-1
238985	Treasury International Capital (TIC) Form BL-1 "Report of U.S. Dollar Liabilities of Financial Institutions to Foreign Residents"	Form	Modified
238985	Treasury International Capital (TIC) Form BL-1 "Report of U.S. Dollar Liabilities of Financial Institutions to Foreign Residents"	Instruction	Modified
238980	Treasury International Capital Form BQ-3, "Report of Maturities of Selected Liabilities and Claims of Financial Institutions with Foreign Residents"	Form	Modified	BQ-3
238980	Treasury International Capital Form BQ-3, "Report of Maturities of Selected Liabilities and Claims of Financial Institutions with Foreign Residents"	Form	Modified
238980	Treasury International Capital Form BQ-3, "Report of Maturities of Selected Liabilities and Claims of Financial Institutions with Foreign Residents"	Instruction	Modified
238979	TIC BQ-2, "Part 1-Foreign Currency Liabilities & Claims of Financial Institutions & Domestic Customers' Forn. Curr. Claims with Forn Residents; Part 2-Customers' Forn. Curr. Liabilities to Forn. Res."	Form	Modified	BQ-2
238979	TIC BQ-2, "Part 1-Foreign Currency Liabilities & Claims of Financial Institutions & Domestic Customers' Forn. Curr. Claims with Forn Residents; Part 2-Customers' Forn. Curr. Liabilities to Forn. Res."	Form	Modified
238979	TIC BQ-2, "Part 1-Foreign Currency Liabilities & Claims of Financial Institutions & Domestic Customers' Forn. Curr. Claims with Forn Residents; Part 2-Customers' Forn. Curr. Liabilities to Forn. Res."	Instruction	Modified
238978	Treasury International Capital Form BQ-1, "Report of Customers' U.S. Dollar Claims on Foreign Residents"	Form	Modified	BQ-1
238978	Treasury International Capital Form BQ-1, "Report of Customers' U.S. Dollar Claims on Foreign Residents"	Form	Modified
238978	Treasury International Capital Form BQ-1, "Report of Customers' U.S. Dollar Claims on Foreign Residents"	Instruction	Modified
238977	Treasury International Capital Form BL-2, "Report of Customers' U.S. Dollar Liabilities to Foreign Residents"	Form	Modified	BL-2
238977	Treasury International Capital Form BL-2, "Report of Customers' U.S. Dollar Liabilities to Foreign Residents"	Form	Modified
238977	Treasury International Capital Form BL-2, "Report of Customers' U.S. Dollar Liabilities to Foreign Residents"	Instruction	Modified
15083	Treasury International Capital Form BC, "Report of U.S. Dollar Claims of Financial Institutions on Foreign Residents"	Form	Modified	BC
15083	Treasury International Capital Form BC, "Report of U.S. Dollar Claims of Financial Institutions on Foreign Residents"	Form	Modified
15083	Treasury International Capital Form BC, "Report of U.S. Dollar Claims of Financial Institutions on Foreign Residents"	Instruction	Modified

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 1505-0016	ICR Reference No: 202301-1505-003
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201912-1505-003
Agency/Subagency: TREAS/DO	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Treasury International Capital (TIC) Forms BC, BL-1, BL-2, BQ-1, BQ-2, and BQ-3
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 06/06/2023
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 03/31/2023
Terms of Clearance:

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	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	06/30/2026	36 Months From Approved	06/30/2023
Responses	10,468	0	11,288
Time Burden (Hours)	97,007	0	103,702
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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Abstract: These Treasury International Capital (TIC) B forms are required by law and are designed to collect timely and readily available information on cross-border claims and liabilities of U.S. banks, other financial institutions, and their domestic customers. These reports are required by E.O. Number 10033 of February 8, 1949 and implementing Treasury Regulations (31 C.F.R. 128), the International Investment and Trade in Services Survey Act (22. U.S.C. 3103), and the Bretton Woods Agreements Act (Sec. 8(a) 59 Stat. 515; 22 U.S.C. 286f). The TIC B forms comprise the following six forms: (1) Form BC (monthly), “Report of U.S. Dollar Claims of Financial Institutions on Foreign Residents”, is filed by banks, other depository institutions, bank holding companies, financial holding companies, securities brokers and dealers, and all other financial institutions in the United States to report their own portfolio claims (exclusive of long-term securities) on foreign residents. (2) Form BL-1 (monthly), “Report of U.S. Dollar Liabilities of Financial Institutions to Foreign Residents”, is filed by banks, other depository institutions, bank holding companies, financial holding companies, securities brokers and dealers, and all other financial institutions in the United States to report their own portfolio liabilities (exclusive of long-term securities) to foreign residents. (3) Form BL-2 (monthly), “Report of Customers’ U.S. Dollar Liabilities to Foreign Residents”, is filed by banks, other depository institutions, bank holding companies, financial holding companies, securities brokers and dealers, and all other financial institutions in the United States to report the U.S. dollar liabilities (exclusive of long-term securities) of their domestic customers. (4) Form BQ-1 (quarterly), “Report of Customers’ U.S. Dollar Claims on Foreign Residents”, is filed by banks, other depository institutions, bank holding companies, financial holding companies, securities brokers and dealers, and all other financial institutions in the United States to report their own and their domestic customers’ portfolio claims (exclusive of long-term securities) on foreign residents. (5) BQ-2 (quarterly), “Part 1 - Report of Foreign Currency Liabilities and Claims of Financial Institutions and of their Domestic Customers’ Foreign Currency Claims with Foreign Residents; Part 2 - Report of Customers’ Foreign Currency Liabilities to Foreign Residents”, is filed by banks, other depository institutions, bank holding companies, financial holding companies, securities brokers and dealers, and all other financial institutions in the United States to report their own liabilities and claims (exclusive of long-term securities), and liabilities and claims (exclusive of long-term securities) of their domestic customers, denominated in foreign currencies. (6) Form BQ-3 (quarterly), “Report of Maturities of Selected Liabilities and Claims of Financial Institutions with Foreign Residents”, is filed by banks, other depository institutions, bank holding companies, financial holding companies, brokers and dealers, and all other financial institutions in the United States to report the maturities of selected liabilities and claims with foreign residents denominated in U.S. dollars or in foreign currencies.

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 22 USC 286f Name of Law: Bretton Woods Agreements Act
   EO: EO 10033 Name/Subject of EO: Regulations governing the providing of statistical information to intergovernmental organizations
   US Code: 22 USC 3103 Name of Law: International Investment and Trade in Services Survey Act
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	87 FR 65851	11/01/2022
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	88 FR 18374	03/28/2023
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 6

table that charts list of burden

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
TIC BQ-2, "Part 1-Foreign Currency Liabilities & Claims of Financial Institutions & Domestic Customers' Forn. Curr. Claims with Forn Residents; Part 2-Customers' Forn. Curr. Liabilities to Forn. Res."	BQ-2	BQ-2
Treasury International Capital (TIC) Form BL-1 "Report of U.S. Dollar Liabilities of Financial Institutions to Foreign Residents"	BL-1	BL-1
Treasury International Capital Form BC, "Report of U.S. Dollar Claims of Financial Institutions on Foreign Residents"	BC	BC
Treasury International Capital Form BL-2, "Report of Customers' U.S. Dollar Liabilities to Foreign Residents"	BL-2	BL-2
Treasury International Capital Form BQ-1, "Report of Customers' U.S. Dollar Claims on Foreign Residents"	BQ-1	BQ-1
Treasury International Capital Form BQ-3, "Report of Maturities of Selected Liabilities and Claims of Financial Institutions with Foreign Residents"	BQ-3	BQ-3

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ICR Summary of Burden

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	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	10,468	11,288	0	0	-820	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	97,007	103,702	0	0	-6,695	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: There are no program changes for any of the B-forms; the changes in the burden hours for each B-form is due only to decreases in the number of respondents. For the total of all B-forms, there will be an overall decrease of 6,695 in burden hours to 97,007 as compared to the estimate of 103,702 currently carried in OMB's Information Collection Inventory.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $12,761,879

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

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Common Form ICR:  No

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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:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(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;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

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.

Certification Date: 03/31/2023

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