5 In December 2015, the Board invited public comment on a proposed policy statement describing the framework  that the Board would use to set the amount of the U.S. CCyB. See Regulation Q—Capital Adequacy of Bank Holding Companies, Savings and Loan Holding Companies, and State Member Banks, 12 C.F.R. pt. 217, app. A (2018).
See also Federal Reserve System (2016), “Regulatory Capital Rules: The Federal Reserve Board’s Framework for Implementing the U.S. Basel III Countercyclical Capital Buffer,” proposed policy statement with request for public comment (Docket No. R-1529), Federal Register, vol. 81 (February 3), pp. 5661 66.See 12 CFR part 217, Appendix A. See also 81 FR 5661 (February 3, 2016).