

[Federal Register: April 17, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 73)]
[Notices]               
[Page 19759]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

Upon Written Request, Copies Available From: Securities and Exchange 
Commission, Office of Filings and Information Services, Washington, DC 
20549

    Extension:
    Form N-SAR;--SEC File No. 270-292--OMB Control No. 3235-0330.

    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 
(``Commission'') has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget 
(``OMB'') a request for extension of the previously approved collection 
of information discussed below.

Form N-SAR--Semi-Annual Report for Registered Investment Companies

    Form N-SAR (17 CFR 274.101) is the form used by all registered 
investment companies with the exception of face amount certificate 
companies, to comply with the periodic filing and disclosure 
requirements imposed by Section 30 of the Investment Company Act of 
1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-1 et seq.), and of rules 30a1-1 and 30b1-1 under 
the Act. The information required to be filed with the Commission 
assures the public availability of the information and permits 
verification of compliance with Investment Company Act requirements. 
Registered unit investment trusts are required to provide this 
information on an annual report filed with the Commission on Form N-SAR 
(OMB Control No. 3235-0330) pursuant to rule 30a1-1 under the 
Investment Company Act (17 CFR 30a1-1), and registered management 
investment companies must submit the required information on a semi-
annual report filed on Form N-SAR pursuant to rule 30b1-1 under the Act 
(17 CFR 270.30b1-1).\1\
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    \1\ Face amount certificate companies are required to file 
periodic reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act 
[15 U.S.C. 78m, 78o(d)].
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    The Commission estimates that the total number of respondents is 
4,130 and the total annual number of responses is 7,430 ((3,300 
respondents x 2 responses per year) + (830 respondents x 1 response per 
year)). The Commission estimates that each registrant filing a report 
on Form N-SAR would spend, on average, 14.43 hours in preparing and 
filing the Form and that the total hour burden for all Form N-SAR 
filings would be 107,203 hours. Estimates of the burden hours are made 
solely for the purposes of the PRA, and are not derived from a 
comprehensive or even a representative survey or study of the costs of 
Commission rules and forms.
    The information provided on Form N-SAR is mandatory. The 
information provided on Form N-SAR will not be 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 control number.
    General comments regarding the above information should be directed 
to the following persons: (i) Desk Officer for the Securities and 
Exchange Commission, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Office of Management and Budget, Room 10102, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503 or e-mail to: 
David_Rostker@omb.eop.gov; and (ii) R. Corey Booth, Director/Chief 

Information Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, c/o Shirley 
Martinson, 6432 General Green Way, Alexandria, Virginia 22312, or send 
an e-mail to PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov. Comments must be submitted to OMB 
within 30 days of this notice.

    Dated: April 10, 2006.
Nancy M. Morris,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E6-5648 Filed 4-14-06; 8:45 am]

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