The Fair Credit Reporting Act, implemented by Regulation V, requires that consumer reporting agencies adopt reasonable procedures for meeting the needs of commerce for consumer credit, personnel, insurance, and other information in a manner which is fair and equitable to the consumer, with regard to the confidentiality, accuracy, relevancy, and proper utilization of such information.
On March 15, 2011, the Federal Reserve published a joint notice of proposed rulemaking (76 FR 13902) requesting public comment on proposed amendments to Regulation V. The Federal Reserve proposes to amend the model notices in Regulation V to include the disclosure of credit scores and information relating to credit scores in risk-based pricing notices if a credit score of the consumer is used in setting the material terms of credit. These proposed amendments reflect the new content requirements in section 615(h) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act FCRA that were added by section 1100F of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act). The comment period expired on May 16, 2011. The Agencies received 13comments from industry groups that specifically addressed paperwork burden. On July 15, 2011, a joint notice of final rulemaking was published in the Federal Register adopting the amendments largely as proposed, with mandatory compliance by August 15, 2011 (76 FR 41602).
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:
(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;
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.