Notice2025-11502
Agency Information Collection Activities: Information Collection Renewal; Submission for OMB Review; Leveraged Lending
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Published
June 23, 2025
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Treasury DepartmentComptroller of the Currency
Abstract
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, "Leveraged Lending." The OCC also is giving notice that it has sent the collection to OMB for review.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 118 (Monday, June 23, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26675-26676]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-11502]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Agency Information Collection Activities: Information Collection
Renewal; Submission for OMB Review; Leveraged Lending
AGENCY: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and request for comment.
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SUMMARY: 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,
``Leveraged Lending.'' The OCC also is giving notice that it has sent
the collection to OMB for review.
DATES: Comments must be received by July 23, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Commenters are encouraged to submit comments by email, if
possible. You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
<bullet> Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#760604171f1810193619151558020413170558111900"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f1818390989f979eb19e9292df8583949082df969e87">[email protected]</span></a>.
<bullet> Mail: Chief Counsel's Office, Attention: Comment
Processing, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Attention: 1557-
0315, 400 7th Street SW, Suite 3E-218, Washington, DC 20219.
<bullet> Hand Delivery/Courier: 400 7th Street SW, Suite 3E-218,
Washington, DC 20219.
<bullet> Fax: (571) 293-4835.
Instructions: You must include ``OCC'' as the agency name and
``1557-0315'' in your comment. In general, the OCC will publish
comments on <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov">www.reginfo.gov</a> 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.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should also be sent within 30 days of publication of this
notice to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. You can find this
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
You may review comments and other related materials that pertain to
this information collection following the close of the 30-day comment
period for this notice by the method set forth in the next bullet.
<bullet> Viewing Comments Electronically: Go to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov">www.reginfo.gov</a>.
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 ``1557-0315'' or ``Leveraged
Lending.'' 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.
<bullet> For assistance in navigating <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov">www.reginfo.gov</a>, please
contact the 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.
The OCC asks the OMB to extend its approval of the collection in this
notice.
Title: Leveraged Lending.
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OMB Control No.: 1557-0315.
Type of Review: Regular.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit.
Description: On March 22, 2013, the agencies \1\ issued guidance to
the financial institutions they supervise \2\ on how to evaluate and
monitor credit risks in leveraged loans, understand the effect of
changes in borrowers' enterprise values on credit portfolio quality,
and assess the sensitivity of future credit losses to these changes in
enterprise values.\3\ In regard to the underwriting of such credits,
the guidance provides information for financial institutions to
consider in assessing whether borrowers have the ability to repay
credits when due and whether borrowers have sustainable capital
structures, including bank borrowings and other debt, to support their
continued operations through economic cycles. The guidance also
provides information to financial institutions on the risks and
potential impact of stressful events and circumstances on a borrower's
financial condition.
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\1\ OCC, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
\2\ For the OCC, the term ``financial institution'' or
``institution'' includes national banks, Federal savings
associations, and Federal branches and agencies supervised by the
OCC.
\3\ 78 FR 17766 (March 22, 2013).
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The final guidance recommends that financial institutions consider
developing: (i) underwriting policies for leveraged lending, including
stress-testing procedures for leveraged credits; (ii) risk management
policies, including stress-testing procedures for pipeline exposures;
and (iii) policies and procedures for incorporating the results of
leveraged credit and pipeline stress tests into the firm's overall
stress-testing framework. While not requirements, these recommended
policies qualify as ``collections of information'' as defined in the
PRA.
Respondents are financial institutions with leveraged lending
activities as defined in the guidance that may develop policies
recommended in the guidance.
Estimated Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 30.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 50,812 hours.
Comments: The OCC issued a 60-day Federal Register notice on March
10, 2025, 90 FR 11651. The OCC received one comment from a bank. The
commenter questioned the necessity and utility of the guidance related
information collections. These information collections promote
uniformity in the supervisory review of leveraged loans consistent with
long-standing principles of commercial credit lending. The commenter
also questioned the accuracy of the burden estimate. Because this
information collection is voluntary, a bank can choose not to implement
the information collection. Banks remain responsible, however, for
sound risk management practices when engaging in leveraged lending
activities, including commensurate risk management and controls. Any
increase in underwriting burden is unrelated to PRA requirements and
stems directly from the risk inherent to making loans to companies with
significant leverage when repayment is contingent upon realization of
projections several years in the future. The commenter's additional
statements, including those concerning the administrative process, are
outside the scope of PRA requirements. However, the OCC may consider
these comments in future actions, if any.
Comments continue to be invited on:
(a) Whether the collection of information is necessary for the
proper 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. 2025-11502 Filed 6-20-25; 8:45 am]
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