Notice2024-16231
Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Extension: Rule 17f-2(d)
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July 24, 2024
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 142 (Wednesday, July 24, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59940-59941]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-16231]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[SEC File No. 270-036, OMB Control No. 3235-0028]
Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Extension: Rule 17f-2(d)
Upon Written Request, Copies Available From: Securities and Exchange
Commission, Office of FOIA Services, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC
20549-2736
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 existing
collection of information provided for in Rule 17f-2(d) (17 CFR
240.17f-2(d)), under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (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 17f-2(d) requires that records created pursuant to the
fingerprinting requirements of Section 17(f)(2) of the Act be
maintained and preserved by every member of a national securities
exchange, broker, dealer, registered transfer agent and registered
clearing agency (``covered entities'' or ``respondents''); permits,
under certain circumstances, the records required to be maintained and
preserved by a member of a national securities exchange, broker, or
dealer to be maintained and preserved by a self-regulatory organization
that is also the designated examining authority for that member, broker
or dealer; and permits the required records to be preserved on
microfilm. The general purpose for Rule 17f-2 is to: (i) identify
security risk personnel; (ii) provide criminal record
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information so that employers can make fully informed employment
decisions; and (iii) deter persons with criminal records from seeking
employment or association with covered entities. The rule enables the
Commission or other examining authority to ascertain whether all
required persons are being fingerprinted and whether proper procedures
regarding fingerprinting are being followed. Retention of these records
for a period of not less than three years after termination of a
covered person's employment or relationship with a covered entity
ensures that law enforcement officials will have easy access to
fingerprint cards on a timely basis. This in turn acts as an effective
deterrent to employee misconduct.
Approximately 3,800 respondents are subject to the recordkeeping
requirements of the rule. Each respondent maintains approximately 68
new records per year, each of which takes approximately 2 minutes per
record to maintain, for an annual burden of approximately 2.2666667
hours (68 records times 2 minutes). The total annual time burden for
all respondents is approximately 8,613 hours (3,800 respondents times
2.2666667 hours). As noted above, all records maintained subject to the
rule must be retained for a period of not less than three years after
termination of a covered person's employment or relationship with a
covered entity. In addition, we estimate the total annual cost burden
to respondents is approximately $38,000 in third party storage costs.
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
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 by
September 23, 2024.
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: Austin Gerig, Director/
Chief Data Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, c/o Oluwaseun
Ajayi, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549, or send an email to:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#69393b2836240800050b0611291a0c0a470e061f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="87d7d5c6d8cae6eeebe5e8ffc7f4e2e4a9e0e8f1">[email protected]</span></a>.
Dated: July 18, 2024.
J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-16231 Filed 7-23-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 8011-01-P
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