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Extension:
Rule 19b–7 and Form 19b–7
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 (‘‘SEC’’ or
‘‘Commission’’) has submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (‘‘OMB’’) a request
for approval of extension of the existing
collection of information provided for in
Rule 19b–7 (17 CFR 240.19b–7) and Form
19b–7–Filings with respect to proposed rule
changes submitted pursuant to Section 19b(7)
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.) (‘‘Exchange Act’’).
The Exchange Act provides a framework
for self-regulation under which various
entities involved in the securities business,
including national securities exchanges and
national securities associations (collectively,
self-regulatory organizations or ‘‘SROs’’),
have primary responsibility for regulating
their members or participants. The role of the
Commission in this framework is primarily
one of oversight; the Exchange Act charges
the Commission with supervising the SROs
and assuring that each complies with and
advances the policies of the Exchange Act.
The Exchange Act was amended by the
Commodity Futures Modernization Act of
2000 (‘‘CFMA’’). Prior to the CFMA, federal
law did not allow the trading of futures on
individual stocks or on narrow-based stock
indexes (collectively, ‘‘security futures
products’’). The CFMA removed this
restriction and provided that trading in
security futures products would be regulated
jointly by the Commission and the
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Commodity Futures Trading Commission
(‘‘CFTC’’).
The Exchange Act requires all SROs to
submit to the SEC any proposals to amend,
add, or delete any of their rules. Certain
entities (Security Futures Product Exchanges)
would be notice registered national securities
exchanges only because they trade security
futures products. Similarly, certain entities
(Limited Purpose National Securities
Associations) would be limited purpose
national securities associations only because
their members trade security futures
products. The Exchange Act, as amended by
the CFMA, established a procedure for
Security Futures Product Exchanges and
Limited Purpose National Securities
Associations to provide notice of proposed
rule changes relating to certain matters.1 Rule
19b–7 and Form 19b–7 implemented this
procedure. Effective April 28, 2008, the SEC
amended Rule 19b–7 and Form 19b–7 to
require that Form 19b–7 be submitted
electronically.2
The collection of information is designed
to provide the Commission with the
information necessary to determine, as
required by the Exchange Act, whether the
proposed rule change is consistent with the
Exchange Act and the rules thereunder. The
information is used to determine if the
proposed rule change should remain in effect
or abrogated.
The respondents to the collection of
information are SROs. Three respondents file
an average total of approximately 3 responses
per year.3 Each response takes approximately
12.5 hours to complete and each amendment
takes approximately 3 hours to complete,
which correspond to an estimated annual
response burden of 37.5 hours ((3 rule change
proposals × 12.5 hours) + (0 amendments 4 ×
3 hours)). The average internal cost of
compliance per response is $4,761 (11.5 legal
hours multiplied by an average hourly rate of
$396 5 plus 1 hour of paralegal work
1 These matters are higher margin levels, fraud or
manipulation, recordkeeping, reporting, listing
standards, or decimal pricing for security futures
products; sales practices for security futures
products for persons who effect transactions in
security futures products; or rules effectuating the
obligation of Security Futures Product Exchanges
and Limited Purpose National Securities
Associations to enforce the securities laws. See 15
U.S.C. 78s(b)(7)(A).
2 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 57526
(March 19, 2008), 73 FR 16179 (March 27, 2008).
3 There are currently four Security Futures
Product Exchanges and one Limited Purpose
National Securities Association, the National
Futures Authority. However, two Security Futures
Product Exchanges currently do not trade security
futures products and, as a result, have not been
filing proposed rule changes. Therefore, there are
currently three respondents to Form 19b–7.
4 SEC staff notes that even though no
amendments were received in the previous three
years and that staff does not anticipate the receipt
of any amendments, calculation of amendments is
a separate step in the calculation of the PRA burden
and it is possible that amendments are filed in the
future. Therefore, instead of removing the
calculation altogether, staff has shown the
calculation as anticipating zero amendments.
5 The $396 per hour figure for an Attorney is from
SIFMA’s Management & Professional Earnings in
the Securities Industry 2013, modified by
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multiplied by an average hourly rate of
$207 6). The total resulting internal cost of
compliance for a respondent is $14,283 per
year (3 responses × $4,761 per response).
In addition to filing its proposed rule
changes, and any amendments thereto, with
the Commission, a respondent is also
required to post each of its proposals and any
amendments thereto, on its Web site. This
process takes approximately 0.5 hours to
complete per proposal and 0.5 hours per
amendment. Thus, for the approximately 3
responses and 0 amendments,7 the total
annual reporting burden on a respondent to
post these on its Web site is 1.5 hours ((3
proposals per year × 0.5 hours per filing) +
(0 amendments × 0.5 hours)). Further, a
respondent is required to update its rulebook,
which it maintains on its Web site, to reflect
the changes that it makes in each proposal
and any amendment thereto. Thus, for all
filings that were not withdrawn by a
respondent (0 withdrawn filings in calendar
years 2014–2016) or disapproved by the
Commission (0 disapproved filings in
calendar years 2014–2016), a respondent was
required to update its online rulebook to
reflect the effectiveness of 3 filings on
average, each of which takes approximately
4 hours to complete per proposal. Thus, the
total annual reporting burden for updating an
online rulebook is 12 hours ((3 filings per
year—0 withdrawn filings—0 disapproved
filings) × 4 hours).
Compliance with Rule 19b–7 is mandatory.
Information received in response to Rule
19b–7 is not kept confidential; the
information collected is public information.
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 Web site:
www.reginfo.gov. Comments should be
directed to: (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 by sending an email to: Shagufta_
Ahmed@omb.eop.gov; and (ii) Pamela Dyson,
Director/Chief Information Officer, Securities
and Exchange Commission, c/o Remi PavlikSimon, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC
20549, or by sending an email to: PRA_
Mailbox@sec.gov. Comments must be
submitted to OMB within 30 days of this
notice.
Commission staff to account for inflation and an
1800-hour work-year and then multiplied by 5.35
to account for bonuses, firm size, employee
benefits, and overhead.
6 The $207 per hour figure for a Paralegal is from
SIFMA’s Management & Professional Earnings in
the Securities Industry 2013, modified by
Commission staff to account for inflation and an
1800-hour work-year and then multiplied by 5.35
to account for bonuses, firm size, employee
benefits, and overhead.
7 See supra note 4.
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Eduardo A. Aleman,
Assistant Secretary.
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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 17a–10, SEC File No. 270–154, OMB
Control No. 3235–0122
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 17a–10 (17 CFR 240.17a–10) under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15
U.S.C. 78a et seq.) (‘‘Exchange Act’’).
The primary purpose of Rule 17a–10
is to obtain the economic and statistical
data necessary for an ongoing analysis
of the securities industry. Paragraph
(a)(1) of Rule 17a–10 generally requires
broker-dealers that are exempted from
the requirement to file monthly and
quarterly reports pursuant to paragraph
(a) of Exchange Act Rule 17a–5 (17 CFR
240.17a–5) to file with the Commission
the Facing Page, a Statement of Income
(Loss), and balance sheet from Part IIA
of Form X–17A–5 1 (17 CFR 249.617),
and Schedule I of Form X–17A–5 not
later than 17 business days after the end
of each calendar year.
Paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 17a–10
requires a broker-dealer subject to Rule
17a–5(a) to submit Schedule I of Form
X–17A–5 with its Form X–17A–5 for the
calendar quarter ending December 31 of
each year. The burden associated with
filing Schedule I of Form X–17A–5 is
accounted for in the PRA filing
associated with Rule 17a–5.
Paragraph (b) of Rule 17a–10 provides
that the provisions of paragraph (a) do
not apply to members of national
securities exchanges or registered
national securities associations that
maintain records containing the
1 Form X–17A–5 is the Financial and Operational
Combined Uniform Single Report (‘‘FOCUS
Report’’), which is used by broker-dealers to
provide certain required information to the
Commission.
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information required by Form X–17A–5
and which transmit to the Commission
copies of the records pursuant to a plan
which has been declared effective by the
Commission.
The Commission estimates that
approximately 38 broker-dealers will
spend an average of 12 hours per year
complying with Rule 17a–10. Thus, the
total compliance burden is estimated to
be approximately 456 burden-hours per
year.
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 at
the following Web site:
www.reginfo.gov. Comments should be
directed to: (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 by sending an email to: Shagufta_
Ahmed@omb.eop.gov; and (ii) Pamela
Dyson, Director/Chief Information
Officer, Securities and Exchange
Commission, c/o Remi Pavlik-Simon,
100 F Street NE. Washington, DC 20549,
or by sending an email to: PRA_
Mailbox@sec.gov. Comments must be
submitted to OMB within 30 days of
this notice.
Dated: August 14, 2017.
Eduardo A. Aleman,
Assistant Secretary.
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Upon Written Request, Copies Available
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Commission, Office of FOIA Services,
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20549–2736.
Extension: Rule 17f–2(e); SEC File No. 270–
037; OMB Control No. 3235–0031.
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’’) 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 17f–2(e) (17 CFR 240.17f–2(e))
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[SEC File No. 270-495, OMB Control No. 3235-0553]
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Upon Written Request, Copies Available From: Securities and Exchange
Commission, Office of FOIA Services, 100 F St. NE., Washington, DC
20549-2736
Extension:
Rule 19b-7 and Form 19b-7
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 (``SEC'' or ``Commission'') has submitted to the
Office of Management and Budget (``OMB'') a request for approval of
extension of the existing collection of information provided for in
Rule 19b-7 (17 CFR 240.19b-7) and Form 19b-7-Filings with respect to
proposed rule changes submitted pursuant to Section 19b(7) under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.) (``Exchange
Act'').
The Exchange Act provides a framework for self-regulation under
which various entities involved in the securities business,
including national securities exchanges and national securities
associations (collectively, self-regulatory organizations or
``SROs''), have primary responsibility for regulating their members
or participants. The role of the Commission in this framework is
primarily one of oversight; the Exchange Act charges the Commission
with supervising the SROs and assuring that each complies with and
advances the policies of the Exchange Act.
The Exchange Act was amended by the Commodity Futures
Modernization Act of 2000 (``CFMA''). Prior to the CFMA, federal law
did not allow the trading of futures on individual stocks or on
narrow-based stock indexes (collectively, ``security futures
products''). The CFMA removed this restriction and provided that
trading in security futures products would be regulated jointly by
the Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission
(``CFTC'').
The Exchange Act requires all SROs to submit to the SEC any
proposals to amend, add, or delete any of their rules. Certain
entities (Security Futures Product Exchanges) would be notice
registered national securities exchanges only because they trade
security futures products. Similarly, certain entities (Limited
Purpose National Securities Associations) would be limited purpose
national securities associations only because their members trade
security futures products. The Exchange Act, as amended by the CFMA,
established a procedure for Security Futures Product Exchanges and
Limited Purpose National Securities Associations to provide notice
of proposed rule changes relating to certain matters.\1\ Rule 19b-7
and Form 19b-7 implemented this procedure. Effective April 28, 2008,
the SEC amended Rule 19b-7 and Form 19b-7 to require that Form 19b-7
be submitted electronically.\2\
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\1\ These matters are higher margin levels, fraud or
manipulation, recordkeeping, reporting, listing standards, or
decimal pricing for security futures products; sales practices for
security futures products for persons who effect transactions in
security futures products; or rules effectuating the obligation of
Security Futures Product Exchanges and Limited Purpose National
Securities Associations to enforce the securities laws. See 15
U.S.C. 78s(b)(7)(A).
\2\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 57526 (March 19,
2008), 73 FR 16179 (March 27, 2008).
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The collection of information is designed to provide the
Commission with the information necessary to determine, as required
by the Exchange Act, whether the proposed rule change is consistent
with the Exchange Act and the rules thereunder. The information is
used to determine if the proposed rule change should remain in
effect or abrogated.
The respondents to the collection of information are SROs. Three
respondents file an average total of approximately 3 responses per
year.\3\ Each response takes approximately 12.5 hours to complete
and each amendment takes approximately 3 hours to complete, which
correspond to an estimated annual response burden of 37.5 hours ((3
rule change proposals x 12.5 hours) + (0 amendments \4\ x 3 hours)).
The average internal cost of compliance per response is $4,761 (11.5
legal hours multiplied by an average hourly rate of $396 \5\ plus 1
hour of paralegal work
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multiplied by an average hourly rate of $207 \6\). The total
resulting internal cost of compliance for a respondent is $14,283
per year (3 responses x $4,761 per response).
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\3\ There are currently four Security Futures Product Exchanges
and one Limited Purpose National Securities Association, the
National Futures Authority. However, two Security Futures Product
Exchanges currently do not trade security futures products and, as a
result, have not been filing proposed rule changes. Therefore, there
are currently three respondents to Form 19b-7.
\4\ SEC staff notes that even though no amendments were received
in the previous three years and that staff does not anticipate the
receipt of any amendments, calculation of amendments is a separate
step in the calculation of the PRA burden and it is possible that
amendments are filed in the future. Therefore, instead of removing
the calculation altogether, staff has shown the calculation as
anticipating zero amendments.
\5\ The $396 per hour figure for an Attorney is from SIFMA's
Management & Professional Earnings in the Securities Industry 2013,
modified by Commission staff to account for inflation and an 1800-
hour work-year and then multiplied by 5.35 to account for bonuses,
firm size, employee benefits, and overhead.
\6\ The $207 per hour figure for a Paralegal is from SIFMA's
Management & Professional Earnings in the Securities Industry 2013,
modified by Commission staff to account for inflation and an 1800-
hour work-year and then multiplied by 5.35 to account for bonuses,
firm size, employee benefits, and overhead.
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In addition to filing its proposed rule changes, and any
amendments thereto, with the Commission, a respondent is also
required to post each of its proposals and any amendments thereto,
on its Web site. This process takes approximately 0.5 hours to
complete per proposal and 0.5 hours per amendment. Thus, for the
approximately 3 responses and 0 amendments,\7\ the total annual
reporting burden on a respondent to post these on its Web site is
1.5 hours ((3 proposals per year x 0.5 hours per filing) + (0
amendments x 0.5 hours)). Further, a respondent is required to
update its rulebook, which it maintains on its Web site, to reflect
the changes that it makes in each proposal and any amendment
thereto. Thus, for all filings that were not withdrawn by a
respondent (0 withdrawn filings in calendar years 2014-2016) or
disapproved by the Commission (0 disapproved filings in calendar
years 2014-2016), a respondent was required to update its online
rulebook to reflect the effectiveness of 3 filings on average, each
of which takes approximately 4 hours to complete per proposal. Thus,
the total annual reporting burden for updating an online rulebook is
12 hours ((3 filings per year--0 withdrawn filings--0 disapproved
filings) x 4 hours).
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\7\ See supra note 4.
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Compliance with Rule 19b-7 is mandatory. Information received in
response to Rule 19b-7 is not kept confidential; the information
collected is public information.
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 Web site: www.reginfo.gov.
Comments should be directed to: (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 by sending an email to:
Shagufta_Ahmed@omb.eop.gov; and (ii) Pamela Dyson, Director/Chief
Information Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, c/o Remi
Pavlik-Simon, 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549, or by sending
an email to: PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov. Comments must be submitted to OMB
within 30 days of this notice.
Dated: August 14, 2017.
Eduardo A. Aleman,
Assistant Secretary.
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