Notice2025-19737

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Ongoing Data Collection of Centrally Cleared Transactions in the U.S. Repurchase Agreement Market

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October 31, 2025

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The Department of the Treasury will submit the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. The public is invited to submit comments on this request.

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 209 (Friday, October 31, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48960-48961]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-19737]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Ongoing Data Collection of Centrally Cleared 
Transactions in the U.S. Repurchase Agreement Market

AGENCY: Departmental Offices, U.S. Department of the Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury will submit the following 
information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, on or after the date of publication of this 
notice. The public is invited to submit comments on this request.

DATES: Comments should be received on or before December 1, 2025 to be 
assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should 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>. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the submissions may be 
obtained from Spencer W. Clark by emailing <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b9e9ebf8f9cdcbdcd8cacccbc097ded6cf"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="59090b18192d2b3c382a2c2b20773e362f">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>, calling 
(202) 927-5331, or viewing the entire information collection request at 
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov">www.reginfo.gov</a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    1. Title: Ongoing Data Collection of Centrally Cleared Transactions 
in the U.S. Repurchase Agreement Market.
    OMB Control Number: 1505-0259.
    Type of Request: Extension without change of a currently approved 
collection.
    Description: The Office of Financial Research (``Office'') is 
requesting a renewal of the information collection covering centrally 
cleared transactions in the U.S. repurchase agreement (``repo'') market 
which was established by a Final Rule in 2019. The Financial Stability 
Oversight Council (``Council'') recommended an ongoing collection of 
repo data in its 2016 Annual Report to Congress and maintained this 
recommendation in its 2017 Annual Report. The expanded monitoring of 
the repo market made possible by this collection appropriately meets 
Council duties and purposes because of this market's crucial role in 
providing short-term funding and performing other functions for U.S. 
markets. The data also supports the calculation of the Secured 
Overnight Funding Rate (``SOFR''), which was selected by the 
Alternative Reference Rates Committee (``ARRC'') as its preferred 
alternative rate to U.S. dollar London Interbank Offered Rate 
(``LIBOR''), as well as the Broad General Collateral Rate (``BGCR''), 
helping fulfill another Council recommendation on the creation of 
alternative reference rates.
    Under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act 
(``Dodd-Frank Act''), the Office is authorized to issue rules and 
regulations in order to collect and standardize data on behalf of the 
Council to promote Council goals, such as helping to identify and 
monitor risks to financial stability. The ability of the Office to 
collect centrally cleared repo data in this rule derives from the 
authority to promulgate regulations for the collection of financial 
transaction and position data of financial companies through the Data 
Center in 12 U.S.C. 5344(b)(1). The promulgation of regulations for the 
type and scope of data collected by the Data Center is done pursuant to 
the general Office rulemaking authority contained in 12 U.S.C. 5343(c) 
which states the Office shall issue rules, regulations, and orders to 
the extent necessary to carry out the purposes and duties of the 
Office. The Office must consult with the Chairperson of the Council 
under Sec.  5343(c) prior to the promulgation of any rules--this 
consultation occurred prior to the publication of the rule.
    The collection requires reporting by certain U.S. central 
counterparties (``CCPs'') for repo transactions. The collection serves 
two primary purposes:

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(1) enhancing the ability of the Council and the Office to identify and 
monitor risks to financial stability; and (2) supporting the 
calculation of certain reference rates. The collection is used by the 
Office to improve the Council and member agencies' monitoring of the 
U.S. repo market through access to daily transaction data. The 
collection is also be used by Federal Reserve Bank of New York (FRBNY) 
as input into the calculation of the SOFR and BGCR. The Council 
recognized in prior annual reports that fragilities in LIBOR made the 
financial system vulnerable to instability and recommended the creation 
of alternative reference rates such as the SOFR and BGCR, demonstrating 
the nexus of rate production to financial stability. The Office also 
uses these data for related duties and purposes as contemplated by the 
Dodd-Frank Act. The Office supports the Council and its member agencies 
by providing collected data.
    Form: OFR SFT 1-1, 1-2 & 1-3.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 2.
    Frequency of Response: Daily.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 1,512.
    Estimated Time per Response: 2 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 3,024.
    Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.

Spencer W. Clark,
Treasury PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2025-19737 Filed 10-30-25; 8:45 am]
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