[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 208 (Monday, October 28, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 57810]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-23440]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Troubled Asset Relief Program--Making Home Affordable 
Participants

AGENCY: Departmental Offices, U.S. Department of the Treasury.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing 
effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general 
public and other federal agencies to comment on the proposed 
information collections listed below, in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before December 27, 
2019.

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding the burden estimate, or any other 
aspect of the information collection, including suggestions for 
reducing the burden, to Treasury PRA Clearance Officer, 1750 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Suite 8100, Washington, DC 20220, or email at 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the submissions may be 
obtained from Christopher Dove by emailing 
[email protected], calling (202) 927-0374, or viewing the 
entire information collection request at www.reginfo.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Troubled Asset Relief Program--Making Home Affordable 
Participants.
    OMB Control Number: 1505-0216.
    Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved 
collection.
    Description: Authorized under the Emergency Economic Stabilization 
Act (EESA) of 2008 (Pub. L. 110-343), the Department of the Treasury 
has implemented several aspects of the Troubled Asset Relief Program 
(TARP). Among these components was a voluntary foreclosure prevention 
program--the Making Home Affordable (MHA) program, under which the 
Department used TARP capital to lower the mortgage payments of 
qualifying borrowers. The Treasury did this through agreements with 
mortgage servicers (Servicer Participation Agreements, or SPAs) to 
modify loans on their systems. Pursuant to the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2016 (Pub. L. 114-113), the MHA program terminated 
on December 31, 2016, except with respect to certain loan modification 
applications made before such date. The MHA program has several 
subcomponents: HAMP (Home Affordable Modification Program), 2MP (Second 
Lien Modification Program), HAFA (Home Affordable Foreclosure 
Alternatives) and FHA (Federal Housing Administration)/RD (Rural 
Development) HAMP. Though the MHA program has terminated, there is some 
data reporting that will continue through December 2023 for incentive 
payment and compliance purposes.
    Form: None.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 140.
    Frequency of Response: On Occasion.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 1,680.
    Estimated Time per Response: 28.5 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 47,880.
    Request for Comments: Comments submitted in response to this notice 
will be summarized and included in the request for Office of Management 
and Budget approval. All comments will become a matter of public 
record. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency'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 of information on respondents, including 
through the use of technology; and (e) estimates of capital or start-up 
costs and costs of operation, maintenance, and purchase of services 
required to provide information.

    Authority:  44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.

    Dated: October 23, 2019.
Spencer W. Clark,
Treasury PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-23440 Filed 10-25-19; 8:45 am]
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