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 (“OMB”) a request for extension of the previously approved collection of information discussed below.

Section 30(b) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“Investment Company Act”) ^[1] provides that “[e]very registered investment company shall file with the Commission . . . such information, documents, and reports (other than financial statements), as the Commission may require to keep reasonably current the information and documents contained in the registration statement of such company. . . .” ^[2] Rule 30b1-7 under the Investment Company Act, entitled “Monthly Report for Money Market Funds,” provides that every registered investment company, or ( printed page 34331) series thereof, that is regulated as a money market funds under rule 2a-7 ^[3] must file with the Commission a monthly report of portfolio holdings on Form N-MFP ^[4] no later than the fifth business day of each month.^[5] Form N-MFP sets forth the specific disclosure items that money market funds must provide. Filers must submit this report electronically using the Commission's electronic filing system (“EDGAR”) in Extensible Markup Language (“XML”).

Compliance with rule 30b1-7 is mandatory for any fund that holds itself out as a money market fund in reliance on rule 2a-7. Responses to the disclosure requirements 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.

The following estimates of average burden hours and costs are made solely for purposes of the Paperwork Reduction Act and are not derived from a comprehensive or even representative survey or study of the cost of Commission rules and forms.

The Commission calculates there are currently 353 ^[6] money market funds that report information on Form N-MFP, with approximately 8 ^[7] of them being new money market funds that are filing reports on Form N-MFP for the first time.

We estimate that 35% of money market funds (or 124 money market funds, broken down into 121 existing funds and 3 new funds) ^[8] license a software solution and file reports on Form N-MFP in house; we further estimate that each fund that files reports on Form N-MFP in house requires an average of approximately 47 burden hours to compile (including review of the information), tag, and electronically file the Form N-MFP for the first time and an average of approximately 13 burden hours for subsequent filings.^[9] Therefore, we estimate the per fund average annual hour burden is 156 hours ^[10] for existing funds and 190 hours ^[11] for new money market funds. Based on an estimate of 121 existing funds and 3 new funds each year, we estimate that filing reports on Form N-MFP in house takes 19,446 hours and costs funds, in aggregate, $6,319,950 per year.^[12]

We estimate that 65% of money market funds (or 229 money market funds, broken down into 224 existing funds and 5 new funds) ^[13] retain the services of a third party to provide data aggregation and validation services as part of the preparation and filing of reports on Form N-MFP on the fund's behalf; we further estimate that each fund requires an average of approximately 26 burden hours to compile and review the information with the service provider prior to electronically filing the report for the first time and an average of approximately 9 burden hours for subsequent filings. Therefore, we estimate the per fund average annual hour burden is 108 hours ^[14] for existing funds and 125 hours ^[15] for new money market funds. Based on an estimate of 224 existing funds and 5 new funds each year, we estimate that filing reports on Form N-MFP using a service provider takes 24,817 hours and costs funds, in aggregate, $8,065,525 per year.^[16] In sum, we estimate that filing reports on Form N-MFP imposes a total annual hour burden of 44,263 hours,^[17] at an aggregate cost of $14,385,475 on all money market funds.^[18]

Cost burden is the cost of goods and services purchased in connection with complying with the collection of information requirements of rule 30b1-7 and Form N-MFP. The cost burden does not include the cost of the hour burden discussed above.

Based on discussions with industry participants, we estimate that money market funds that file reports on Form N-MFP in house license a third-party software solution to assist in filing their reports at an average cost of $3,900 per ( printed page 34332) fund per year. In addition, we estimate that money market funds that use a service provider to prepare and file reports on Form N-MFP pay an average fee of $9,300 per fund per year. In sum, we estimate that all money market funds incur on average, in the aggregate, external annual costs of $2,613,300.^[19]

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 by July 6, 2022 to (i) MBX.OMB.OIRA.SEC_desk_officer@omb.eop.gov and (ii) David Bottom, Director/Chief Information Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, c/o John Pezzullo, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549, or by sending an email to: PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov.

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