[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 137 (Tuesday, July 19, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 43065]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-15305]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-95270; File No. SR-FINRA-2022-013]


Self-Regulatory Organizations; Financial Industry Regulatory 
Authority, Inc.; Notice of Designation of a Longer Period for 
Commission Action on a Proposed Rule Change To Amend FINRA Rule 6730 To 
Enhance TRACE Reporting Obligations for U.S. Treasury Securities

July 13, 2022.
    On May 23, 2022, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. 
(``FINRA'') 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 change to amend FINRA Rule 6730 to enhance Trade 
Reporting and Compliance Engine (TRACE) reporting obligations for U.S. 
Treasury Securities. The proposed rule change was published for comment 
in the Federal Register on June 3, 2022.\3\
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
    \3\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 95003 (May 27, 
2022), 87 FR 33844 (June 3, 2022). Comments received on the proposed 
rule change are available at: https://www.sec.gov/comments/sr-finra-2022-013/srfinra2022013.htm.
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    Section 19(b)(2) of the Act \4\ provides that, within 45 days of 
the publication of notice of the filing of a proposed rule change, or 
within such longer period up to 90 days as the Commission may designate 
if it finds such longer period to be appropriate and publishes its 
reasons for so finding or as to which the self-regulatory organization 
consents, the Commission shall either approve the proposed rule change, 
disapprove the proposed rule change, or institute proceedings to 
determine whether the proposed rule change should be disapproved. The 
45th day after publication of the notice for this proposed rule change 
is July 18, 2022.
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    \4\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).
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    The Commission is extending this 45-day time period. The Commission 
finds that it is appropriate to designate a longer period within which 
to take action on the proposed rule change in order to consider the 
proposed rule change and the comments received. Accordingly, pursuant 
to Section 19(b)(2) of the Act,\5\ the Commission designates September 
1, 2022, as the date by which the Commission shall approve or 
disapprove, or institute proceedings to determine whether to 
disapprove, the proposed rule change (File No. SR-FINRA-2022-013).
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    \5\ Id.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\6\
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    \6\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(31).
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J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-15305 Filed 7-18-22; 8:45 am]
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