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REPORTING BURDEN—Continued
Respondent
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Total Estimated Annual Responses:
1000.
Total Estimated Annual Burden: 120
hours.
Total Estimated Annual Burden Hour
Dollar Cost Equivalent: $5,173.
FRA informs all interested parties that
it may not conduct or sponsor, and a
respondent is not required to respond
to, a collection of information that does
not display a currently valid OMB
control number.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520.
Christopher S. Van Nostrand,
Deputy Chief Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2024–11535 Filed 5–24–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Information Collection
Renewal; Comment Request;
Registration of Mortgage Loan
Originators
Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency (OCC), Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and request for comment.
AGENCY:

The OCC, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork
and respondent burden, invites
comment on a continuing information
collection, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). In
accordance with the requirements of the
PRA, the OCC may not conduct or
sponsor, and the respondent is not
required to respond to, an information
collection unless it displays a currently
valid Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) control number. The OCC is
soliciting comment concerning the
revision to its information collection
titled, ‘‘Registration of Mortgage Loan
Originators.’’

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SUMMARY:

Comments must be received by
July 29, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Commenters are encouraged
to submit comments by email, if
possible. You may submit comments by
any of the following methods:
• Email: [email protected].
DATES:

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Total annual
responses

Average time per
response

Total annual
burden hours

Total cost equivalent
in U.S. dollars 1

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(B)

(C = A * B)

(D = C * wage rates)

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• Mail: Chief Counsel’s Office,
Attention: Comment Processing, Office
of the Comptroller of the Currency,
Attention: 1557–0243, 400 7th Street,
SW, Suite 3E–218, Washington, DC
20219.
• Hand Delivery/Courier: 400 7th
Street, SW, Suite 3E–218, Washington,
DC 20219.
• Fax: (571) 293–4835.
Instructions: You must include
‘‘OCC’’ as the agency name and ‘‘1557–
0243’’ in your comment. In general, the
OCC will publish comments on
www.reginfo.gov without change,
including any business or personal
information provided, such as name and
address information, email addresses, or
phone numbers. Comments received,
including attachments and other
supporting materials, are part of the
public record and subject to public
disclosure. Do not include any
information in your comment or
supporting materials that you consider
confidential or inappropriate for public
disclosure.
Following the close of this notice’s
60-day comment period, the OCC will
publish a second notice with a 30-day
comment period. You may review
comments and other related materials
that pertain to this information
collection beginning on the date of
publication of the second notice for this
collection by the method set forth in the
next bullet.
• Viewing Comments Electronically:
Go to www.reginfo.gov. Hover over the
‘‘Information Collection Review’’ tab
and click on ‘‘Information Collection
Review’’ from the drop-down menu.
From the ‘‘Currently under Review’’
drop-down menu, select ‘‘Department of
Treasury’’ and then click ‘‘submit.’’ This
information collection can be located by
searching OMB control number ‘‘1557–
0243’’ or ‘‘Registration of Mortgage Loan
Originators.’’ Upon finding the
appropriate information collection, click
on the related ‘‘ICR Reference Number.’’
On the next screen, select ‘‘View
Supporting Statement and Other
Documents’’ and then click on the link
to any comment listed at the bottom of
the screen.
• For assistance in navigating
www.reginfo.gov, please contact the

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Regulatory Information Service Center
at (202) 482–7340.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Shaquita Merritt, Clearance Officer,
(202) 649–5490, Chief Counsel’s Office,
Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency, 400 7th Street, SW,
Washington, DC 20219. If you are deaf,
hard of hearing, or have a speech
disability, please dial 7–1–1 to access
telecommunications relay services.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), Federal
agencies must obtain approval from the
OMB for each collection of information
that they conduct or sponsor.
‘‘Collection of information’’ is defined
in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR
1320.3(c) to include agency requests or
requirements that members of the public
submit reports, keep records, or provide
information to a third party. Section
3506(c)(2)(A) of title 44 generally
requires Federal agencies to provide a
60-day notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of
information, including each proposed
extension of an existing collection of
information, before submitting the
collection to OMB for approval. To
comply with this requirement, the OCC
is publishing notice of the renewal/
revision of this collection.
Title: Registration of Mortgage Loan
Originators.
OMB Control No.: 1557–0243.
Description: The Secure and Fair
Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act
(the S.A.F.E. Act or Act) 1 requires an
employee of a Federally-regulated bank,
savings association, credit union, or
farm credit institution and their
subsidiaries (collectively, institutions)
who engages in the business of a
residential mortgage loan originator
(MLO) and does not qualify for the de
minimis exception to register with the
Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System
and Registry (Registry) and obtain a
unique identifier. Further, the S.A.F.E.
Act provides that institutions must
require their employees who act as
MLOs to comply with the Act’s
registration requirements and obtain a
1 The S.A.F.E. Act was enacted as part of the
Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008, Pub.
L. 110–289, Division A, Title V, sections 1501—
1517, 122 Stat. 2654, 2810—2824 (July 30, 2008),
codified at 12 U.S.C. 5101–5116.

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unique identifier. Institutions must also
adopt and follow written policies and
procedures to ensure compliance with
these requirements.
Among other things, the Registry is
intended to aggregate and improve the
flow of information to and between
regulators; provide increased
accountability and tracking of mortgage
loan originators; enhance consumer
protections; reduce fraud in the
residential mortgage loan origination
process; and provide consumers with
easily accessible information at no
charge regarding the employment
history of, and the publicly adjudicated
disciplinary and enforcement actions
against, MLOs.
Along with the Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System, the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation, the
National Credit Union Administration,
and the Farm Credit Administration, the
OCC issued a final rule implementing
the S.A.F.E. Act.2 The Dodd-Frank Wall
Street Reform and Consumer Protection
Act (Dodd-Frank Act), Pub. Law 111–
203, later provided for the transfer of
this rule to the Consumer Financial
Protection Bureau (CFPB), and the CFPB
republished this rule as 12 CFR part
1007.3 However, the OCC retains
enforcement authority for national
banks, Federal savings associations, and
Federal branches and agencies of foreign
banks with total assets of $10 billion or
less.4

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MLO Reporting Requirements
Except in situations where the de
minimis exception applies, 12 CFR
1007.103 requires an employee of an
institution who acts as an MLO to
register with the Registry, obtain a
unique identifier, and maintain and
update such registration. This section
also requires institutions to require their
MLO employees to comply with these
requirements. Section 1007.103(d) sets
forth the categories of information that
an institution must require each MLO
employee to submit to the Registry or
submit on the employee’s behalf. This
section also requires each MLO
employee to submit to the Registry an
attestation as to the correctness of the
information submitted and an
authorization for the Registry and the
employing institution to obtain certain
additional information related to the
employee.
2 75 FR 44656 (July 28, 2010), as corrected in 75
FR 51623 (Aug. 23, 2010).
3 76 FR 78487 (Dec. 19, 2011).
4 See section 1025 of the Dodd-Frank Act,
codified at 12 U.S.C. 5515.

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MLO Disclosure Requirement
Section 1007(b) requires MLOs to
provide their unique identifier to a
consumer upon request, before acting as
an MLO, and through the originator’s
initial written communication with a
consumer, if any, whether on paper or
electronically.
Financial Institution Reporting
Requirements
Section 1007.103(e) specifies the
institution-related and employee
information an institution must submit
to the Registry in connection with the
initial registration of one or more MLOs
and annually thereafter. The institution
also must update this information
within 30 days of the date that this
information becomes inaccurate.
Employees of the institution who
submit information to the Registry on
behalf of the institution must verify
their identity and attest that they have
the authority to enter data on behalf of
the institution, that the information
submitted is correct, and that the
covered financial institution will keep
the required information current and
will file accurate supplementary
information on a timely basis. Financial
Institution Disclosure Requirements
Section 1007.105(a) requires the
institution to make the unique
identifiers of its MLO employees
available to consumers in a manner and
method practicable to the institution.
Financial Institution Recordkeeping
Requirements
Section 1007.104 requires that an
institution that employs one or more
MLOs to adopt and follow written
policies and procedures to, at a
minimum, address certain specified
areas related to MLO registration. These
policies must be appropriate to the
nature, size, and complexity of the
institution’s mortgage lending activities
and that apply only to those employees
acting within the scope of their
employment at the institution.
Type of Review: Regular.
Affected Public: Individuals;
Businesses or other for-profit.
Estimated Frequency of Response: On
occasion.
Estimated Number of Responses:
90,574.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
40,671 hours.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and
included in the request for OMB
approval. All comments will become a
matter of public record. Comments are
invited on:
(a) Whether the collection of
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performance of the functions of the
OCC, including whether the information
has practical utility;
(b) The accuracy of the OCC’s
estimate of the burden of the collection
of information;
(c) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected;
(d) Ways to minimize the burden of
the collection on respondents, including
through the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology; and
(e) Estimates of capital or start-up
costs and costs of operation,
maintenance, and purchase of services
to provide information.
Patrick T. Tierney,
Assistant Director, Office of the Comptroller
of the Currency.
[FR Doc. 2024–11633 Filed 5–24–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Information Collection
Renewal; Comment Request;
Procedures To Enhance the Accuracy
and Integrity of Information Furnished
to Consumer Reporting Agencies
Under Section 312 of the Fair and
Accurate Credit Transactions Act of
2003
Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency (OCC), Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and request for comment.
AGENCY:

The OCC, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork
and respondent burden, invites
comment on a continuing information
collection, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). In
accordance with the requirements of the
PRA, the OCC may not conduct or
sponsor, and the respondent is not
required to respond to, an information
collection unless it displays a currently
valid Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) control number. The OCC is
soliciting comment concerning the
renewal of its information collection
titled, ‘‘Procedures to Enhance the
Accuracy and Integrity of Information
Furnished to Consumer Reporting
Agencies under Section 312 of the Fair
and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of
2003.’’ DATES: Comments must be
received by July 29, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Commenters are encouraged
to submit comments by email, if
SUMMARY:

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