Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 172 / Thursday, September 7, 2023 / Notices 61657 

1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1). 

2 17 CFR 240.19b–4. 

3See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 97904 

(July 13, 2023), 88 FR 46207. Comments on the 

proposed rule change, as modified by Amendment 

No. 1, are available at: https://www.sec.gov/ 

comments/sr-cboebzx-2023-042/ 

srcboebzx2023042.htm. 

4 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2). 

5 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2). 

6 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(31). 

regarding the application should be 

directed. Electronic filing of all 

applications for orders under the 

Investment Company Act is mandatory. 

Each application subject to rule 0–2 is 

a one-time request and the rule itself 

does not impose any ongoing 

obligations or burdens on the part of an 

applicant. 

Based on historical filing data and 

estimates of the annual number of 

filings, the staff estimates that the 

Commission will receive roughly 112 

applications for an exemptive order per 

year, and that each such applications 

will take an average of 20.25 hours of inhouse attorney time as well as total 

external costs of $92,000. 

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 

estimate of the burden of the 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 November 6, 2023. 

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: David Bottom, Acting Director/Chief 

Information Officer, Securities and 

Exchange Commission, c/o John 

Pezzullo, 100 F Street NE, Washington, 

DC 20549 or send an email to: PRA_

Mailbox@sec.gov. 

Dated: August 31, 2023. 

Sherry R. Haywood, 

Assistant Secretary. 

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Sunshine Act Meetings 

TIME AND DATE: Notice is hereby given, 

pursuant to the provisions of the 

Government in the Sunshine Act, Public 

Law 94–409, that the Securities and 

Exchange Commission Small Business 

Capital Formation Advisory Committee 

will hold a public meeting on Tuesday, 

September 19, 2023, at the 

Commission’s headquarters and via 

videoconference. 

PLACE: The meeting will be hybrid, with 

some Committee members attending by 

remote means (videoconference) and 

others in-person at the Commission’s 

headquarters, 100 F Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20549, in MultiPurpose Room LL–006. Members of the 

public may watch the webcast of the 

meeting on the Commission’s website at 

www.sec.gov. 

STATUS: The meeting will begin at 10:00 

a.m. (ET) and will be open to the public 

via webcast on the Commission’s 

website at www.sec.gov. This Sunshine 

Act notice is being issued because a 

majority of the Commission may attend 

the meeting. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The agenda 

for the meeting includes matters relating 

to rules and regulations affecting small 

and emerging businesses and their 

investors under the federal securities 

laws. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

For further information and to ascertain 

what, if any, matters have been added, 

deleted or postponed; please contact 

Vanessa A. Countryman from the Office 

of the Secretary at (202) 551–5400. 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552b. 

Dated: September 5, 2023. 

Vanessa A. Countryman, 

Secretary. 

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[Release No. 34–98264; File No. SR– 

CboeBZX–2023–042] 

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Cboe 

BZX Exchange, Inc.; Notice of 

Designation of a Longer Period for 

Commission Action on a Proposed 

Rule Change, as Modified by 

Amendment No. 1, To List and Trade 

Shares of the WisdomTree Bitcoin 

Trust Under BZX Rule 14.11(e)(4), 

Commodity-Based Trust Shares 

August 31, 2023. 

On June 30, 2023, Cboe BZX 

Exchange, Inc. (‘‘BZX’’ or ‘‘Exchange’’) 

filed with the Securities and Exchange 

Commission (‘‘Commission’’), pursuant 

to section 19(b)(1) of the Securities 

Exchange Act of 1934 (‘‘Act’’) 1 and Rule 

19b–4 thereunder,2 a proposed rule 

change to list and trade shares of the 

WisdomTree Bitcoin Trust under BZX 

Rule 14.11(e)(4), Commodity-Based 

Trust Shares. On July 11, 2023, the 

Exchange filed Amendment No. 1, 

which amended and replaced the 

proposed rule change in its entirety. The 

proposed rule change, as modified by 

Amendment No. 1, was published for 

comment in the Federal Register on July 

19, 2023.3

Section 19(b)(2) of the Act 4 provides 

that within 45 days of the publication of 

notice of the filing of a proposed rule 

change, or within such longer period up 

to 90 days as the Commission may 

designate if it finds such longer period 

to be appropriate and publishes its 

reasons for so finding or as to which the 

self-regulatory organization consents, 

the Commission shall either approve the 

proposed rule change, disapprove the 

proposed rule change, or institute 

proceedings to determine whether the 

proposed rule change should be 

disapproved. The 45th day after 

publication of the notice for this 

proposed rule change is September 2, 

2023. The Commission is extending this 

45-day time period. 

The Commission finds it appropriate 

to designate a longer period within 

which to take action on the proposed 

rule change so that it has sufficient time 

to consider the proposed rule change 

and the issues raised therein. 

Accordingly, the Commission, pursuant 

to section 19(b)(2) of the Act,5

designates October 17, 2023, as the date 

by which the Commission shall either 

approve or disapprove, or institute 

proceedings to determine whether to 

disapprove, the proposed rule change 

(File No. SR–CboeBZX–2023–042), as 

modified by Amendment No. 1. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.6

Sherry R. Haywood, 

Assistant Secretary. 

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