Notice2025-23743

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Information Sharing Between Government Agencies and Financial Institutions

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December 23, 2025

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Treasury Department

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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 244 (Tuesday, December 23, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 60239]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-23743]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Information Sharing Between Government 
Agencies and Financial Institutions

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 23, 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#a8f8fae9e8dcdacdc9dbdddad186cfc7de"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4212100302363027233137303b6c252d34">[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:

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)

    Title: Information sharing between government agencies and 
financial institutions.
    OMB Control Number: 1506-0049.
    Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved 
collection.
    Description: The Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing 
Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 
2001 (USA PATRIOT Act) charged the Department of the Treasury 
(Treasury) with developing regulations to facilitate information 
sharing among government entities and financial institutions for the 
purpose of combatting terrorism and money laundering.\1\ In 2002, 
FinCEN published a final rule implementing the authority contained in 
section 314(a) of the USA PATRIOT Act (the Section 314(a) Rule).\2\ The 
rule required financial institutions, upon FinCEN's request (a 
``Section 314(a) Request''), to search their records to determine 
whether they have maintained an account or conducted a transaction with 
a specified individual, entity, or organization that a Federal law 
enforcement agency has certified is suspected, based on credible 
evidence, of engaging in terrorist activity or money laundering. The 
rule enables certain foreign law enforcement agencies, state and local 
law enforcement agencies, and FinCEN itself, on its own behalf and on 
behalf of appropriate components of Treasury, to initiate Section 
314(a) Requests.\3\ Before processing a request, FinCEN requires the 
requesting agency to certify that, in the case of money laundering, the 
matter is significant, and that the requesting agency has been unable 
to locate the information sought through traditional methods of 
investigation and analysis. The regulations implementing the rules are 
found at 31 CFR 1010.520.
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    \1\ Public Law 107-56, 115 Stat. 272 (Oct. 26, 2001).
    \2\ FinCEN, Final Rule--Special Information Sharing Procedures 
to Deter Money Laundering and Terrorist Activity, 67 FR 60579, 
(Sept. 26, 2002).
    \3\ FinCEN, Final Rule--Expansion of Special Information Sharing 
Procedures To Deter Money Laundering and Terrorist Activity, 75 FR 
6560, (Feb. 10, 2010).
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    Form: Not applicable.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for profit and non-profit 
institutions.
    Estimated Number of Potential Respondents: 575,873 financial 
institutions.
    Estimated Number of Expected Respondents: 12,726 financial 
institutions.
    Frequency of Response: As required.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 7,381,080.
    Estimated Burden Hours per Respondent: Approximately 44 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 555,702.
    Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.

Spencer W. Clark,
Treasury PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2025-23743 Filed 12-22-25; 8:45 am]
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