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1This estimate is based on the following 

calculation: 1.25 × $204 (fund senior accountant’s 

hourly rate) = $255. 

2This estimate is based on the following 

calculation: .75 × $76 (administrative assistant 

hourly rate) = $57. 

3This estimate is based on the following 

calculation: 194 funds × $918 (total annual cost per 

fund) = $178,092. 

under the Securities Exchange Act of 

1934 (15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.). 

Rule 17f–2(e) requires every member 

of a national securities exchange, 

broker, dealer, registered transfer agent, 

and registered clearing agency (‘‘covered 

entities’’) claiming an exemption from 

the fingerprinting requirements of Rule 

17f–2 to make and keep current a 

statement entitled ‘‘Notice Pursuant to 

Rule 17f–2’’ (‘‘Notice’’) containing the 

information specified in paragraph (e)(1) 

to support their claim of exemption. 

Rule 17f–2(e) contains no filing 

requirement. Instead, paragraph (e)(2) 

requires covered entities to keep a copy 

of the Notice in an easily accessible 

place at the organization’s principal 

office and at the office employing the 

persons for whom exemptions are 

claimed and to make the Notice 

available upon request for inspection by 

the Commission, appropriate regulatory 

agency (if not the Commission), or other 

designated examining authority. Notices 

prepared pursuant to Rule 17f–2(e) must 

be maintained for as long as the covered 

entity claims an exemption from the 

fingerprinting requirements of Rule 17f– 

2. The recordkeeping requirement under 

Rule 17f–2(e) assists the Commission 

and other regulatory agencies with 

ensuring compliance with Rule 17f–2. 

This rule does not involve the collection 

of confidential information. 

We estimate that approximately 75 

respondents will incur an average 

burden of 30 minutes per year to 

comply with this rule, which represents 

the time it takes for a staff person at a 

covered entity to properly document a 

claimed exemption from the 

fingerprinting requirements of Rule 17f– 

2 in the required Notice and to properly 

retain the Notice according to the 

entity’s record retention policies and 

procedures. The total annual burden for 

all covered entities is approximately 38 

hours (75 entities × .5 hours, rounded 

up). 

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. 

The public may view background 

documentation for this information 

collection at the following Web site: 

www.reginfo.gov. Comments should be 

directed to: (i) Desk Officer for the 

Securities and Exchange Commission, 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget, Room 10102, New Executive 

Office Building, Washington, DC 20503, 

or by sending an email to: Shagufta_

Ahmed@omb.eop.gov; and (ii) Pamela 

Dyson, Director/Chief Information 

Officer, Securities and Exchange 

Commission, c/o Remi Pavlik-Simon, 

100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 

20549, or by sending an email to: PRA_

Mailbox@sec.gov. Comments must be 

submitted to OMB within 30 days of 

this notice. 

Dated: August 14, 2017. 

Eduardo A. Aleman, 

Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2017–17406 Filed 8–16–17; 8:45 am] 

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Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

Upon Written Request, Copies Available 

From: Securities and Exchange 

Commission, Office of FOIA Services, 

100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 

20549–2736 

Extension: 

Form N–17f–2, SEC File No. 270–317, OMB 

Control No. 3235–0360 

Notice is hereby given that, pursuant 

to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. 350l 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 for extension 

and approval. 

Form N–17f–2 (17 CFR 274.220) 

under the Investment Company Act is 

entitled ‘‘Certificate of Accounting of 

Securities and Similar Investments in 

the Custody of Management Investment 

Companies.’’ Form N–17f–2 is the cover 

sheet for the accountant examination 

certificates filed under rule 17f–2 (17 

CFR 270.17f–2) by registered 

management investment companies 

(‘‘funds’’) maintaining custody of 

securities or other investments. Form 

N–17f–2 facilitates the filing of the 

accountant’s examination certificates 

prepared under rule 17f–2. The use of 

the form allows the certificates to be 

filed electronically, and increases the 

accessibility of the examination 

certificates to both the Commission’s 

examination staff and interested 

investors by ensuring that the 

certificates are filed under the proper 

Commission file number and the correct 

name of a fund. 

Commission staff estimates that it 

takes: A. On average 1.25 hours of fund 

accounting personnel at a total cost of 

$255 to prepare each Form N–17f–2; 1

and B. .75 hours of administrative 

assistant time at a total cost of $57 to file 

the Form N–17f–2 with the 

Commission.2 Approximately 194 funds 

currently file Form N–17f-2 with the 

Commission. Commission staff 

estimates that on average each fund files 

Form N–17f–2 three times annually for 

a total annual hourly burden per fund 

of approximately 6 hours at a total cost 

of $918. The total annual hour burden 

for Form N–17f–2 is therefore estimated 

to be approximately 1,164 hours. Based 

on the total annual costs per fund listed 

above, the total cost of Form N–17f–2’s 

collection of information requirements 

is estimated to be approximately 

$178,092.3

The estimate of average burden hours 

is made solely for the purposes of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, and is not 

derived from a comprehensive or even 

a representative survey or study of the 

costs of Commission rules and forms. 

Complying with the collections of 

information required by Form N–17f–2 

is mandatory for those funds that 

maintain custody of their own assets. 

Responses 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 control 

number. 

The Commission requests written 

comments on: A. Whether the collection 

of information is necessary for the 

proper performance of the functions of 

the Commission, including whether the 

information has practical utility; B. the 

accuracy of the Commission’s estimate 

of the burdens 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 

in writing within 60 days of this 

publication. 

Please direct your written comments 

to Pamela Dyson, Director/Chief 

Information Officer, Securities and 

Exchange Commission, C/O Remi 

Pavlik-Simon, 100 F Street NE., 


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

2 17 CFR 240.19b–4. 

Washington, DC 20549; or send an email 

to: PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov. 

Dated: August 11, 2017. 

Eduardo A. Aleman, 

Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2017–17408 Filed 8–16–17; 8:45 am] 

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[Release Nos. 33–10399; 34–81389; File No. 

265–27] 

SEC Advisory Committee on Small and 

Emerging Companies 

AGENCY: Securities and Exchange 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Securities and Exchange 

Commission Advisory Committee on 

Small and Emerging Companies is 

providing notice that it will hold a 

public meeting on Wednesday, 

September 13, 2017, in Multi-Purpose 

Room LL–006 at the Commission’s 

headquarters, 100 F Street NE., 

Washington, DC. The meeting will begin 

at 9:30 a.m. (ET) and will be open to the 

public. The meeting will be webcast on 

the Commission’s Web site at 

www.sec.gov. Persons needing special 

accommodations to take part because of 

a disability should notify the contact 

person listed below. The public is 

invited to submit written statements to 

the Committee. The agenda for the 

meeting includes matters relating to 

rules and regulations affecting small and 

emerging companies under the federal 

securities laws. 

DATES: The public meeting will be held 

on Wednesday, September 13, 2017. 

Written statements should be received 

on or before September 11, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Commission’s headquarters, 100 F 

Street NE., Washington, DC. Written 

statements may be submitted by any of 

the following methods: 

Electronic Statements 

• Use the Commission’s Internet 

submission form (http://www.sec.gov/ 

info/smallbus/acsec.shtml); or 

• Send an email message to rulecomments@sec.gov. Please include File 

Number 265–27 on the subject line; or 

Paper Statements 

• Send paper statements to Brent J. 

Fields, Federal Advisory Committee 

Management Officer, Securities and 

Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE., 

Washington, DC 20549–1090. 

All submissions should refer to File No. 

265–27. This file number should be 

included on the subject line if email is 

used. To help us process and review 

your statement more efficiently, please 

use only one method. The Commission 

will post all statements on the Advisory 

Committee’s Web site (https://

www.sec.gov/info/smallbus/ 

acsec.shtml). 

Statements also will be available for 

Web site 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 10:00 a.m. and 

3:00 p.m. All statements received will 

be posted without change; we do not 

edit personal identifying information 

from submissions. You should submit 

only information that you wish to make 

available publicly. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie 

Z. Davis, Senior Special Counsel, at 

(202) 551–3460, Office of Small 

Business Policy, Division of Corporation 

Finance, Securities and Exchange 

Commission, 100 F Street NE., 

Washington, DC 20549–3628. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with Section 10(a) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 

U.S.C.-App. 1, and the regulations 

thereunder, William H. Hinman, 

Designated Federal Officer of the 

Committee, has ordered publication of 

this notice. 

Dated: August 14, 2017. 

Brent J. Fields, 

Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2017–17409 Filed 8–16–17; 8:45 am] 

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[Release No. 34–81381; File No. SR–BX– 

2017–037] 

Self-Regulatory Organizations; 

NASDAQ BX, Inc.; Notice of Filing and 

Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed 

Rule Change To Further Clarify When 

the Exchange Will Utilize the 

Secondary Source of Data Pursuant to 

Rule 4759 

August 11, 2017. 

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 August 2, 

2017, NASDAQ BX, Inc. (‘‘BX’’ or 

‘‘Exchange’’) filed with the Securities 

and Exchange Commission 

(‘‘Commission’’) the proposed rule 

change as described in Items I and II 

below, which Items have been prepared 

by the Exchange. The Commission is 

publishing this notice to solicit 

comments on the proposed rule change 

from interested persons. 

I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Terms of Substance of 

the Proposed Rule Change 

The Exchange proposes to further 

clarify when the Exchange will utilize 

the Secondary Source of data pursuant 

to Rule 4759. 

The text of the proposed rule change 

is available on the Exchange’s Web site 

at http://nasdaqbx.cchwallstreet.com/, 

at the principal office of the Exchange, 

and at the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room. 

II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Purpose of, and 

Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule 

Change 

In its filing with the Commission, the 

Exchange included statements 

concerning the purpose of and basis for 

the proposed rule change and discussed 

any comments it received on the 

proposed rule change. The text of these 

statements may be examined at the 

places specified in Item IV below. The 

Exchange has prepared summaries, set 

forth in sections A, B, and C below, of 

the most significant aspects of such 

statements. 

A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Purpose of, and 

Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule 

Change 

1. Purpose 

The purpose of the proposed rule 

change is to clarify when the Exchange 

will utilize the Secondary Source of 

data pursuant to Rule 4759. Rule 4759 

lists the proprietary and network 

processor feeds that are utilized for the 

handling, routing, and execution of 

orders, as well as for the regulatory 

compliance processes related to those 

functions. Rule 4759 also lists 

Secondary Sources of data that are 

utilized in emergency market 

conditions, and only until those 

emergency conditions are resolved. The 

Exchange proposes to amend this rule to 

describe how the BX trading system 

decides when to use the Primary or 

Secondary Source of data. Specifically, 

the Exchange proposes to amend Rule 

4759 to clarify that the Primary Source 

of data is used unless it is delayed by 

a configurable amount compared to the 


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