[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 11, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1445-1446]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-00254]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[SEC File No. 270-029, OMB Control No. 3235-0037]


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Extension: Rule 17f-
1(c) and Form X-17F-1A

Upon Written Request, Copies Available From: Securities and Exchange 
Commission, Office of FOIA Services, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 
20549-2736


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    Notice is hereby given that pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995 (``PRA'') (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 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.).
    Rule 17f-1(c) requires approximately 10,100 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 10,100 reporting institutions will report that 
securities certificates are either missing, lost, counterfeit, or 
stolen annually and that each reporting institution will submit this 
report 30 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 approximately 25,250 hours 
annually for the entire industry (10,100 times 30 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.
    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 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 John R. Pezzullo, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549, or by 
sending an email to: [email protected].

    Dated: January 5, 2022.
J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-00254 Filed 1-10-22; 8:45 am]
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