2024-18340. Self-Regulatory Organizations; Fixed Income Clearing Corporation; Notice of Designation of Longer Period for Commission Action on Proposed Rule Change To Modify the GSD Rules Relating to the Adoption of a Trade Submission Requirement

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Securities and Exchange Commission

1. [Release No. 34-100693; File No. SR-FICC-2024-009]

August 12, 2024.

On June 12, 2024, Fixed Income Clearing Corporation (“FICC”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) the proposed rule change SR-FICC-2024-009 (“Proposed Rule Change”) pursuant to Section 19(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”) ^[1] and Rule 19b-4 ^[2] thereunder to modify FICC's Government Securities Division (“GSD”) Rulebook (“GSD Rules”) as it relates to the adoption of a requirement for its direct participants to submit for clearance and settlement all eligible secondary market transactions in U.S. Treasury securities to which such direct participant is a counterparty.^[3] The Proposed Rule Change was published for public comment in the Federal Register on July 1, 2024.^[4] The Commission has received comments regarding the substance of the changes proposed in the Proposed Rule Change.^[5]

Section 19(b)(2)(i) of the Exchange Act ^[6] provides that, within 45 days of the publication of notice of the filing of a proposed rule change, the Commission shall either approve the proposed rule change, disapprove the proposed rule change, or institute proceedings to determine whether the proposed rule change should be disapproved unless the Commission extends the period within which it must act as provided in Section 19(b)(2)(ii) of the Exchange Act.^[7] Section 19(b)(2)(ii) of the Exchange Act allows the Commission to designate a longer period for review (up to 90 days from the publication of notice of the filing of a proposed rule change) if the Commission finds such longer period to be appropriate and publishes its reasons for so finding, or as to which the self-regulatory organization consents.^[8]

The 45th day after publication of the Notice of Filing is August 15, 2024. In order to provide the Commission with sufficient time to consider the Proposed Rule Change, the Commission finds that it is appropriate to designate a longer period within which to take action on the Proposed Rule Change and therefore is extending this 45-day time period.

Accordingly, the Commission, pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the Exchange Act,^[9] designates September 29, 2024, as the date by which the Commission shall either approve, disapprove, or institute proceedings to determine whether to disapprove proposed rule change SR-FICC-2024-009.

For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated authority.¹⁰

Sherry R. Haywood,

Assistant Secretary.

Footnotes

1.  15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).

2.  17 CFR 240.19b-4.

3.   See Notice of Filing infra note 4, at 89 FR 54602.

4.  Securities Exchange Act Release No. 100417 (June 25, 2024), 89 FR 54602 (July 1, 2024) (File No. SR-FICC-2024-009) (“Notice of Filing”).

5.  Comments on the Proposed Rule Change are available at https://www.sec.gov/​comments/​sr-ficc-2024-009/​srficc2024009.htm.

6.  15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2)(i).

7.  15 U.S.C. 78 s(b)(2)(ii).

8.   Id.

9.   Id.

10.  17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).