[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 70 (Monday, April 13, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Page 18928]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2026-07051]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[OMB Control No. 3235-0435]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Extension: Customer Account Statements (17 CFR 
242.607)

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

    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 607 
(17 CFR 242.607) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 U.S.C. 
78a et seq.) (``Exchange Act'').
    Rule 607 requires disclosure on each new account and on a yearly 
basis thereafter, on the annual statement, the firm's policies 
regarding receipt of payment for order flow from any market makers, 
exchanges or exchange members to which it routes customers' order in 
national market system securities for execution; and information 
regarding the aggregate amount of monetary payments, discounts, rebates 
or reduction in fees received by the firm over the past year.
    The information collected pursuant to Rule 607 is necessary to 
facilitate the establishment of a national market system for 
securities. The purpose of the rule is to ensure that customers are 
adequately apprised of the broker-dealer's order routing practices with 
respect to the customer's order, in furtherance of the Commission's 
statutory mandate to protect investors.
    The Commission estimates that approximately 3,342 respondents will 
make the third-party disclosures required in the collection of 
information requirements to 330,297,553 customer accounts each year. 
The Commission estimates that the average number of hours necessary for 
each respondent to comply with Rule 607 per year is 77.918 hours, which 
results in an average aggregated annual burden of 260,401.956 hours.
    The collection of information in Rule 607 is mandatory for all 
respondents, but does not require the collection of confidential 
information.
    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 and comment on this information collection 
request at: https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202601-3235-022 or email comment to 
[email protected] within 30 days of the day 
after publication of this notice, by May 14, 2026.

    Dated: April 8, 2026.
Sherry R. Haywood
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2026-07051 Filed 4-10-26; 8:45 am]
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