60 Day Notice

Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 135 / Monday, July 17, 2023 / Notices
This Notice will be published in the
Federal Register.
Erica A. Barker,
Secretary.
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Proposed Collection; Comment
Request; Extension: Rule 17f–2(e)
Upon Written Request, Copies Available
From: Securities and Exchange
Commission, Office of FOIA Services,
100 F Street NE, Washington, DC
20549–2736
Notice is hereby given that pursuant
to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(‘‘PRA’’) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the
Securities and Exchange Commission
(‘‘Commission’’) is soliciting comments
on the existing collection of information
provided for in Rule 17f–2(e) (17 CFR
240.17f–2(e)), under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78a et
seq.). The Commission plans to submit
this existing collection of information to
the Office of Management and Budget
(‘‘OMB’’) for extension and approval.
Rule 17f–2(e) requires every member
of a national securities exchange,
broker, dealer, registered transfer agent,
and registered clearing agency (‘‘covered
entities’’) claiming an exemption from
the fingerprinting requirements of Rule
17f–2 to make and keep current a
statement entitled ‘‘Notice Pursuant to
Rule 17f–2’’ (‘‘Notice’’) containing the
information specified in paragraph (e)(1)
to support their claim of exemption.
Rule 17f–2(e) contains no filing
requirement. Instead, paragraph (e)(2)
requires covered entities to keep a copy
of the Notice in an easily accessible
place at the organization’s principal
office and at the office employing the
persons for whom exemptions are
claimed and to make the Notice
available upon request for inspection by
the Commission, appropriate regulatory
agency (if not the Commission) or other
designated examining authority. Notices
prepared pursuant to Rule 17f–2(e) must
be maintained for different lengths of
time depending on the type of entity
maintaining the Notice. Under Rule
240.17a–1, every registered clearing
agency must keep and preserve at least
one copy of all documents made or
received by it in the course of its
business for a period of not less than
five years. Under Rule 240.17a–4 certain
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exchanges, brokers, and dealers must
maintain the Notice during the life of
their enterprise. Under Rule 240.17Ad–
7, registered transfer agents must
maintain the Notice in an easily
accessible place. The recordkeeping
requirement under Rule 17f–2(e) assists
the Commission and other regulatory
agencies with ensuring compliance with
Rule 17f–2.
We estimate that approximately 75
respondents will incur an average
burden of 30 minutes per year to
comply with this rule, which represents
the time it takes for a staff person at a
covered entity to properly document a
claimed exemption from the
fingerprinting requirements of Rule 17f–
2 in the required Notice and to properly
retain the Notice according to the
entity’s record retention policies and
procedures. The total annual burden for
all covered entities is approximately 38
hours (75 entities × .5 hours, rounded
up).
Written comments are invited on: (a)
whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Commission, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the Commission’s
estimates of the burden of the proposed
collection of information; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information collected; and (d)
ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Consideration will be given to
comments and suggestions submitted by
September 15, 2023.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.
Please direct your written comments
to: David Bottom, Director/Chief
Information Officer, Securities and
Exchange Commission, c/o John
Pezzullo, 100 F Street NE, Washington,
DC 20549, or send an email to: PRA_
[email protected].
Dated: July 12, 2023.
J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Deputy Secretary.

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
Sunshine Act Meetings
TIME AND DATE:

2 p.m. on Thursday, July

20, 2023.
The meeting will be held via
remote means and/or at the
Commission’s headquarters, 100 F
Street NE, Washington, DC 20549.

PLACE:

This meeting will be closed to
the public.

STATUS:

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:
Commissioners, Counsel to the
Commissioners, the Secretary to the
Commission, and recording secretaries
will attend the closed meeting. Certain
staff members who have an interest in
the matters also may be present.
In the event that the time, date, or
location of this meeting changes, an
announcement of the change, along with
the new time, date, and/or place of the
meeting will be posted on the
Commission’s website at https://
www.sec.gov.
The General Counsel of the
Commission, or her designee, has
certified that, in her opinion, one or
more of the exemptions set forth in 5
U.S.C. 552b(c)(3), (5), (6), (7), (8), 9(B)
and (10) and 17 CFR 200.402(a)(3),
(a)(5), (a)(6), (a)(7), (a)(8), (a)(9)(ii) and
(a)(10), permit consideration of the
scheduled matters at the closed meeting.
The subject matter of the closed
meeting will consist of the following
topics:
Institution and settlement of
injunctive actions;
Institution and settlement of
administrative proceedings;
Resolution of litigation claims; and
Other matters relating to examinations
and enforcement proceedings.
At times, changes in Commission
priorities require alterations in the
scheduling of meeting agenda items that
may consist of adjudicatory,
examination, litigation, or regulatory
matters.
CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

For further information; please contact
Vanessa A. Countryman from the Office
of the Secretary at (202) 551–5400.
(Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552b)

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Dated: July 13, 2023.
Vanessa A. Countryman,
Secretary.
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