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OMB Control No: 1506-0049	ICR Reference No: 202512-1506-001
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202209-1506-001
Agency/Subagency: TREAS/FINCEN	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Requirement for Information Sharing Between Government Agencies and Financial Institutions ("314(a)")
Type of Information Collection: Extension without change of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 02/17/2026
	Date Received in OIRA: 12/23/2025
Terms of Clearance: FinCEN will update the information in the ICR in 2 years based upon relevant data that is collected as part of the BSA compliance burden surveys that will be conducted in 2026. FinCEN will clearly publicize the fact that the burdens and benefits discussed in connection with the 314(a) program ICR constitute only a fraction of the actual benefits and burden of the 314(a) program because of the exceptions provided for in 44 U.S. Code § 3518(c).

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	02/29/2028	36 Months From Approved	02/28/2026
Responses	12,726	0	14,960
Time Burden (Hours)	555,702	0	2,917,200
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: The USA PATRIOT Act charged the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) with developing regulations to facilitate information sharing among government entities and financial institutions for the purpose of combatting terrorism and money laundering. In 2002, FinCEN published a final rule implementing the authority contained in Section 314(a) of the USA PATRIOT Act (the Section 314(a) Rule). The rule required financial institutions, upon FinCEN’s request (a “Section 314(a) Request”), to search their records to determine whether they have maintained an account or conducted a transaction with a specified individual, entity, or organization that a Federal law enforcement agency has certified is suspected, based on credible evidence, of engaging in terrorist activity or money laundering. The rule was expanded in 2010 to enable certain agencies other than Federal law enforcement agencies to initiate Section 314(a) Requests. As amended, the rule enables certain foreign law enforcement agencies, state and local law enforcement agencies, and FinCEN itself, on its own behalf and on behalf of appropriate components of Treasury, to initiate Section 314(a) Requests. Before processing a request, FinCEN requires the requesting agency to certify that, in the case of money laundering, the matter is significant, and that the requesting agency has been unable to locate the information sought through traditional methods of investigation and analysis. The regulations implementing the rules are found at 31 CFR 1010.520.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 31 USC 5311-5314 Name of Law: Money and Finance
US Code: 31 USC 5316-5332 Name of Law: Money and Finance

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	90 FR 47125	09/30/2025
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	90 FR 60239	12/23/2025
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Requirement for Information Sharing Between Government Agencies and Financial Institutions ("314(a)")

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	12,726	14,960	-2,234
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	555,702	2,917,200	-2,361,498
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The total burden hours decreased by 2,361,498 hours from 2,917,200 hours in 2022 to 555,702 hours in 2025. The primary reason for the decrease in burden is the decrease in the burden estimate per subject from 32 minutes in 2022 to four minutes in 2025. The number of respondents also decreased slightly from 14,960 financial institutions in 2022 to 12,726 financial institutions in 2025. See additional details in the supporting statement.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $1,100,000

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

Agency Contact: FinCEN Resource Center 800 767-2825 frc@fincen.gov

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