Notice2025-14205

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Extension: Rule 17a-1

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July 28, 2025

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 142 (Monday, July 28, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 35563]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-14205]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[OMB Control No. 3235-0208]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Extension: Rule 17a-1

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 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Securities and Exchange 
Commission (``SEC'' or ``Commission'') is soliciting comments on the 
proposed collection of information.
    Rule 17a-1 (17 CFR 240.17a-1) requires that every national 
securities exchange, national securities association, registered 
clearing agency, and the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board keep on 
file for a period of not less than five years, the first two years in 
an easily accessible place, at least one copy of all documents, 
including all correspondence, memoranda, papers, books, notices, 
accounts, and other such records made or received by it in the course 
of its business as such and in the conduct of its self-regulatory 
activity, and that such documents be available for examination by the 
Commission.
    There are 38 entities required to comply with the rule: 28 national 
securities exchanges, 1 national securities association, 8 registered 
clearing agencies, and the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board. The 
Commission staff estimates that the average number of hours necessary 
for compliance with the requirements of Rule 17a-1 by each entity is 52 
hours per year. In addition, 3 national securities exchanges notice-
registered pursuant to Section 6(g) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78f(g)) are 
required to preserve records of determinations made under Rule 3a55-1 
under the Act (17 CFR 240.3a55-1), which the Commission staff estimates 
will take 1 hour per exchange per year, for a total of 3 hours per 
year. Accordingly, the Commission staff estimates that the total number 
of hours necessary to comply with the requirements of Rule 17a-1 is 
1,979 hours per year.
    The collection of information is mandatory and is kept confidential 
as permitted by the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552 et seq.).
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a 
currently valid OMB Control Number.
    Written comments are invited on: (a) whether this proposed 
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of 
the functions of the SEC, including whether the information will have 
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the SEC's estimate of the burden 
imposed by the proposed collection of information, including the 
validity of the methodology and the assumptions used; (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, 
electronic collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.
    Please direct your written comments on this 60-Day Collection 
Notice to Austin Gerig, Director/Chief Data Officer, Securities and 
Exchange Commission, c/o Tanya Ruttenberg via email to 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e2b283928790958d9089b087869781968b8d8ca38196a2918781cc858d94"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3b6b5a4b5e494c544950695e5f4e584f5254557a584f7b485e58155c544d">[email&#160;protected]</span></a> by September 26, 2025. There will be a 
second opportunity to comment on this SEC request following the Federal 
Register publishing a 30-Day Submission Notice.

    Dated: July 24, 2025.
Sherry R. Haywood,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-14205 Filed 7-25-25; 8:45 am]
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