[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 64 (Wednesday, April 5, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16647-16648]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-06686]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-80350; File No. SR-BatsBZX-2017-07]


Self-Regulatory Organizations; Bats BZX Exchange, Inc.; Notice of 
Designation of a Longer Period for Commission Action on Proposed Rule 
Change, as Modified by Amendment No. 1, To List and Trade Under BZX 
Rule 14.11(c)(4) the Shares of the VanEck Vectors AMT-Free National 
Municipal Index ETF of VanEck Vectors ETF Trust

March 30, 2017.
    On January 27, 2017, Bats BZX Exchange, Inc. (``Exchange'') filed 
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission''), pursuant 
to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Act'') 
\1\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\2\ a proposed rule change to list and 
trade under BZX Rule 14.11(c)(4) the shares of the VanEck Vectors AMT-
Free National Municipal Index ETF of VanEck Vectors ETF Trust. The 
proposed rule change was published for comment in the Federal Register 
on February 14, 2017.\3\ On March 10, 2017, the Exchange filed 
Amendment No. 1 to the proposed rule change.\4\ The Commission has 
received no comment letters on the proposed rule change.
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
    \3\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 79989 (February 8, 
2017), 82 FR 10615.
    \4\ Amendment No. 1 is available at: https://www.sec.gov/comments/sr-batsbzx-2017-07/batsbzx201707-1667531-148997.pdf.
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    Section 19(b)(2) of the Act \5\ provides that, within 45 days of 
the publication of notice of the filing of a proposed rule change, or 
within such longer period up to 90 days as the Commission may designate 
if it finds such longer period to be appropriate and publishes its 
reasons for so finding or as to which the self-regulatory organization 
consents, the Commission shall either approve the proposed rule change, 
disapprove the proposed rule change, or institute proceedings to 
determine whether the proposed rule change should be disapproved. The 
45th day after publication of the notice for this proposed rule change 
is March 31, 2017. The Commission is extending this 45-day time period. 
The Commission finds that it is appropriate to designate a longer 
period within which to take action on the proposed rule change so that 
it has sufficient time to consider the

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proposed rule change, as modified by Amendment No. 1.
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    \5\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).
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    Accordingly, the Commission, pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the 
Act,\6\ designates May 15, 2017, as the date by which the Commission 
shall either approve or disapprove or institute proceedings to 
determine whether to disapprove the proposed rule change (File Number 
SR-BatsBZX-2017-07), as modified by Amendment No. 1.
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    \6\ Id.

    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)(31).
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Eduardo A. Aleman,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-06686 Filed 4-4-17; 8:45 am]
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