[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 76 (Monday, April 20, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21898-21899]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-08339]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[SEC File No. 270-197, OMB Control No. 3235-0200]


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

Upon Written Request, Copies Available From: Securities and Exchange 
Commission, Office of FOIA Services, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 
20549-2736

Extension:
    Rule 15c3-1

    Notice is hereby given that pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) (``PRA''), the Securities and Exchange 
Commission (``Commission'') has submitted to the Office of Management 
and Budget (``OMB'') a request for approval of extension of the 
previously approved collection of information provided for in Rule 
15c3-1 (17 CFR 240.15c3-1) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 
(15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.).
    Rule 15c3-1 requires brokers-dealers to have at all times 
sufficient liquid assets to meet their current liabilities, 
particularly the claims of customers. The rule facilitates the 
monitoring of the financial condition of broker-dealers by the 
Commission and the various self-regulatory organizations. It is 
estimated that broker-dealer respondents registered with the Commission 
and subject to the collection of information requirements of Rule 15c3-
1 incur an aggregate annual burden of approximately 76,981 hours to 
comply with this rule and an aggregate annual external cost of 
approximately $299,000.

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    Rule 15c3-1 does not contain record retention requirements. 
Compliance with the rule is mandatory. The required records are 
available only to the examination staff of the Commission and the self-
regulatory organization of which the broker-dealer is a member.
    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.
    The public may view background documentation for this information 
collection at the following website: www.reginfo.gov. Find this 
particular information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day 
Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. 
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to (i) www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain and (ii) David Bottom, 
Director/Chief Information Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, 
c/o Cynthia Roscoe, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549, or by 
sending an email to: PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov.

    Dated: April 15, 2020.
J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-08339 Filed 4-17-20; 8:45 am]
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