[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 101 (Friday, May 26, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24411-24412]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-10794]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[SEC File No. 270-155, OMB Control No. 3235-0123]


Submission for OMB Review; 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:
    Rule 17a-5

    Notice is hereby given that pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) (``PRA''), 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 17a-
5 (17 CFR 240.17a-5), under

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the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.).
    Rule 17a-5 is the basic financial reporting rule for brokers and 
dealers.\1\ The rule requires the filing of Form X-17A-5, the Financial 
and Operational Combined Uniform Single Report (``FOCUS Report''), 
which was the result of years of study and comments by representatives 
of the securities industry through advisory committees and through the 
normal rule proposal methods. The FOCUS Report was designed to 
eliminate the overlapping regulatory reports required by various self-
regulatory organizations and the Commission and to reduce reporting 
burdens as much as possible. The rule also requires the filing of an 
annual audited report of financial statements.
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    \1\ Rule 17a-5(c) requires a broker or dealer to furnish certain 
of its financial information to customers and is subject to a 
separate PRA filing (OMB Control Number 3235-0199).
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    The FOCUS Report consists of: (1) Part I, which is a monthly report 
that must be filed by brokers or dealers that clear transactions or 
carry customer securities; (2) one of three alternative quarterly 
reports: Part II, which must be filed by brokers or dealers that clear 
transactions or carry customer securities; Part IIA, which must be 
filed by brokers or dealers that do not clear transactions or carry 
customer securities; and Part IIB, which must be filed by specialized 
broker-dealers registered with the Commission as OTC derivatives 
dealers; \2\ (3) supplemental schedules, which must be filed annually; 
and (4) a facing page, which must be filed with the annual audited 
report of financial statements. Under the rule, a broker or dealer that 
computes certain of its capital charges in accordance with Appendix E 
to Exchange Act Rule 15c3-1 must file additional monthly, quarterly, 
and annual reports with the Commission.
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    \2\ Part IIB of Form X-17A-5 must be filed by OTC derivatives 
dealers under Exchange Act Rule 17a-12 and is subject to a separate 
PRA filing (OMB control number 3235-0498).
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    The Commission estimates that the total hours burden under Rule 
17a-5 is approximately 353,510 hours per year when annualized, and the 
total cost burden under Rule 17a-5 is approximately $45,131,475 per 
year.
    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: 
[email protected]; 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: [email protected]. Comments must be submitted to OMB within 
30 days of this notice.

    Dated: May 19, 2017.
Eduardo A. Aleman,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-10794 Filed 5-25-17; 8:45 am]
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