71622 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 199 / Tuesday, October 17, 2023 / Notices 

plaintiffs may serve process on foreign 

entities in actions and administrative 

proceedings arising out of or based on 

the offer or sales of securities in the 

United States by such foreign entities. 

The Commission received an average 

of 25 Form F–N filings per year over the 

last three years (2020–2022). The 

Commission has previously estimated 

that the total annual burden associated 

with information collection and Form 

F–N preparation and submission is one 

hour per filing. Based on the 

Commission’s experience with 

disclosure documents generally, the 

Commission continues to believe that 

this estimate is appropriate. Thus the 

estimated total annual burden for rule 

489 and Form F–N is 25 hours. 

Estimates of average burden hours are 

made solely for the purposes of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act and are not 

derived from a comprehensive or even 

representative survey or study of the 

costs of Commission rules and forms. 

Compliance with the collection of 

information requirements of rule 489 

and Form F–N is mandatory to obtain 

the benefit of the exemption. Responses 

to the collection of information will not 

be kept confidential. 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 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 December 18, 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: October 11, 2023. 

Sherry R. Haywood, 

Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–22816 Filed 10–16–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[SEC File No. 270–222, OMB Control No. 

3235–0233] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request; Extension: Form 2–E 

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. 3501 et seq.), the Securities 

and Exchange Commission (the 

‘‘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 (‘‘OMB’’) for 

extension and approval. 

Rule 609 (17 CFR 230.609) under the 

Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77a et 

seq.) requires small business investment 

companies and business development 

companies that have engaged in 

offerings of securities that are exempt 

from registration pursuant to Regulation 

E under the Securities Act of 1933 (17 

CFR 230.601 to 610a) to report semiannually on Form 2–E (17 CFR 239.201) 

the progress of the offering. The form 

solicits information such as the dates an 

offering commenced and was completed 

(if completed), the number of shares 

sold and still being offered, amounts 

received in the offering, and expenses 

and underwriting discounts incurred in 

the offering. The information provided 

on Form 2–E assists the staff in 

monitoring the progress of the offering 

and in determining whether the offering 

has stayed within the limits set for an 

offering exempt under Regulation E. 

Although there have been no filings of 

Form 2–E since 2017, for administrative 

purposes the Commission estimates 

that, on average, approximately one 

respondent submits a Form 2–E filing 

each year. The Commission further 

estimates that this information 

collection imposes an annual burden of 

four hours and imposes no annual 

external cost burden. 

The collection of information under 

Form 2–E is mandatory. The 

information provided by the form will 

not be kept confidential. 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 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 December 18, 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: October 11, 2023. 

Sherry R. Haywood, 

Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–22817 Filed 10–16–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 12213] 

30-Day Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: Affidavit of Relationship for 

Minors Who Are Nationals of El 

Salvador, Guatemala, or Honduras 

ACTION: Notice of request for public 

comment and submission to OMB of 

proposed collection of information. 

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 30 days for public 

comment preceding submission of the 

collection to OMB. 

DATES: Submit comments up to 

November 16, 2023. 


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