Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall
Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act authorizes the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the Commission) to regulate security-based
swaps and to take steps to encourage accountability and
transparency in this market. In an effort to enhance such
transparency, section 763(i) of the Act establishes centralized
recordkeeping facilities, known as security-based swap data
repositories (SDRs), to retain complete records of security-based
swap transactions, maintain the integrity of those records, and
provide effective access to those records to relevant authorities.
Pursuant to sections 763(i) and 766(a) of the Act, transactions in
securities-based swaps must be reported to an SDR or the
Commission. The Commission is proposing Rules 13n-1 to 13n-11
(Rules) as well as Form SDR to create a structure to register
SDRs in accordance with this statutory mandate. Under the Rules, an
SDR would be required to register by filing a Form SDR. SDRs would
also be required to abide by certain minimum standards set out in
the Rules, including a requirement to update Form SDR, abide by
certain duties and core principles, maintain data in accordance
with the Rules, keep their systems in accordance with the Rules,
keep records, provide reports to the Commission, maintain privacy,
make certain disclosures, and designate a Chief Compliance Officer
(CCO).
US Code:
15
USC 78m(n) Name of Law: Section 13(n) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934
US Code: 15
USC 78w(a) Name of Law: Section 23(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934
PL:
Pub.L. 111 - 203 763(i) Name of Law: Dodd-Frank Wall Street
Reform and Consumer Protection Act
PL: Pub.L. 111 - 203 763(i) Name of Law:
Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
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benefit, or mandatory);
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