Document ID: SEC-2020-1528-0001
Agency: sec
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Posted Date: 2020-09-25T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 187 (Friday, September 25, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 60508]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-21252]

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[OMB Control No. 3235-0628, SEC File No. 270-564]

Rule 17g-2 30 Day Notice 2020--Submission for OMB Review; Comment 
Request

Extension:
    Rule 17g-2

    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 (``OMB'') a request for approval of extension of the 
previously approved collection of information provided for in Rule 17g-
2 (17 CFR 240.17g-2) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 
U.S.C. 78a et seq.) (``Exchange Act'').
    Rule 17g-2, ``Records to be made and retained by nationally 
recognized statistical rating organizations,'' implements the 
Commission's recordkeeping rulemaking authority under Section 17(a) of 
the Exchange Act.\1\ The rule requires a Nationally Recognized 
Statistical Rating Organization (``NRSRO'') to make and retain certain 
records relating to its business and to retain certain other business 
records, if such records are made. The rule also prescribes the time 
periods and manner in which all these records must be retained. There 
are 9 credit rating agencies registered with the Commission as NRSROs 
under section 15E of the Exchange Act, which have already established 
the record keeping policies and procedures required by Rule 17g-2. 
Based on staff experience, NRSROs are estimated to spend a total 
industry-wide burden of 2,151 annual hours to make and retain the 
appropriate records.
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C 78q.
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    An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information 
unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. No person 
shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection 
of information subject to the PRA that does not display a valid OMB 
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 
to (i) <www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain> and (ii) David Bottom, 
Director/Chief Information Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, 
c/o Cynthia Roscoe, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549, or by 
sending an email to: PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov.
    Upon Written Request, Copies Available From: Securities and 
Exchange Commission, Office of FOIA Services, 100 F Street NE, 
Washington, DC 20549-2736.

    Dated: September 22, 2020.
J. Matthew DeLesDenier,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-21252 Filed 9-24-20; 8:45 am]
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