[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 216 (Wednesday, November 7, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66880-66881]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-27132]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

Upon Written Request Copies Available From: Securities and Exchange 
Commission, Office of Investor Education and Advocacy, Washington, DC 
20549-0213.

Extension:
    Rule 17f-1(c) and Form X-17F-1A; SEC File No. 270-29, OMB 
Control No. 3235-0037.

    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 approval of extension of the existing collection of 
information provided for in the following rule: Rule 17f-1(c) (17 CFR 
240.17f-1(c) and Form X-17F-1A (17 CFR 249.100) under the Securities 
Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.) (``Exchange Act'').
    Rule 17f-1(c) requires approximately 26,000 entities in the 
securities industry to report lost, stolen, missing, or counterfeit 
securities certificates to the Commission or its designee, to a 
registered transfer agent for the issue, and, when criminal activity is 
suspected, to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Such entities are 
required to use Form X-17F-1A to make such reports. Filing these 
reports fulfills a statutory requirement that reporting institutions 
report and inquire about missing, lost, counterfeit, or stolen 
securities. Since these reports are compiled in a central database, the 
rule facilitates reporting institutions to access the database that 
stores information for the Lost and Stolen Securities Program.
    We estimate that 26,000 reporting institutions will report that 
securities certificates are either missing, lost, counterfeit, or 
stolen annually and that each reporting institution will submit this 
report 50 times each year. The staff estimates that the average amount 
of time necessary to comply with Rule 17f-1(c) and Form X17F-1A is five 
minutes per submission. The total burden is 108,333 hours annually for 
the entire industry (26,000 times 50 times 5 divided by 60).
    Rule 17f-1(c) is a reporting rule and does not specify a retention 
period. The rule requires an incident-based reporting requirement by 
the reporting institutions when securities certificates are discovered 
to be missing, lost, counterfeit, or stolen. Registering under Rule 
17f-1(c) is mandatory to obtain the benefit of a central database that 
stores information about missing, lost, counterfeit, or stolen 
securities for the Lost and Stolen Securities Program. Reporting 
institutions required to register under Rule 17f-1(c) will not be kept 
confidential; however, the Lost and Stolen Securities Program database 
will be kept confidential.
    The Commission may not conduct or sponsor a collection of 
information unless it displays a currently valid 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 Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number.
    Background documentation for this information collection may be 
viewed at the following Web site: www.reginfo.gov. Comments should be 
directed to: (i) Desk Officer for the Securities and Exchange 
Commission,

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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: [email protected]; and (ii) Thomas 
Bayer, Director/Chief Information Officer, Securities and Exchange 
Commission, c/o Remi Pavlik-Simon, 6432 General Green Way, Alexandria, 
VA 22312 or send an email to [email protected]. Comments must be 
submitted within 30 days of this notice.

    Dated: October 29, 2012.
Kevin M. O'Neill,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-27132 Filed 11-6-12; 8:45 am]
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