Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Approval of Information Collection Requirements
| Published date | 06 May 2021 |
| Citation | 86 FR 24393 |
| Record Number | 2021-09533 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Consumer Financial Protection Bureau |
Federal Register, Volume 86 Issue 86 (Thursday, May 6, 2021)
[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 86 (Thursday, May 6, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 24393]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-09533]
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BUREAU OF CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION
[Docket No: CFPB-2021-0009]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Approval of
Information Collection Requirements
AGENCY: Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA),
the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Bureau) is announcing
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval of new information
collection requirements contained in an interim final rule published in
the Federal Register on April 22, 2021, ``Debt Collection Practices in
Connection with the Global COVID-19 Pandemic (Regulation F).'' See the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below for additional information
about this OMB approval.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Documentation prepared in support of
this information collection request is available at
www.regulations.gov. Requests for additional information should be
directed to Suzan Muslu, Data Governance Program Manager, at (202) 435-
9267, or email: [email protected]. If you require this document in an
alternative electronic format, please contact
[email protected]. Please do not submit comments to this
mailbox.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) the
Bureau may not conduct or sponsor, and, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, a respondent is not required to respond to, an
information collection unless it displays a currently valid OMB control
number. On April 22, 2021, the Bureau published an interim final rule
in the Federal Register titled ``Debt Collection Practices in
Connection with the Global COVID-19 Pandemic (Regulation F)'' to amend
Regulation F, which implements the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
(FDCPA). The interim final rule addresses certain debt collector
conduct associated with an eviction moratorium issued by the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in response to the global
COVID-19 pandemic. The amendments prohibit debt collectors from taking
certain covered eviction actions unless the debt collectors provide
written notice to certain consumers of their protections under the CDC
temporary eviction moratorium and prohibit misrepresentations about
consumers' ineligibility for protection under such moratorium. This
moratorium is in place now and currently set to expire at the end of
June.
Pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.13, the Bureau submitted a request for
emergency approval of these information collection on April 22, 2021,
and OMB approved this ICR on April 30, 2021 and assigned it OMB Control
Number 3170-0074. Therefore, in accordance with the PRA and 5 CFR
1320.11(k), the Bureau hereby announces OMB approval of the information
collection requirements as contained in the subject interim final rule
which is effective May 3, 2021.
Dated: April 30, 2021.
Suzan Muslu,
Data Governance Program Manager, Bureau of Consumer Financial
Protection.
[FR Doc. 2021-09533 Filed 5-5-21; 8:45 am]
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