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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 3 (Monday, January 6, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 703]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-31768]

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-102062; File No. SR-FINRA-2024-024]

Self-Regulatory Organizations; Financial Industry Regulatory 
Authority, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a 
Proposed Rule Change To Amend FINRA Rule 6897(b) (CAT Cost Recovery 
Fees) To Implement a Consolidated Audit Trail Cost Recovery Fee

December 31, 2024.
    Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 
(``Act''),\1\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\2\ notice is hereby given that 
on December 20, 2024, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. 
(``FINRA'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission 
(``Commission'') the proposed rule change as described in Item I below, 
which Item has been substantially prepared by FINRA. FINRA has 
designated this proposal for immediate effectiveness pursuant to 
Section 19(b)(3)(A) of the Act \3\ and Rule 19b-4(f) thereunder.\4\ The 
Commission is publishing this notice to solicit comments on the 
proposed rule change from interested persons.
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
    \3\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
    \4\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f). At any time within 60 days of the 
filing of the 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 will institute proceedings to determine whether the 
proposed rule change should be approved or disapproved.
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I. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of Substance 
of the Proposed Rule Change

    FINRA is proposing to amend FINRA Rule 6897(b) (CAT Cost Recovery 
Fees) to implement a Consolidated Audit Trail (``CAT'') cost recovery 
fee designed to permit FINRA to recoup its designated portion of the 
reasonably budgeted CAT costs of the National Market System Plan 
Governing the Consolidated Audit Trail (the ``CAT NMS Plan'' or 
``Plan'') for the period of January 1, 2025 through December 31, 
2025.\5\
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    \5\ Pursuant to Section 11.3(a) of the CAT NMS Plan, FINRA filed 
a separate proposed rule change to establish fees assessed to 
Industry Members, payable to Consolidated Audit Trail, LLC, related 
to the recovery of approximately one-half of the reasonably budgeted 
CAT costs for the period of January 1, 2025 through December 31, 
2025. See File No. SR-FINRA-2024-023. Unless otherwise specified, 
capitalized terms used in this rule filing are defined as set forth 
in the CAT NMS Plan and FINRA Rule 6800 Series (Consolidated Audit 
Trail Compliance Rule).
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    The proposed rule change, including FINRA's statement of the 
purpose of, and statutory basis for, the proposed rule change, is 
available on FINRA's website at https://www.finra.org, at the principal 
office of FINRA and on the Commission's website at https://www.sec.gov/rules-regulations/self-regulatory-organization-rulemaking/finra?file_number=SR-FINRA-2024-024.

II. 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.\6\ Comments may be submitted 
electronically by using the Commission's internet comment form (https://www.sec.gov/rules-regulations/self-regulatory-organization-rulemaking/finra?file_number=SR-FINRA-2024-024) or by sending an email to [email protected]. Please include file number SR-FINRA-2024-024 on the 
subject line. Alternatively, paper comments may be sent to Secretary, 
Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 
20549-1090. All submissions should refer to file number SR-FINRA-2024-
024. 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-regulations/self-regulatory-organization-rulemaking/finra?file_number=SR-FINRA-2024-024). 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-2024-024 and should be submitted on or 
before January 27, 2025.
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    \6\ 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 SRO.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\7\
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    \7\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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Stephanie J. Fouse,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-31768 Filed 1-3-25; 8:45 am]
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