Document ID: SEC-2023-0599-0001
Agency: sec
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Written Representation as to Purchaser Residency
Posted Date: 2023-06-07T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 109 (Wednesday, June 7, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 37298]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-12095]

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[SEC File No. 270-806 OMB Control No. 3235-0757]

Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Extension: Rule 
147A(f)(1)(iii) Written Representation as to Purchaser Residency

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 this request for extension of the previously approved 
collection of information discussed below.
    Rule 147A(f)(1)(iii) (17 CFR 230.147A(f)(1)(iii)) requires the 
issuer to obtain from the purchaser a written representation as to the 
pruchase's residency in order to qualify for safe harbor under 
Securities Act Rule 147A (17 CFR 230.147A). Rule 147A is an exemption 
from registration under Securities Act Section 28 (15 U.S.C. 77z-3). 
Under Rule 147A, the purchaser in the offering must be a resident of 
the same state or territory in which the issuer is a resident. While 
the formal representation of residency by itself is not sufficient to 
establish a reasonable belief that such purchasers are in-state 
residents, the representation requirement, together with the reasonable 
belief standard, may result in better compliance with the rule and 
maintaining appropriate investor protections. The representation of 
residency is not provided to the Commission. Approximately 700 
respondents provide the information required by Rule 147A(f)(1)(iii) at 
an estimated 2.75 hours per response for a total annual reporting 
burden of 1,925 hours (2.75 hours x 700 responses).
    An agency may 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 July 7, 2023 to (i) www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain 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: [email protected].

    Dated: June 1, 2023.
Sherry R. Haywood,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-12095 Filed 6-6-23; 8:45 am]
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