Rule2025-17402

Extension of Compliance Dates for Electronic Submission of Certain Materials Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; Amendments Regarding the FOCUS Report

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September 10, 2025
Effective
September 10, 2025

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Securities and Exchange Commission

Abstract

The Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") is extending by twelve months the compliance dates for certain of the rule amendments the Commission adopted on December 16, 2024, regarding the electronic submission of certain materials under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act") and amendments to the FOCUS Report (Form X-17A-5), a periodic financial and operational report filed by broker-dealers and security-based swap dealers.

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 173 (Wednesday, September 10, 2025)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 43552-43556]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-17402]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

17 CFR Parts 202, 232, 240, 249, and 249b

[Release Nos. 33-11386; 34-103877; IC-35738; File No. S7-08-23]
RIN 3235-AL85


Extension of Compliance Dates for Electronic Submission of 
Certain Materials Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; Amendments 
Regarding the FOCUS Report

AGENCY: Securities and Exchange Commission.

ACTION: Final rule; extension of compliance dates.

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SUMMARY: The Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'') is 
extending by twelve months the compliance dates for certain of the rule 
amendments the Commission adopted on December 16, 2024, regarding the 
electronic submission of certain materials under the Securities 
Exchange Act of 1934 (``Exchange Act'') and amendments to the FOCUS 
Report (Form X-17A-5), a periodic financial and operational report 
filed by broker-dealers and security-based swap dealers.

DATES: 
    Effective Date: This release is effective September 10, 2025. The 
effective date for the Commission release adopted on December 16, 2024, 
which is entitled ``Electronic Submission of Certain Material Under the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934; Amendments Regarding the FOCUS 
Report'', remains March 24, 2025.
    Compliance Date: The compliance dates for certain amendments 
adopted on December 16, 2024, and published on January 21, 2025 at 90 
FR 7250, are extended by twelve months, as discussed in more detail 
below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For Forms 1 and 15A--Justin Pica, 
Assistant Director, and David Michehl, Special Counsel; for Form 1-N--
David Dimitrious, Senior Special Counsel, and

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Michou Nguyen, Special Counsel; for Form CA-1--Matthew Lee, Assistant 
Director, and Claire Noakes, Senior Special Counsel; for Form 19b-4(e) 
and technical amendment to Form 19b-4--Cristie March, Senior Special 
Counsel, and Edward Cho, Special Counsel; for Rule 17a-22--Matthew Lee, 
Assistant Director, and Susan Petersen, Special Counsel; for Rule 17a-
5, Rule 17a-12, Rule 18a-7, Form X-17A-5 Part III and related annual 
filings, Form X-17A-5 Parts II, IIA, and IIC, Form 17-H, and Form X-
17A-19--Raymond A. Lombardo, Assistant Director, and Valentina Minak 
Deng, Special Counsel; for notices provided pursuant to Rule 3a71-
3(d)(1)(vi) and Rule 15fi-3(c)--John Guidroz, Assistant Director, and 
Israel Goodman, Senior Counsel; and for reports submitted pursuant to 
Rule 15fk-1(c)(2)(ii)(A), Kelly Shoop, Branch Chief, and Patrick 
Bloomstine, Attorney-Adviser, Division of Trading and Markets, at (202) 
551-5500, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE, 
Washington, DC 20549.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission is extending by twelve months 
the compliance dates for all of the rule amendments the Commission 
adopted on December 16, 2024 regarding the electronic submission of 
certain materials under the Exchange Act, except for the following rule 
amendments which continue to have the same compliance date stated in 
the Commission's December 16, 2024 release: rule amendments that 
originally had a compliance date of March 24, 2025; rule amendments 
relating to the filing requirements for new derivative securities 
products; \1\ and rule amendments requiring Form 17-H and broker-dealer 
and security-based swap entity annual reports be filed electronically 
on the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (``EDGAR'') 
system.\2\
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    \1\ See 17 CFR 240.19b-4(e).
    \2\ See 17 CFR 232.101's requirements relating to 17 CFR 
240.17a-5, 17 CFR 240.17a-12, 17 CFR 240.17h-2T, and 17 CFR 240.18a-
7; 17 CFR 240.17a-5(d)(6) and (k)'s requirements to file 
electronically; 17 CFR 240.17a-12(a)(2); 17 CFR 240.17a-12(b)(6), 
(k), (l)(1), and (m)(1)'s requirements to file electronically; 17 
CFR 240.17h-2T's requirement to file electronically; 17 CFR 240.18a-
7(c)(6)'s requirement to file electronically.
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I. Discussion

    On December 16, 2024, the Commission adopted rule amendments that 
require, among other things, electronic filing or submission, using 
structured data where appropriate, of certain forms and other filings 
or submissions that are required to be filed with or submitted to the 
Commission under the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations 
thereunder.\3\ The Commission addressed the compliance dates for these 
rule amendments in the Adopting Release, intending to give regulated 
entities time to incorporate these changes into their policies, 
procedures, systems, and practices.\4\
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    \3\ See Electronic Submission of Certain Materials Under the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934; Amendments Regarding the FOCUS 
Report, Exchange Act Release No. 101925 (Dec. 16, 2024), 90 FR 7250 
(Jan. 21, 2025), available at <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-21/pdf/2024-30433.pdf">https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-21/pdf/2024-30433.pdf</a> (``Adopting Release'').
    \4\ See section VIII of Adopting Release at 7304.
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    In the period since the Commission adopted the rule amendments, 
industry representatives and market participants have expressed 
concerns about the EDGAR filing or submission and structured data 
requirements, and have requested additional time to comply.\5\ For 
example, an industry group \6\ requested that the Commission extend by 
twelve months the compliance date for the requirement to file or submit 
the following forms and submissions on EDGAR in structured data format: 
Form X-17A-5 Part III pursuant to Exchange Act Rules 17a-5, 17a-12, and 
18a-7,\7\ Form 17-H pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 17h-2T,\8\ valuation 
dispute notices pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 15fi-3(c),\9\ and 
compliance reports pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 15fk-
1(c)(2)(ii)(A).\10\ SIFMA also asked to extend the compliance date to 
file notices (and any withdrawals of notices) pursuant to Exchange Act 
Rule 3a71-3(d)(1)(vi) (also known as ``ANE Exception Notices'') on 
EDGAR.\11\ SIFMA stated that the Commission has yet to produce any 
structured data taxonomies, and filers and submitters and their 
technology vendors cannot begin meaningful work on the technology 
builds required to convert their documents into structured data format 
until the Commission finalizes the relevant taxonomies.\12\
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    \5\ See, e.g., Letter from Kyle Brandon, Managing Director, 
Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (``SIFMA'') 
(May 13, 2025), available at <a href="https://www.sec.gov/comments/s7-08-23/s70823-600675-1751083.pdf">https://www.sec.gov/comments/s7-08-23/s70823-600675-1751083.pdf</a> (``SIFMA 2025 Letter'').
    \6\ See SIFMA 2025 Letter.
    \7\ 17 CFR 240.17a-5; 17 CFR 240.17a-12; 17 CFR 240.18a-7.
    \8\ 17 CFR 240.17h-2T.
    \9\ 17 CFR 240.15fi-3(c).
    \10\ 17 CFR 240.15fk-1(c)(2)(ii)(A).
    \11\ 17 CFR 240.3a71-3(d)(1)(vi).
    \12\ See SIFMA 2025 Letter.
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    After consideration of these requests, the Commission is extending 
by twelve months the compliance dates for the following rule amendments 
(hereinafter, the ``Twelve Month Rules''):

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                  Rule                           Compliance date
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<bullet> 17 CFR 240.15fk-1(c)..........  New requirements apply to
                                          submissions due on or after
                                          January 1, 2027 (extended from
                                          January 1, 2026).
<bullet> 17 CFR 232.101's requirements   New requirements apply to
 relating to Sec.   249.1 (Form 1).       filings due on or after March
<bullet> 17 CFR 232.405's requirements    2, 2027 (extended from March
 relating to Sec.   249.1 (Form 1)..      2, 2026).
<bullet> 17 CFR 240.6a-1, 6a-2, and 6a-
 3..
<bullet> 17 CFR 232.101's requirements   New requirements apply to
 relating to Sec.   249.200 (Form CA-1).  filings due on or after April
<bullet> 17 CFR 232.405's requirements    30, 2027 (extended from April
 relating to Sec.   249.200 (Form CA-     30, 2026).
 1)..
<bullet> 17 CFR 240.17ab2-1's
 requirements relating to Sec.
 249.200 (Form CA-1)..
<bullet> 17 CFR 232.101's requirements   New requirements apply to
 relating to Sec.   249.10 (Form 1-N).    filings due on or after July
<bullet> 17 CFR 232.101's requirements    1, 2027 (extended from July 1,
 relating to Sec.   249.801 (Form 15A)..  2026).
<bullet> 17 CFR 240.6a-4...............
<bullet> 17 CFR 240.15aa-1 and 15aa-2..
<bullet> 17 CFR 232.405's requirements   For firms with a minimum fixed
 relating to 17 CFR 240.17a-5, 17a-12,    dollar net capital requirement
 and 18a-7.                               greater than or equal to
<bullet> 17 CFR 240.17a-5(d)(6) and       $250,000 as of December 31,
 (k)'s requirements to file as an         2025 (extended from December
 Interactive Data File..                  31, 2024): New requirements
<bullet> 17 CFR 240.17a-12(b)(6), (k),    apply to filings due on or
 (l)(1), and (m)(1)'s requirements to     after June 30, 2027 (extended
 file as an Interactive Data File..       from June 30, 2026). For all
<bullet> 17 CFR 240.18a-7(c)(6)'s         other firms: New requirements
 requirement to file as an Interactive    apply to filings due on or
 Data File..                              after June 30, 2029 (extended
                                          from June 30, 2028).

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<bullet> 17 CFR 232.405's requirements   New requirements apply to
 relating to 17 CFR 240.17h-2T.           filings due on or after March
<bullet> 17 CFR 240.17h-2T's              31, 2027 (extended from March
 requirement to file as an Interactive    31, 2026).
 Data File..
<bullet> 17 CFR 232.101's requirements   New requirements apply to
 relating to 17 CFR 240.17a-19.           filings due on or after
<bullet> 17 CFR 240.17a-19.............   December 31, 2027 (extended
                                          from December 31, 2026).
<bullet> Form X-17A-5 Part II..........  New requirements apply to
<bullet> Form X-17A-5 Part IIC.........   filings due on or after March
<bullet> Form X-17A-5 Part IIA.........   1, 2027 (extended from March
                                          1, 2026).
<bullet> 17 CFR 232's amendments         New requirements apply
 relating to 17 CFR 240.3a71-             beginning January 1, 2027
 3(d)(1)(vi).                             (extended from January 1,
<bullet> 17 CFR 240.3a71-3(d)(1)(vi)      2026).
 requirements for filing of notices and
 withdrawals..
<bullet> 17 CFR 232's amendments         New requirements apply to
 relating to 17 CFR 240.15fi-3(c).        notices submitted on or after
<bullet> 17 CFR 240.15fi-3(c)             January 1, 2027 (extended from
 requirements for submission of notices   January 1, 2026).
 of valuation disputes..
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    These twelve-month extensions will give firms more time to develop 
compliant systems and will give Commission staff more time to build and 
finalize taxonomies with respect to structured data requirements, as 
well as work with FINRA to update the eFOCUS systems with respect to 
FOCUS Report amendments. Once taxonomies are finalized, these 
extensions will also facilitate an orderly transition by giving 
registrants submitting filings, forms, and other submissions additional 
time to test new technology infrastructure and update internal systems, 
as well as to develop policies and procedures that will help ensure 
compliance with the filing or submission requirements.\13\
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    \13\ The Commission is not extending compliance dates for the 
rule amendments with a compliance date of March 24, 2025, because 
these rule amendments are ministerial, non-substantive, or 
deregulatory and require little, if any, action on behalf of 
registrants to prepare for compliance. The Commission is also not 
extending the compliance date for the requirement for a self-
regulatory organization to publicly post the information required 
under Rule 19b-4(e) on its website, because such information is the 
same as that currently required on Form 19b-4(e). Finally, the 
Commission is not extending the compliance date for the rule 
amendments requiring Form 17-H and broker-dealer and security-based 
swap entity annual reports be filed electronically on EDGAR, and 
notes that many firms have already been filing these on EDGAR.
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    For the sake of clarity, the rule amendments that have the same 
compliance dates as in the Adopting Release, and are not being 
extended, are listed below:

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                  Rule                           Compliance date
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<bullet> 17 CFR 240.19b-4(e)...........  New requirements apply to
                                          filings due on or after
                                          September 1, 2025 (same
                                          compliance date as in Adopting
                                          Release).
<bullet> 17 CFR 232.101's requirements   New requirements apply to
 relating to 17 CFR 240.17a-5, 17 CFR     filings due on or after June
 240.17a-12, 17 CFR 240.17h-2T, and 17    30, 2025 (same compliance date
 CFR 240.18a-7.                           as in Adopting Release).
<bullet> 17 CFR 240.17a-5(d)(6) and      ...............................
 (k)'s requirements to file
 electronically.
<bullet> 17 CFR 240.17a-12(a)(2).......
<bullet> 17 CFR 240.17a-12(b)(6), (k),
 (l)(1), and (m)(1)'s requirements to
 file electronically.
<bullet> 17 CFR 240.17h-2T's
 requirement to file electronically.
<bullet> 17 CFR 240.18a-7(c)(6)'s        ...............................
 requirement to file electronically.
<bullet> All other rule amendments not   March 24, 2025 (same compliance
 already referenced in either of this     date as in Adopting Release).
 release's charts.
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II. Economic Analysis

    The Commission is mindful of the economic effects, including the 
costs and benefits, of the compliance date extension. Exchange Act 
section 3(f) requires the Commission, when it is engaged in rulemaking 
pursuant to the Exchange Act and is required to consider or determine 
whether an action is necessary or appropriate in the public interest, 
to consider, in addition to the protection of investors, whether the 
action will promote efficiency, competition, and capital formation.\14\ 
In addition, Exchange Act section 23(a)(2) requires the Commission, 
when making rules pursuant to the Exchange Act, to consider among other 
matters the impact that any such rule would have on competition and not 
to adopt any rule that would impose a burden on competition that is not 
necessary or appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of the Exchange 
Act.\15\
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    \14\ See 15 U.S.C. 78(c)(f).
    \15\ See 15 U.S.C. 78w(a)(2).
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    The baseline against which the costs, benefits, and the effects on 
efficiency, competition, and capital formation of the compliance date 
extension are measured consists of the current requirements for filing 
or submitting the documents affected by the Twelve Month Rules, and the 
current filing or submission practices of firms subject to the Twelve 
Month Rules. As discussed above,\16\ pursuant to the Adopting Release, 
the current compliance dates for the Twelve Month Rules spanned from 
January 1, 2026 to June 30, 2028, and industry representatives have 
reached out to Commission staff to request additional time to comply.
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    \16\ See supra section I.
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    The Commission is extending the compliance date for the Twelve 
Month Rules by twelve months, to help facilitate an orderly compliance 
with the Twelve Month Rules. This extension will give firms additional 
time to update, test, and develop technological infrastructure needed 
to comply with structured data requirements, and to develop policies 
and procedures that help ensure compliance in relation to the filing or 
submission requirements (including through engagement with the 
Commission and Commission staff on compliance and operational 
challenges).\17\ For those affected firms

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that are subject to other recently adopted rules with new compliance 
obligations, the extension will provide them with additional time for 
developing necessary technological capabilities and appropriate 
policies and procedures with fewer conflicting priorities on internal 
resources.\18\
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    \17\ Two forms, Form X-17A-5 Part III and Form 17-H, are 
affected by the Twelve Month Rules with respect to only structured 
data requirements, not with respect to electronic filing 
requirements. The remaining submissions affected by the Twelve Month 
Rules are affected with respect to both electronic filing or 
submission requirements and with respect to structured data 
requirements.
    \18\ Extending the compliance date will also mitigate the 
potential costs associated with overlap of the compliance dates of 
the Twelve Month Rules and rules that were adopted prior to the 
Twelve Month Rules. See Adopting Release at section X.B and X.C.2.c. 
As explained in the Adopting Release, where overlap in compliance 
periods exists, the Commission acknowledges that there may be 
additional costs on those entities subject to one or more other 
rules, but spreading the compliance dates out over an extended 
period limits the number of implementation activities occurring 
simultaneously. Id. In addition, extending the compliance date will 
likely mitigate the potential costs associated with overlap of the 
compliance date and the compliance dates of rules that have been 
adopted since the Twelve Month Rules. Specifically, the Commission 
has adopted one rule since the Twelve Month Rules in which it 
considered the overlap of compliance dates with those established in 
the Adopting Release, including for the Twelve Month Rules. See 
Daily Computation of Customer and Broker-Dealer Reserve Requirements 
Under the Broker-Dealer Customer Protection Rule, Release No. 34-
102022 (Dec. 20, 2024), 90 FR 2790 (Jan. 13, 2025).
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    The extension of the compliance dates by twelve months will delay 
the realization of economic benefits associated with the Twelve Month 
Rules. The delayed benefits include the streamlining of the filing or 
submission process for documents affected by the electronic filing or 
submission requirements of the Twelve Month Rules, which can reduce 
errors and result in cost savings over time, and an increase in the 
accessibility and usability of affected information by the public and 
the Commission, which would increase transparency and insight into the 
operations, governance, management, financial condition, and other 
characteristics of the affected entities.\19\
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    \19\ See Adopting Release, sections X.A and X.C.
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    The extension of the compliance dates by twelve months will also 
delay the cost associated with the Twelve Month Rules. As discussed in 
the Adopting Release, affected firms that do not have experience 
structuring in Inline XBRL may need to hire additional personnel 
proficient in XBRL, train existing personnel, or otherwise outsource 
compliance with the structured data requirements to a third-party 
service provider.\20\ Extending the compliance date will give firms 
more time to adjust their processes during which they may find or 
develop less costly implementation methods to meet their filing or 
submission deadlines. The extension of the compliance date will also 
delay the accrual of the relevant per filing and per submission costs 
and burdens described in the Adopting Release.
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    \20\ See Adopting Release, section X.C.2.
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    The extension of the compliance dates will delay the effects on 
efficiency, competition, and capital formation of the Twelve Month 
Rules. The delayed benefits include an increase in the timeliness of 
public access to information electronically filed. Improving the speed 
of disclosure to the public improves the price efficiency of markets by 
improving the timeliness of information available to market 
participants. These benefits may be delayed or reduced because 
structured data requirements augment these effects by allowing the 
Commission--and, where applicable, the public--to draw upon comparable 
information from other reporting periods and from other disclosing 
entities in assessing the reported disclosures.\21\ The extension of 
the compliance dates may benefit smaller entities affected by the 
Twelve Month Rules. As discussed in the Adopting Release, to the extent 
that the EDGAR cost has a fixed component, smaller entities that do not 
have experience with EDGAR may be at a relative competitive 
disadvantage to larger entities.\22\ The extension of the compliance 
dates may provide these smaller entities with more flexibility to 
implement cost-effective compliance strategies, thereby reducing any 
competitive effects of the Twelve Month Rules.
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    \21\ See Adopting Release, sections X.A and X.D.
    \22\ See Adopting Release, section X.D.
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    The Commission considered reasonable alternatives to the new 
compliance date, namely a shorter or longer extension. The Commission 
believes, however, that, consistent with industry requests, a twelve-
month extension is appropriate to help facilitate the successful 
implementation of the rule amendments.\23\ A shorter extension would 
likely provide insufficient time for firms to fully implement the 
technical and procedural changes necessary to comply with the rule 
amendments. Furthermore, with respect to filings and submissions that 
are tied to a firm's fiscal-year end, an extension of less than twelve 
months might not provide a meaningful extension if the original 
compliance date falls shortly after a firm's annual filing or 
submission is due and the extended compliance date falls before the 
firm's next annual filing or submission is due. Conversely, because a 
twelve-month extension should be sufficient to facilitate successful 
compliance, a longer extension would unnecessarily delay the benefits 
arising from the rule amendments.
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    \23\ See supra note 5.
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III. Procedural and Other Matters

    The Administrative Procedure Act (``APA'') generally requires an 
agency to publish notice of a rulemaking in the Federal Register and 
provide an opportunity for public comment. This requirement does not 
apply, however, if the agency ``for good cause finds . . . that notice 
and public procedure are impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary to the 
public interest.'' \24\
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    \24\ 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B).
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    For the reasons discussed below, the Commission, for good cause, 
finds that notice and solicitation of comment regarding the extension 
of the compliance dates set forth herein are impracticable, 
unnecessary, or contrary to the public interest.\25\ This rule does not 
impose any new substantive regulatory requirements on any person and 
merely reflects the extension of the compliance dates for certain rule 
amendments in the Adopting Release. An extension of the compliance 
dates is needed to give firms additional time to update internal 
systems, develop policies and procedures, and develop technological 
infrastructure needed to comply with the Commission's requirements. 
Firms must begin preparing for these changes well in advance of the 
applicable compliance date in order to be fully in compliance by that 
date. As a result, some firms may incur operational costs in order to 
meet the compliance dates in the Adopting Release, including purchasing 
software and making staffing changes or entering contracts with third-
party service providers.\26\ Providing immediate certainty that these 
compliance dates are extended is therefore needed to allow firms to 
avoid incurring unnecessary burdens and other challenges associated 
with meeting the initial compliance dates of the Twelve Months Rules in 
the Adopting Release.\27\
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    \25\ See id. (stating that an agency may dispense with prior 
notice and comment when it finds, for good cause, that notice and 
comment are ``impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary to the public 
interest'').
    \26\ See Adopting Release, section X.C.2.b (discussing the 
applicability and variability of structured data costs).
    \27\ The compliance date extension set forth in this release is 
effective upon publication in the Federal Register. Section 
553(d)(1) of the APA allows effective dates that are less than 30 
days after publication for a ``substantive rule which grants or 
recognizes an exemption or relieves a restriction.'' 5 U.S.C. 
553(d)(1).
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    For similar reasons, although the APA generally requires 
publication of a rule at least 30 days before its effective date,

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the requirements of 5 U.S.C. 808(2) are satisfied (notwithstanding the 
requirement of 5 U.S.C. 801),\28\ and the Commission finds that there 
is good cause for this extension to take effect on September 10, 2025.
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    \28\ See 5 U.S.C. 808(2) (if a Federal agency finds that notice 
and public comment are impracticable, unnecessary or contrary to the 
public interest, a rule shall take effect at such time as the 
Federal agency promulgating the rule determines). This rule also 
does not require analysis under the Regulatory Flexibility Act. See 
5 U.S.C. 604(a) (requiring a final regulatory flexibility analysis 
only for rules required by the APA or other law to undergo notice 
and comment). Finally, this rule does not contain any collection of 
information requirements as defined by the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995 (``PRA''). 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. Accordingly, the PRA is 
not applicable.
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    The Office of Management and Budget has determined that this action 
is not a significant regulatory action as defined in Executive Order 
12866, as amended, and therefore it was not subject to Executive Order 
12866 review. Pursuant to the Congressional Review Act, the Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs has designated the extension of the 
compliance dates not a ``major rule,'' as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).

IV. Conclusion

    The Commission extends by twelve months the compliance dates for 
certain of the rule amendments in the Adopting Release as specified 
above.

    By the Commission.

    Dated: September 8, 2025.
Sherry R. Haywood,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-17402 Filed 9-9-25; 8:45 am]
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