# Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
The Department of the Treasury will submit the following information collection requests to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13, on or after the date of publication of this notice.
**DATES:**
Comments should be received on or before December 23, 2013 to be assured of consideration.
**ADDRESSES:**
Send comments regarding the burden estimate, or any other aspect of the information collection, including suggestion for reducing the burden, to (1) Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for Treasury, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, or email at *[email protected]* and (2) Treasury PRA Clearance Officer, 1750 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Suite 8140, Washington, DC 20220, or email at *[email protected]* .
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Copies of the submission(s) may be obtained by calling (202) 927-5331, email at *[email protected],* or the entire information collection request maybe found at *www.reginfo.gov* .
**Office of Financial Stability (OFS)**
*OMB Number:* 1505-0209.
*Type of Review:* Revision of a currently approved collection.
*Title:* Troubled Asset Relief Program—Conflicts of Interest.
*Abstract:* Authorized under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act (EESA) of 2008 (Pub. L. 110-343), as amended by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009, the Department of the Treasury has implemented aspects of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) by codifying section 108 of EESA. Title 31 CFR part 31, TARP Conflict of Interest, sets forth the process for reviewing and addressing actual or potential conflicts of interest among any individuals or entities seeking or having a contract or financial agency agreement with the Treasury for services under EESA. The information collection required by this part will be used to evaluate and minimize real and apparent conflicts of interest related to contractual or financial agent agreement services performed under TARP.
*Affected public:* Private Sector: Businesses or other for-profits.
*Estimated Annual Burden Hours:* 1,292.
*OMB Number:* 1505-0219.
*Type of Review:* Revision of a currently approved collection.
*Title:* TARP Capital Purchase Program—Executive Compensation.
*Abstract:* Authorized under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA), Public Law 110-343, as amended by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), Public Law 111-5, the Department of the Treasury established the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) to purchase, and to make and fund commitments to purchase, troubled assets from any financial institution on such terms and conditions determined by the Secretary. Section 111 of EESA, as amended by ARRA, provides that certain entities receiving financial assistance from Treasury under TARP will be subject to specified executive compensation and corporate governance standards established by the Secretary. These standards were set forth in the interim final rule published on June 15, 2009 (74 FR 28394), as corrected on December 7, 2009 (74 FR 63990) (the Interim Final Rule). The standards implemented in the Interim Final Rule require that TARP recipients submit certain information pertaining to their executive compensation and corporate governance practices.
*Affected public:* Private sector: Businesses or other for-profits.
*Estimated Annual Burden Hours:* 6,951.
Dawn D. Wolfgang,
Treasury PRA Clearance Officer.