Notice2026-10601
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Extension: Rule 17a-22
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May 28, 2026
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Securities and Exchange Commission
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 102 (Thursday, May 28, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31794-31795]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-10601]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[OMB Control No. 3235-0196]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Extension: Rule 17a-22
Upon Written Request, Copies Available From: Securities and Exchange
Commission, Office of FOIA Services, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC
20549-2736
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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 submitting to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) this request for an extension of the
proposed collection of information. Rule 17a-22 requires all registered
clearing agencies to prominently post on their internet websites all
supplementary materials they issue or make generally available to their
participants or other entities with whom they have a significant
relationship. The supplementary materials must be posted within two
days after they are issued or made generally available. When the
Commission is not the clearing agency's appropriate regulatory agency,
the clearing agency must file one copy of the material with its
appropriate regulatory agency.
The Commission is responsible for overseeing clearing agencies and
uses the information posted pursuant to Rule 17a-22 to determine
whether a clearing agency is implementing procedural or policy changes.
The information aides the Commission in determining whether such
changes are consistent with the purposes of Section 17A of the Exchange
Act. Also, the Commission uses the information to determine whether a
clearing agency has changed its rules without reporting the actual or
prospective change to the Commission as required under Section 19(b) of
the Exchange Act.
The respondents to Rule 17a-22 are registered clearing agencies.
The frequency of postings made by clearing agencies pursuant to Rule
17a-22 varies but on average there are approximately 120 postings per
year per active clearing agency. There are nine clearing agencies, but
only seven active registered clearing agencies that are expected to
make postings pursuant to Rule 17a-22. The Commission staff estimates
that each response requires approximately .25 hours (fifteen minutes),
which represents the time it takes for a staff person at the clearing
agency to properly identify a document subject to the rule and post the
material prominently on the clearing agency's internet website. Thus,
the total annual burden for all active clearing agencies is
approximately 210 hours (7 clearing agencies multiplied by 120 filings
per clearing agency multiplied by .25 hours).
The required Federal Register notice with a 60-day comment period
soliciting comments on this collection of information was published.
The Commission received one comment letter which was unrelated to the
collection of information. The comment objects to the extension of
17Ad-22 because ``current collection methods lack `practical utility'
and actively facilitate transnational securities fraud by allowing
clearing agencies to operate within transparency blackouts.'' The
letter, however, does not explain how the collection of information
lacks practical utility or facilitates transnational securities fraud.
Rather, Rule 17a-22 requires registered clearing agencies to post on
their websites all supplementary material that they issue or make
available to their participants, such as material that supplements a
proposed rule changes filed pursuant to Section 19 of the Exchange Act
and Rule 19b-4 thereunder. The collection of information helps improve
transparency related to information supplementary to proposed rule
changes or other information provided by registered clearing agencies
to their participants. The objections in the comment later relate to
private data, data collected or used by federal agencies other than the
Commission, or general matters not relevant to clearing agencies.
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.
The public may view and comment on this information collection
request at: <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202603-3235-015">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202603-3235-015</a> or email comment to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0f424d572140424d2140465d4e215c4a4c506b6a7c6450606969666c6a7d4f60626d216a607f21686079"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ca878892e4858788e48583988be4998f8995aeafb9a195a5acaca3a9afb88aa5a7a8e4afa5bae4ada5bc">[email protected]</span></a> within 30 days of the day
after publication of this notice, by June 29, 2026.
Dated: May 26, 2026.
Sherry R. Haywood,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2026-10601 Filed 5-27-26; 8:45 am]
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