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69 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

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 such filing 

also will be available for inspection and 

copying at the principal office of 

FINRA. 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–FINRA–2024–001 and 

should be submitted on or before 

February 12, 2024. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.69

Sherry R. Haywood, 

Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–01068 Filed 1–19–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[SEC File No. 270–182, OMB Control No. 

3235–0237] 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request; Extension: Form 

N–54A 

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 

(‘‘Commission’’) has submitted to the 

Office of Management and Budget a 

request for extension of the previously 

approved collection of information 

discussed below. 

Under the Investment Company Act 

of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a–1 et seq.) (the 

‘‘Investment Company Act’’), certain 

investment companies can elect to be 

regulated as business development 

companies, as defined in Section 

2(a)(48) of the Investment Company Act 

(15 U.S.C. 80a–2(a)(48)). Under Section 

54(a) of the Investment Company Act 

(15 U.S.C. 80a–53(a)), any company 

defined in Section 2(a)(48)(A) and (B) 

may elect to be subject to the provisions 

of Sections 55 through 65 of the 

Investment Company Act (15 U.S.C. 

80a–54 to 80a–64) by filing with the 

Commission a notification of election, if 

such company has: (1) a class of equity 

securities registered under Section 12 of 

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 

U.S.C. 78a et seq.) (‘‘Exchange Act’’); or 

(2) filed a registration statement 

pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange 

Act for a class of its equity securities. 

The Commission adopted Form N–54A 

(17 CFR 274.53) as the form for 

notification of election to be regulated 

as a business development company. 

The purpose of Form N–54A is to 

notify the Commission that the 

investment company making the 

notification elects to be subject to 

Sections 55 through 65 of the 

Investment Company Act, enabling the 

Commission to administer those 

provisions of the Investment Company 

Act to such companies. 

The Commission estimates that on 

average approximately 21 business 

development companies file these 

notifications each year. Each of those 

business development companies need 

only make a single filing of Form N– 

54A. The Commission further estimates 

that this information collection imposes 

a burden of 0.5 hours, resulting in a 

total annual PRA burden of 10.5 hours. 

Based on the estimated wage rate, the 

total cost to the business development 

company industry of the hour burden 

for complying with Form N–54A would 

be approximately $4,462.50. 

The collection of information under 

Form N–54A is mandatory. The 

information provided by the form is not 

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 control number. 

The public may view background 

documentation for this information 

collection at the following website: 

www.reginfo.gov. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice by February 21, 2024 to (i) 

MBX.OMB.OIRA.SEC_desk_officer@

omb.eop.gov and (ii) David Bottom, 

Director/Chief Information Officer, 

Securities and Exchange Commission, 

c/o John Pezzullo, 100 F Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20549, or by sending an 

email to: PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov. 

Dated: January 17, 2024. 

Sherry R. Haywood, 

Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–01099 Filed 1–19–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

Data Collection Available for Public 

Comments 

ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Small Business 

Administration (SBA) intends to request 

approval, from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for the 

collection of information described 

below. The Paperwork Reduction Act 

(PRA) requires Federal agencies to 

publish a notice in the Federal Register 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information before submission to OMB, 

and to allow 60 days for public 

comment in response to the notice. This 

notice complies with that requirement. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

March 22, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Send all comments by email 

to Tamara Jennings, Sr. Loan Specialist, 

Office of Financial Assistance, Small 

Business Administration at 

tamara.jennings@sba.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Tamara Jennings, Sr. Loan Specialist, 

(202) 205–6674, tamara.jennings@

sba.gov or Curtis B. Rich, Agency 

Clearance Officer, (202) 205–7030, 

curtis.rich@sba.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For SBA 

financial assistance programs, SBA 

Form 413 Personal Financial Statement 

(PFS) collects information regarding the 

assets and liabilities of certain owners, 

officers and guarantors of the small 

business applicant benefiting from such 

assistance and is used when analyzing 

the applicant’s repayment abilities or 

creditworthiness. SBA’s Surety Bond 

Guaranty Program uses the Form 413 

PFS information during the claim 

recovery process. The information is 

also collected from applicants and 

participants in SBA’s 8(a) Business 

Development (BD) and Women-Owned 

Small Business (WOSB) Program 

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whether they meet the economic 

disadvantage requirements of the 

program. 

All program offices use the same 

Form 413. SBA plans to revise and 

clarify the instructions for the Form 413 

to ensure the public will be aware of the 

specific submission process for each 

program office. SBA will update the 

Form 413 to include recent rule and 

policy updates related to its thresholds 

for inflation. Lastly, the Form 413 may 

undergo additional formatting changes 

to make it easier to address mandatory 

Federal government 508 accessibility 

compliance. 

Solicitation of Public Comments 

SBA is requesting comments on (a) 

Whether the collection of information is 

necessary for the Agency to properly 

perform its functions; (b) whether the 

burden estimates are accurate; (c) 

whether there are ways to minimize the 

burden, including through the use of 

automated techniques or other forms of 

information technology; and (d) whether 

there are ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information. 

Summary of Information Collection 

OMB Control Number: 3245–0188. 

(1) Title: Personal Financial 

Statement. 

Description of Respondents: 7(a) and 

504 loan Program applicants, Surety 

Bond Program recovery claimants, 

Disaster Loan Program business 

applicants 8(a)/BD and WOSB Program 

applicants. 

Form Number: SBA Form 413. 

Total Estimated Annual Responses: 

251,934. 

Total Estimated Annual Hour Burden: 

344,174. 

Curtis Rich, 

Agency Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2024–01096 Filed 1–19–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8026–09–P 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

[Disaster Declaration #20010 and #20011; 

ILLINOIS Disaster Number IL–20000] 

Presidential Declaration Amendment of 

a Major Disaster for the State of Illinois 

AGENCY: Small Business Administration. 

ACTION: Amendment 1. 

SUMMARY: This is an amendment of the 

Presidential declaration of a major 

disaster for the State of Illinois (FEMA– 

4749–DR), dated 11/20/2023. 

Incident: Severe Storms and Flooding. 

Incident Period: 09/17/2023 through 

09/18/2023. 

DATES: Issued on 01/16/2024. 

Physical Loan Application Deadline 

Date: 02/09/2024. 

Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan 

Application Deadline Date: 08/20/2024. 

ADDRESSES: Visit the MySBA Loan 

Portal at https://lending.sba.gov to 

apply for a disaster assistance loan. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Alan Escobar, Office of Disaster 

Recovery & Resilience, U.S. Small 

Business Administration, 409 3rd Street 

SW, Suite 6050, Washington, DC 20416, 

(202) 205–6734. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice 

of the President’s major disaster 

declaration for the State of Illinois, 

dated 11/20/2023, is hereby amended to 

extend the deadline for filing 

applications for physical damages as a 

result of this disaster to 02/09/2024. 

All other information in the original 

declaration remains unchanged. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Number 59008) 

Francisco Sa ́nchez, Jr., 

Associate Administrator, Office of Disaster 

Recovery & Resilience. 

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BILLING CODE 8026–09–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 12310] 

Secretary of State’s Determinations 

Under the International Religious 

Freedom Act of 1998 and Frank R. Wolf 

International Religious Freedom Act of 

2016 

Pursuant to section 408(a) of the 

International Religious Freedom Act of 

1998 (Pub. L. 105–292), as amended (the 

Act), notice is hereby given that, on 

December 29, 2023, the Secretary of 

State, under authority delegated by the 

President, has designated each of the 

following as a ‘‘country of particular 

concern’’ (CPC) under section 402(b) of 

the Act, for having engaged in or 

tolerated particularly severe violations 

of religious freedom: Burma, China, 

Cuba, Eritrea, Iran, the Democratic 

People’s Republic of Korea, Nicaragua, 

Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, 

Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan. The 

Secretary simultaneously designated the 

following as satisfying the requirement 

to take Presidential Action for these 

CPCs: 

For Burma, the existing ongoing 

restrictions referenced in 22 CFR 126.1, 

pursuant to section 402(c)(5) of the Act; 

For the People’s Republic of China, the 

existing ongoing restriction on exports to 

China of crime control or detection 

instruments or equipment, under the Foreign 

Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 

1990 and 1991 (Pub. L. 101–246), pursuant 

to section 402(c)(5) of the Act; 

For Cuba, the existing ongoing restrictions 

referenced in 31 CFR 515.201 and the Cuban 

Liberty and Democratic Solidarity 

(LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (Helms-Burton Act), 

pursuant to section 402(c)(5) of the Act; 

For the Democratic People’s Republic of 

Korea, the existing ongoing restrictions to 

which the Democratic People’s Republic of 

Korea is subject, pursuant to sections 402 and 

409 of the Trade Act of 1974 (the JacksonVanik Amendment), and pursuant to section 

402(c)(5) of the Act; 

For Eritrea, the existing ongoing 

restrictions referenced in 22 CFR 126.1, 

pursuant to section 402(c)(5) of the Act; 

For Iran, the existing ongoing travel 

restrictions in section 221(c) of the Iran 

Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights 

Act of 2012 (TRA) for individuals identified 

under section 221(a)(1)(C) of the TRA in 

connection with the commission of serious 

human rights abuses, pursuant to section 

402(c)(5) of the Act; 

For Nicaragua, the existing ongoing 

restrictions referenced in section 5 of the 

Nicaragua Investment Conditionality Act of 

2018; (the NICA Act) 

For Pakistan, a waiver as required in the 

‘‘important national interest of the United 

States,’’ pursuant to section 407 of the Act; 

For Russia, the existing ongoing sanctions 

issued for individuals identified pursuant to 

section 404(a)(2) of the Russia and Moldova 

Jackson-Vanik Repeal and Sergei Magnitsky 

Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012 and 

section 11 of the Support for the Sovereignty, 

Integrity, Democracy, and Economic Stability 

of Ukraine Act of 2014, as amended by 

Section 228 of the Countering America’s 

Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, pursuant 

to section 402(c)(5) of the Act; 

For Saudi Arabia, a waiver as required in 

the ‘‘important national interest of the United 

States,’’ pursuant to section 407 of the Act; 

For Tajikistan, a waiver as required in the 

‘‘important national interest of the United 

States,’’ pursuant to section 407 of the Act; 

and 

For Turkmenistan, a waiver as required in 

the ‘‘important national interest of the United 

States,’’ pursuant to section 407 of the Act. 

In addition, the Secretary of State has 

designated the following countries as 

‘‘special watch list’’ countries for 

engaging in or tolerating severe 

violations of religious freedom: Algeria, 

Azerbaijan, the Central African 

Republic, Comoros, and Vietnam. 

Pursuant to section 408(a) of the 

International Religious Freedom Act of 

1998 (Pub. L. 105–292), notice is hereby 

given that, on December 29, 2023, the 

Secretary of State, under authority 

delegated by the President, has 

designated each of the following as an 

‘‘entity of particular concern’’ under 

section 301 of the Frank R. Wolf 

International Religious Freedom Act of 

2016 (Pub. L. 114–281), for having 

engaged in particularly severe violations 


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