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required to respond to, a collection of
information unless it displays a
currently valid control number.
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
estimate of the burden of the 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 November 6, 2023.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information
under the PRA unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number.
Please direct your written comments
to: David Bottom, Acting 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: August 31, 2023.
Sherry R. Haywood,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023–19252 Filed 9–6–23; 8:45 am]
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Proposed Collection; Comment
Request; Extension: Form N–54C
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
(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the
‘‘Commission’’) is soliciting comments
on the collection of information
summarized below. The Commission
plans to submit this existing collection
of information to the Office of
Management and Budget for extension
and approval.
Certain investment companies can
elect to be regulated as business
development companies, as defined in
section 2(a)(48) of the Investment

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Company Act of 1940 (‘‘Investment
Company Act’’), under sections 55
through 65 of the Investment Company
Act. Under section 54(a) of the
Investment Company Act,1 any
company defined in section 2(a)(48)(A)
and (B) of the Investment Company Act
may, if it meets certain enumerated
eligibility requirements, elect to be
subject to the provisions of sections 55
through 65 of the Investment Company
Act by filing with the Commission a
notification of election. Under section
54(c) of the Investment Company Act,2
any business development company
may voluntarily withdraw its election
under section 54(a) of the Investment
Company Act by filing a notice of
withdrawal of election with the
Commission. The Commission has
adopted Form N–54C as the form for the
notification of withdrawal of election to
be subject to sections 55 through 65 of
the Investment Company Act. The
purpose of Form N–54C is to notify the
Commission that the business
development company withdraws its
election to be subject to sections 55
through 65 of the Investment Company
Act.
The Commission estimates that on
average approximately seven business
development companies file
notifications on Form N–54C each year.
Each of those business development
companies need only make a single
filing of Form N–54C. The Commission
further estimates that this information
collection imposes a burden of one
hour, resulting in a total annual burden
of seven hours. Based on the estimated
wage rate, the total estimated internal
time costs to the business development
company industry of the hour burden
for complying with Form N–54C would
be approximately $2,975.3 Futher, based
on an estimated external cost burden of
$80 per filing, the total estimated annual
external cost burden to the business
development company industry for
complying with Form N–54C would be
$560.
The collection of information under
Form N–54C is mandatory. The
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U.S.C. 80a–53(a).
U.S.C. 80a–53(c).
3 The industry burden is calculated by
multiplying the total annual hour burden to prepare
Form N–54C (seven) by the estimated hourly wage
rate of $425 for a compliance attorney or other
similarly situated business development company
employee. The estimated wage figure is based on
published rates for compliance attorneys from the
Securities Industry and Financial Markets
Association’s Report on Management & Professional
Earnings in the Securities Industry 2013, modified
by Commission staff to account for an 1800 hour
work-year and inflation, and multiplied by 5.35 to
account for bonuses, firm size, employee benefits
and overhead, yielding an effective hourly rate of
$2,975.
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information provided by the form is not
kept confidential. 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.
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
estimate of the burden of the 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 November 6, 2023.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information
under the PRA unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number.
Please direct your written comments
to: David Bottom, Acting 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: August 31, 2023.
Sherry R. Haywood,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023–19249 Filed 9–6–23; 8:45 am]
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[Release No. 34–98267; File No. SR–
NASDAQ–2023–016]

Self-Regulatory Organizations; The
Nasdaq Stock Market LLC; Notice of
Designation of a Longer Period for
Commission Action on a Proposed
Rule Change To List and Trade Shares
of the iShares Bitcoin Trust Under
Nasdaq Rule 5711(d), CommodityBased Trust Shares
August 31, 2023.

On June 29, 2023, The Nasdaq Stock
Market LLC (‘‘Nasdaq’’ or ‘‘Exchange’’)
filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (‘‘Commission’’), pursuant
to section 19(b)(1) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (‘‘Act’’) 1 and Rule
19b–4 thereunder,2 a proposed rule
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U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
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