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18The OCC publishes options and futures volume 

in a variety of formats, including daily and monthly 

volume by exchange, available here: https://

www.theocc.com/Market-Data/Market-DataReports/Volume-and-Open-Interest/MonthlyWeekly-Volume-Statistics. 

19Based on a compilation of OCC data for 

monthly volume of equity-based options and 

monthly volume of equity-based ETF options, see 

id., the Exchange’s market share in equity-based 

options increased slightly from 11.30% for the 

month of July 2022 to 11.50% for the month of July 

2023. 

20See note 14, supra. 

21 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A). 

22 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(2). 

23 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2)(B). 24 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

increased liquidity removing order flow 

would increase opportunities for 

execution of other trading interest. The 

proposed modifications would be 

available to all similarly-situated market 

participants and, as such, the proposed 

change would not impose a disparate 

burden on competition among market 

participants on the Exchange. 

Intermarket Competition. The 

Exchange operates in a highly 

competitive market in which market 

participants can readily favor one of the 

16 competing option exchanges if they 

deem fee levels at a particular venue to 

be excessive. In such an environment, 

the Exchange must continually adjust its 

fees to remain competitive with other 

exchanges and to attract order flow to 

the Exchange. Based on publiclyavailable information, and excluding 

index-based options, no single exchange 

has more than 16% of the market share 

of executed volume of multiply-listed 

equity and ETF options trades.18

Therefore, currently no exchange 

possesses significant pricing power in 

the execution of multiply-listed equity 

and ETF options order flow. More 

specifically, in July 2023, the Exchange 

had less than 12% market share of 

executed volume of multiply-listed 

equity and ETF options trades.19

The Exchange believes that the 

proposed rule change reflects this 

competitive environment because it 

modifies the Exchange’s fees in a 

manner designed to incent OTP Holders 

to direct trading to the Exchange, to 

provide liquidity and to attract order 

flow. To the extent that this purpose is 

achieved, all the Exchange’s market 

participants should benefit from the 

improved market quality and increased 

opportunities for price improvement. 

The Exchange believes that the 

proposed change could promote 

competition between the Exchange and 

other execution venues, including 

another options exchange that currently 

also offers tiered rates for some 

Customer liquidity removing interest,20

by encouraging additional orders to be 

sent to the Exchange for execution. 

C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement on Comments on the 

Proposed Rule Change Received From 

Members, Participants, or Others 

No written comments were solicited 

or received with respect to the proposed 

rule change. 

III. Date of Effectiveness of the 

Proposed Rule Change and Timing for 

Commission Action 

The foregoing rule change is effective 

upon filing pursuant to Section 

19(b)(3)(A) 21 of the Act and 

subparagraph (f)(2) of Rule 19b–4 22

thereunder, because it establishes a due, 

fee, or other charge imposed by the 

Exchange. 

At any time within 60 days of the 

filing of such proposed rule change, the 

Commission summarily may 

temporarily suspend such rule change if 

it appears to the Commission that such 

action is necessary or appropriate in the 

public interest, for the protection of 

investors, or otherwise in furtherance of 

the purposes of the Act. If the 

Commission takes such action, the 

Commission shall institute proceedings 

under Section 19(b)(2)(B) 23 of the Act to 

determine whether the proposed rule 

change should be approved or 

disapproved. 

IV. Solicitation of Comments 

Interested persons are invited to 

submit written data, views and 

arguments concerning the foregoing, 

including whether the proposed rule 

change is consistent with the Act. 

Comments may be submitted by any of 

the following methods: 

Electronic Comments 

• Use the Commission’s internet 

comment form (https://www.sec.gov/ 

rules/sro.shtml); or 

• Send an email to rule-comments@

sec.gov. Please include file number SR– 

NYSEARCA–2023–62 on the subject 

line. 

Paper Comments 

• Send paper comments in triplicate 

to Secretary, Securities and Exchange 

Commission, 100 F Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20549–1090. 

All submissions should refer to file 

number SR–NYSEARCA–2023–62. This 

file number should be included on the 

subject line if email is used. To help the 

Commission process and review your 

comments more efficiently, please use 

only one method. The Commission will 

post all comments on the Commission’s 

internet website (https://www.sec.gov/ 

rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the 

submission, all subsequent 

amendments, all written statements 

with respect to the proposed rule 

change that are filed with the 

Commission, and all written 

communications relating to the 

proposed rule change between the 

Commission and any person, other than 

those that may be withheld from the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be 

available for website viewing and 

printing in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room, 100 F Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20549, on official 

business days between the hours of 10 

a.m. and 3 p.m. Copies of the filing also 

will be available for inspection and 

copying at the principal office of the 

Exchange. Do not include personal 

identifiable information in submissions; 

you should submit only information 

that you wish to make available 

publicly. We may redact in part or 

withhold entirely from publication 

submitted material that is obscene or 

subject to copyright protection. All 

submissions should refer to file number 

SR–NYSEARCA–2023–62 and should be 

submitted on or before October 13, 

2023. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.24

Sherry R. Haywood, 

Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–20520 Filed 9–21–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

Guidelines for Reporting Bundled and 

Consolidated Contracts 

AGENCY: U.S. Small Business 

Administration. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Small Business 

Administration (SBA) submits an 

annual Contract Bundling Report to 

Congress which provides the total 

bundled contract dollars and 

information regarding bundled contracts 

for the prior fiscal year (FY). Section 

873 of the National Defense 

Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY 2023 

amended the U.S. Code (U.S.C.) 

requiring data and information on the 

consolidation of contract requirements 

to be included in the annual Contract 

Bundling and Consolidation Report to 

Congress. Beginning in December 2023, 

the Federal agencies shall provide data 


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and information on all bundled or 

consolidated contract requirements in 

their annual reports to SBA. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Donna Fudge, Procurement Analyst, 

Office of Policy, Planning, and Liaison, 

Small Business Administration, at 

Donna.fudge@sba.gov, (202) 205–6363. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Defense Authorization Act 

(NDAA) for FY 2023, section 873, 

amended 15 U.S.C. 644(p) requiring 

data and information on the 

consolidation of contract requirements 

to be included in the annual Contract 

Bundling and Consolidation Report to 

Congress. Beginning in December 2023, 

the Federal agencies shall provide data 

and information on all bundled or 

consolidated contract requirements in 

their annual reports to SBA. 

Each annual report shall include the 

following information: 

• Data on the number, arranged by 

NAICS, of small business concerns 

displaced as prime contractors as a 

result of the award of bundled or 

consolidated contracts by Federal 

agencies; and 

• A description of the activities with 

respect to previously bundled or 

consolidated contracts of each Federal 

agency during the preceding year, 

including— 

• Data on the number and total dollar 

amount of all contract requirements that 

were included in bundled or 

consolidated contracts; and 

With respect to each bundled or 

consolidated contract, data or 

information on— 

• The justification for the bundling of 

contract requirements or consolidation 

of contract requirements (as applicable); 

• The cost savings realized by the 

bundling of contract requirements or the 

consolidation of contract requirements 

(as applicable) over the life of the 

contract; 

• The extent to which maintaining 

contract requirements in a bundled or 

consolidated contract is projected to 

result in continued savings; 

• The extent to which the bundling of 

contract requirements or the 

consolidation of contract requirements 

(as applicable) complied with the 

contracting agency’s small business 

subcontracting plan, including the total 

dollar value awarded to small business 

concerns as subcontractors and the total 

dollar value previously awarded to 

small business concerns as prime 

contractors; and 

• The impact of the bundling of 

contract requirements or the 

consolidation of contract requirements 

(as applicable) on small business 

concerns unable to compete as prime 

contractors for the contract and on the 

industries of such small business 

concerns, including a description of any 

changes to the proportion of any such 

industry that is composed of small 

business concerns. 

If SBA does not receive a Contract 

Bundling and Consolidation Report 

from an agency, SBA will report the 

agency and SAM.gov data regarding the 

agency’s bundled or consolidated 

contracts to Congress with the 

consolidated annual report. 

If the agency determines that actions 

were incorrectly coded as bundled or 

consolidated in SAM.gov, the agency is 

responsible for correcting SAM.gov to 

reflect the accurate status. SBA will not 

adjust the SAM.gov data on its own. 

The report must be submitted to SBA 

in a Section 508 compliant PDF. 

Agencies should verify the report is 

section 508 compliant with their office 

responsible for section 508 compliance 

prior to submission to SBA. 

Periodic Report for Bundled Contract 

Database 

Agencies must submit information to 

SBA on a periodic basis to include in 

the bundling-affected contractors 

database, as required by section 15(p)(2) 

of the Small Business Act, 15 U.S.C. 

644(p)(2). The database identifies each 

small business concern that has been 

displaced as a prime contractor as the 

result of a bundled contract. 

In accordance with section 15(p)(2), 

agencies must provide to SBA on a 

periodic basis—and no less than 

annually—(1) a list of the bundled 

contracts awarded by the Federal agency 

since the agency’s last report and (2) the 

name and unique entity identifier (UEI) 

for each small business concern that has 

been displaced as a prime contractor as 

a result of the award of the bundled 

contract. 

Larry Stubblefield, 

Acting Associate Administrator, Office of 

Government Contracting and Business 

Development. 

[FR Doc. 2023–20521 Filed 9–21–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8026–09–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 12189] 

Notice of Determinations; Culturally 

Significant Objects Being Imported for 

Exhibition—Determinations: 

‘‘Afterlives: Contemporary Art in the 

Byzantine Crypt’’ Exhibition 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

following determinations: I hereby 

determine that certain objects being 

imported from abroad pursuant to an 

agreement with their foreign owner or 

custodian for temporary display in the 

exhibition ‘‘Afterlives: Contemporary 

Art in the Byzantine Crypt’’ at The 

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 

New York, and at possible additional 

exhibitions or venues yet to be 

determined, are of cultural significance, 

and, further, that their temporary 

exhibition or display within the United 

States as aforementioned is in the 

national interest. I have ordered that 

Public Notice of these determinations be 

published in the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Reed Liriano, Program Coordinator, 

Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. 

Department of State (telephone: 202– 

632–6471; email: section2459@

state.gov). The mailing address is U.S. 

Department of State, L/PD, 2200 C Street 

NW (SA–5), Suite 5H03, Washington, 

DC 20522–0505. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

foregoing determinations were made 

pursuant to the authority vested in me 

by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 

985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 

12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign 

Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 

1998 (112 Stat. 2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 

6501 note, et seq.), Delegation of 

Authority No. 234 of October 1, 1999, 

Delegation of Authority No. 236–3 of 

August 28, 2000, and Delegation of 

Authority No. 523 of December 22, 

2021. 

Nicole L. Elkon, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Professional 

and Cultural Exchanges, Bureau of 

Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department 

of State. 

[FR Doc. 2023–20529 Filed 9–21–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 12166] 

60-Day Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: Supplemental Questions 

for Visa Applicants 

ACTION: Notice of request for public 

comment. 

SUMMARY: The Department of State is 

seeking Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) approval for the 

information collection described below. 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, we are 

requesting comments on this collection 

from all interested individuals and 

organizations. The purpose of this 

notice is to allow 60 days for public 


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