# Agency Information Collection Activities: Information Collection Renewal; Submission for OMB Review; Guidance on Sound Incentive Compensation Policies
**AGENCY:**
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Treasury.
**ACTION:**
Notice and request for comment.
**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, “Guidance on Sound Incentive Compensation Policies.” The OCC also is giving notice that it has sent the collection to OMB for review.
**DATES:**
Comments must be received by March 16, 2026.
**ADDRESSES:**
Commenters are encouraged to submit comments by email, if possible. You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
• *Email: [email protected].*
• *Mail:* Chief Counsel's Office, Attention: Comment Processing, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Attention: 1557-0245, 400 7th Street SW, Suite 3E-218, Washington, DC 20219.
• *Hand Delivery/Courier:* 400 7th Street SW, Suite 3E-218, Washington, DC 20219.
• *Fax:* (571) 293-4835.
*Instructions:* You must include “OCC” as the agency name and “1557-0245” in your comment. In general, the OCC will publish comments on *www.reginfo.gov* 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 *www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.* 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.
• *Viewing Comments Electronically:* Go to *www.reginfo.gov.* 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 the Treasury” and then click “submit.” This information collection can be located by searching OMB control number “1557-0245” or “Guidance on Sound Incentive Compensation Policies.” 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.
• For assistance in navigating *www.reginfo.gov,* 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:* Guidance on Sound Incentive Compensation Policies.
*OMB Control No.:* 1557-0245.
*Type of Review:* Regular.
*Affected Public:* Businesses or other for-profit.
*Description:* Under the guidance, each large national bank and Federal savings association should: (i) have policies and procedures that identify and describe the role(s) of the personnel and units authorized to be involved in incentive compensation arrangements, identify the source of significant risk-related inputs, establish appropriate controls governing these inputs to help ensure their integrity, and identify the individual(s) and unit(s) whose approval is necessary for the establishment or modification of incentive compensation arrangements; (ii) create and maintain sufficient documentation to permit an audit of the organization's processes for developing and administering incentive compensation arrangements; (iii) have any material exceptions or adjustments to the incentive compensation arrangements established for senior executives approved and documented by its board of directors; and (iv) have its board of directors receive and review, on an annual or more frequent basis, an assessment by management of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the organization's incentive compensation system in providing risk-taking incentives that are consistent with the organization's safety and soundness. The principles discussed in the guidance vary with the size and complexity of a banking organization.
**Estimated Burden**
*Estimated Frequency of Response:* Annually.
*Estimated Number of Respondents for Yearly Maintenance:* 1,010 (36 large banks; 974 small banks).
*Estimated Number of Respondents for Setup:* 1 large bank; 1 small bank.
*Estimated Burden per Respondent:* 520 hours for large banks (480 hours for set up; 40 hours for yearly maintenance); 90 hours for small banks (60 hours for set up; 30 hours for yearly maintenance).
*Estimated Total Annual Burden:* 31,130 hours.
*Comments:* On December 4, 2025, the OCC published a 60-day notice for this information collection, (90 FR 55974). No comments were received.
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.
Carl Kaminski,
Assistant Director, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.