Notice2025-18474

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Extension: Rule 18f-1 and Form N-18f-1

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September 24, 2025

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 183 (Wednesday, September 24, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45965-45966]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-18474]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[OMB Control No. 3235-0211]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Extension: Rule 18f-1 and Form N-18f-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. 350l-3520), the Securities and Exchange 
Commission (``Commission'') is soliciting comments on the collection of 
information summarized below. The Commission plans to submit this 
existing collection of information to the Office of Management and 
Budget for extension and approval.
    Rule 18f-1 (17 CFR 270.18f-1) enables a registered open-end 
management investment company (``fund'') that may redeem its securities 
in-kind, by making a one-time election, to commit to make cash 
redemptions pursuant to certain requirements without violating section 
18(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-18(f)). A 
fund relying on the rule must file Form N-18F-1 (17 CFR

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274.51) to notify the Commission of this election. The Commission staff 
estimates that 8 funds file Form N-18F-1 annually, and that each 
response takes one hour. Based on these estimates, the total annual 
burden hours associated with the rule is estimated to be 8 hours. The 
estimated burden hours associated with rule 18f-1 and Form 18F-1 have 
decreased by 4 hours from the current allocation of 12 hours. This 
decrease is due to a decrease in the estimated number of investment 
companies filing Form N-18F-1 annually. There is no external cost 
associated with this collection of information.
    The estimate of average burden hours is made solely for the 
purposes of the Paperwork Reduction Act, and is not derived from a 
comprehensive or even a representative survey or study of the costs of 
Commission rules.
    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#db8bbaabbea9acb4a9b089bebfaeb8afb2b4b59ab8af9ba8beb8f5bcb4ad"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f5a594859087829a879ea790918096819c9a9bb49681b5869096db929a83">[email&#160;protected]</span></a> by November 24, 2025. There will be a 
second opportunity to comment on this SEC request following the Federal 
Register publishing a 30-Day Submission Notice.

    Dated: September 22, 2025.
Sherry R. Haywood,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-18474 Filed 9-23-25; 8:45 am]
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