Imposition of Special Measure Against Commercial Bank of Syria, Including its Subsidiary, Syrian Lebanese Commercial Bank, as a Financial Institution of Primary Money Laundering Concern.

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IC ID	Document Title	Status
39064	Imposition of Special Measure Against Commercial Bank of Syria, Including its Subsidiary, Syrian Lebanese Commercial Bank, as a Financial Institution of Primary Money Laundering Concern.	Modified

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 1506-0036	ICR Reference No: 202602-1506-001
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 202305-1506-002
Agency/Subagency: TREAS/FINCEN	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Imposition of Special Measure Against Commercial Bank of Syria, Including its Subsidiary, Syrian Lebanese Commercial Bank, as a Financial Institution of Primary Money Laundering Concern.
Type of Information Collection: Extension without change of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 03/31/2026

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	36 Months From Approved	07/31/2026
Responses	127	15,960
Time Burden (Hours)	6	15,960
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

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Abstract: In March 2006, FinCEN issued a final rule imposing the fifth special measure to prohibit U.S. financial institutions from opening or maintaining a correspondent account for, or on behalf of, the Commercial Bank of Syria, and requires that U.S. financial institutions apply due diligence to correspondent accounts they maintain on behalf of foreign financial institutions that is reasonably designed to guard against the indirect use of those accounts by the Commercial Bank of Syria. 31 C.F.R. § 1010.653(b)(2). U.S. financial institutions are required under 31 C.F.R. § 1010.653(b)(2)(i)(A) to notify their foreign correspondent account holders that they may not provide Commercial Bank of Syria with access to correspondent accounts maintained at the U.S. financial institution. The requirement is intended to ensure cooperation from correspondent account holders in denying Commercial Bank of Syria access to the U.S. financial system. U.S. financial institutions are required under 31 C.F.R. § 1010.653(b)(3)(i) to document compliance with the notification requirement. The information is used by Federal agencies and certain self-regulatory organizations to verify compliance with 31 CFR § 1010.653.

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 31 USC 5318A Name of Law: USA PATRIOT Act Pub. L. 107-56
  

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:
	90 FR 57279	12/10/2025
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	91 FR 16082	03/31/2026
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Imposition of Special Measure Against Commercial Bank of Syria, Including its Subsidiary, Syrian Lebanese Commercial Bank, as a Financial Institution of Primary Money Laundering Concern.

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ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	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	127	15,960	0	0	-15,833	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	6	15,960	0	0	-15,954	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: When these OMB control numbers were last renewed in 2023 and 2024, FinCEN estimated that because approximately 15,000 to 16,500 U.S. financial institutions could potentially maintain correspondent accounts for foreign banks, they were all equally likely to incur recordkeeping burdens. In 2025, FinCEN refined its burden assignment methods by distinguishing between all covered financial institutions that could potentially become respondents if they were to maintain a correspondent account for a foreign bank and those that might reasonably be expected to actually be respondents in a given year because they bear indicia of already maintaining such accounts. As a result, in 2025, FinCEN revised the estimated expected number of U.S. financial institutions that maintain a correspondent account for a foreign bank to 127. This is the primary reason for the change in the burden estimate. In addition, FinCEN revised its burden methodology to account for a staggered decrease in burden in the years following the first year after the publication and implementation of a Section 311 final rule imposing special measure five. Thus, the average time per respondent has been decreased from a uniform burden assignment of one hour in any given year in the prior renewals to 0.05 hours given the number of years elapsed since the first year in which the final rule implemented this imposition of special measure five.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $0

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: 03/31/2026

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