[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 29 (Wednesday, February 12, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8074-8075]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-02778]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION


Proposed Collection; 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 17a-22, SEC File No. 270-202, OMB Control No. 3235-0196

    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 collection of 
information provided for in Rule 17a-22 (17 CFR. 240.17a-22) under the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Exchange Act'') (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 17a-22 requires all registered clearing agencies to file with 
the Commission three copies of all materials they issue or make 
generally available to their participants or other entities with whom 
they have a significant relationship. The filings with the Commission 
must be made within ten days after the materials are issued or made 
generally available. When the Commission is not the clearing agency's 
appropriate regulatory agency, the clearing agency must file one copy 
of the material with its appropriate regulatory agency.
    The Commission is responsible for overseeing clearing agencies and 
uses the information filed pursuant to Rule 17a-22 to determine whether 
a clearing agency is implementing procedural or policy changes. The 
information filed aides the Commission in determining whether such 
changes are consistent with the purposes of Section 17A of the Exchange 
Act. Also, the Commission uses the information to determine whether a 
clearing agency has changed its rules without reporting the actual or 
prospective change to the Commission as required under Section 19(b) of 
the Exchange Act.
    The respondents to Rule 17a-22 are registered clearing agencies. 
The frequency of filings made by clearing agencies pursuant to Rule 
17a-22 varies but on average there are approximately 120 filings per 
year per active clearing agency. There are nine clearing agencies, but 
only seven active registered clearing agencies that are expected to 
submit filings under Rule 17a-22. The Commission staff estimates that 
each response requires approximately .25 hours (fifteen minutes), which 
represents the time it takes for a staff person at the clearing agency 
to properly identify a document subject to the rule, print and make 
copies, and mail that document to the Commission. Thus, the total 
annual burden for all active clearing agencies is approximately 210 
hours (7 clearing agencies multiplied by 120 filings per clearing 
agency multiplied by .25 hours).

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    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 to 
be 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 in 
writing within 60 days of this publication.
    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, Director/
Chief Information Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, c/o 
Cynthia Roscoe, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549, or send an email 
to: PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov.

    Dated: February 7, 2020.
J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-02778 Filed 2-11-20; 8:45 am]
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