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obsolete references and to correct
inadvertent errors and should have no
competitive impact on Market Makers.
Proposed clarifications and
amendments to the Reserve Order
Attribute Rule, at Rule 4703(h), are
intended to improve the precision and
readability of the Rule text and will not
have any competitive impact on
participants.
C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement on Comments on the
Proposed Rule Change Received From
Members, Participants, or Others
No written comments were either
solicited or received.
III. Date of Effectiveness of the
Proposed Rule Change and Timing for
Commission Action
Because the foregoing proposed rule
change does not: (i) Significantly affect
the protection of investors or the public
interest; (ii) impose any significant
burden on competition; and (iii) become
operative for 30 days from the date on
which it was filed, or such shorter time
as the Commission may designate, it has
become effective pursuant to Section
19(b)(3)(A) of the Act 29 and Rule 19b–
4(f)(6) thereunder.30
At any time within 60 days of the
filing of the proposed rule change, the
Commission summarily may
temporarily suspend such rule change if
it appears to the Commission that such
action is necessary or appropriate in the
public interest, for the protection of
investors, or otherwise in furtherance of
the purposes of the Act. If the
Commission takes such action, the
Commission shall institute proceedings
to determine whether the proposed rule
change should be approved or
disapproved.
IV. Solicitation of Comments
Interested persons are invited to
submit written data, views, and
arguments concerning the foregoing,
including whether the proposed rule
change is consistent with the Act.
Comments may be submitted by any of
the following methods:
Electronic Comments
• Use the Commission’s internet
comment form (http://www.sec.gov/
rules/sro.shtml); or
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• Send an email to rule-comments@
sec.gov. Please include File Number SR–
NASDAQ–2020–071 on the subject line.

Commission, Office of FOIA Services,
100 F Street NE, Washington, DC
20549–2736

Paper Comments
• Send paper comments in triplicate
to Secretary, Securities and Exchange
Commission, 100 F Street NE,
Washington, DC 20549–1090.
All submissions should refer to File
Number SR–NASDAQ–2020–071. This
file number should be included on the
subject line if email is used. To help the
Commission process and review your
comments more efficiently, please use
only one method. The Commission will
post all comments on the Commission’s
internet website (http://www.sec.gov/
rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the
submission, all subsequent
amendments, all written statements
with respect to the proposed rule
change that are filed with the
Commission, and all written
communications relating to the
proposed rule change between the
Commission and any person, other than
those that may be withheld from the
public in accordance with the
provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be
available for website viewing and
printing in the Commission’s Public
Reference Room, 100 F Street NE,
Washington, DC 20549, on official
business days between the hours of
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of the
filing also will be available for
inspection and copying at the principal
office of the Exchange. All comments
received will be posted without change.
Persons submitting comments are
cautioned that we do not redact or edit
personal identifying information from
comment submissions. You should
submit only information that you wish
to make available publicly. All
submissions should refer to File
Number SR–NASDAQ–2020–071 and
should be submitted on or before
December 8, 2020.

Extension: Rule 38a–1; [SEC File No. 270–
522, OMB Control No. 3235–0586]

For the Commission, by the Division of
Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
authority.31
J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Assistant Secretary.
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U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
30 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(6). In addition, Rule 19b–
4(f)(6)(iii) requires a self-regulatory organization to
give the Commission written notice of its intent to
file the proposed rule change, along with a brief
description and text of the proposed rule change,
at least five business days prior to the date of filing
of the proposed rule change, or such shorter time
as designated by the Commission. The Exchange
has satisfied this requirement.

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Notice is hereby given that, pursuant
to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the
‘‘Commission’’) has submitted to the
Office of Management and Budget a
request for extension of the previously
approved collection of information
discussed below.
Rule 38a–1 (17 CFR 270.38a–1) under
the Investment Company Act of 1940
(15 U.S.C. 80a) (‘‘Investment Company
Act’’) is intended to protect investors by
fostering better fund compliance with
securities laws. The rule requires every
registered investment company and
business development company
(‘‘fund’’) to: (i) Adopt and implement
written policies and procedures
reasonably designed to prevent
violations of the federal securities laws
by the fund, including procedures for
oversight of compliance by each
investment adviser, principal
underwriter, administrator, and transfer
agent of the fund; (ii) obtain the fund
board of directors’ approval of those
policies and procedures; (iii) annually
review the adequacy of those policies
and procedures and the policies and
procedures of each investment adviser,
principal underwriter, administrator,
and transfer agent of the fund, and the
effectiveness of their implementation;
(iv) designate a chief compliance officer
to administer the fund’s policies and
procedures and prepare an annual
report to the board that addresses
certain specified items relating to the
policies and procedures; and (v)
maintain for five years the compliance
policies and procedures and the chief
compliance officer’s annual report to the
board.
The rule contains certain information
collection requirements that are
designed to ensure that funds establish
and maintain comprehensive, written
internal compliance programs. The
information collections also assist the
Commission’s examination staff in
assessing the adequacy of funds’
compliance programs.
While Rule 38a–1 requires each fund
to maintain written policies and
procedures, most funds are located
within a fund complex. The experience
of the Commission’s examination and
oversight staff suggests that each fund in
a complex is able to draw extensively
from the fund complex’s ‘‘master’’
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procedures. Many fund complexes
already have written policies and
procedures documenting their
compliance programs. Further, a fund
needing to develop or revise policies
and procedures on one or more topics
in order to achieve a comprehensive
compliance program can draw on a
number of outlines and model programs
available from a variety of industry
representatives, commentators, and
organizations.
There are approximately 4,093 funds
subject to Rule 38a–1. Among these
funds, 101 were newly registered in the
past year. These 101 funds, therefore,
were required to adopt and document
the policies and procedures that make
up their compliance programs.
Commission staff estimates that the
average annual hour burden for a fund
to adopt and document these policies
and procedures is 105 hours. Thus, we
estimate that the aggregate annual
burden hours associated with the
adoption and documentation
requirement is 10,605 hours.
All funds are required to conduct an
annual review of the adequacy of their
existing policies and procedures and the
policies and procedures of each
investment adviser, principal
underwriter, administrator, and transfer
agent of the fund, and the effectiveness
of their implementation. In addition,
each fund chief compliance officer is
required to prepare an annual report
that addresses the operation of the
policies and procedures of the fund and
the policies and procedures of each
investment adviser, principal
underwriter, administrator, and transfer
agent of the fund, any material changes
made to those policies and procedures
since the date of the last report, any
material changes to the policies and
procedures recommended as a result of
the annual review, and certain
compliance matters that occurred since
the date of the last report. The staff
estimates that each fund spends 49
hours per year, on average, conducting
the annual review and preparing the
annual report to the board of directors.
Thus, we estimate that the annual
aggregate burden hours associated with
the annual review and annual report
requirement is 200,557 hours.
Finally, the staff estimates that each
fund spends 6 hours annually, on
average, maintaining the records
required by proposed Rule 38a–1. Thus,
the annual aggregate burden hours
associated with the recordkeeping
requirement is 24,558 hours.
In total, the staff estimates that the
aggregate annual information collection
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The estimate of average burden hours
is made solely for the purposes of the
Paperwork Reduction Act. The estimate
is based on communications with
industry representatives, and is not
derived from a comprehensive or even
a representative survey or study.
Responses will not be kept confidential.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor,
and a person is not required to respond
to, a collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
Written comments are invited on: (i)
Whether the collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the Commission,
including whether the information has
practical utility; (ii) the accuracy of the
Commission’s estimate of the burden(s)
of the collection of information; (iii)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information collected; and
(iv) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Consideration will be given to
comments and suggestions submitted in
writing within 30 days of this
publication.
The public may view the background
documentation for this information
collection at the following website,
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:
Lindsay.M.Abate@omb.eop.gov; and (ii)
David Bottom, Director/Chief
Information Officer, Securities and
Exchange Commission, c/o Cynthia
Roscoe, 100 F Street NE, Washington,
DC 20549 or send an email to: PRA_
Mailbox@sec.gov. Written comments
and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
Dated: November 10, 2020.
J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Assistant Secretary.
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Upon Written Request, Copies Available
From: Securities and Exchange
Commission, Office of FOIA Services,
100 F Street NE, Washington, DC
20549–2736
Extension:
Rule 3a–8; [SEC File No. 270–516, OMB
Control No. 3235–0574]

Notice is hereby given that pursuant
to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Securities
and Exchange Commission
(‘‘Commission’’) has submitted to the
Office of Management and Budget a
request for extension of the previously
approved collection of information
discussed below.
Title 17 CFR 270.3a–8 (rule 3a–8 of
the Investment Company Act of 1940
(15 U.S.C. 80a) (the ‘‘Act’’)), serves as a
nonexclusive safe harbor from
investment company status for certain
research and development companies
(‘‘R&D companies’’).
The rule requires that the board of
directors of an R&D company seeking to
rely on the safe harbor adopt an
appropriate resolution evidencing that
the company is primarily engaged in a
non-investment business and record
that resolution contemporaneously in its
minute books or comparable
documents.1 An R&D company seeking
to rely on the safe harbor must retain
these records only as long as such
records must be maintained in
accordance with state law.
Rule 3a–8 contains an additional
requirement that is also a collection of
information within the meaning of the
PRA. The board of directors of a
company that relies on the safe harbor
under rule 3a–8 must adopt a written
policy with respect to the company’s
capital preservation investments. We
expect that the board of directors will
base its decision to adopt the resolution
discussed above, in part, on investment
guidelines that the company will follow
to ensure its investment portfolio is in
compliance with the rule’s
requirements.
The collection of information
imposed by rule 3a–8 is voluntary
because the rule is an exemptive safe
harbor, and therefore, R&D companies
may choose whether or not to rely on it.
The purposes of the information
collection requirements in rule 3a–8 are
to ensure that: (i) The board of directors
of an R&D company is involved in
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