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OMB Control No: 3235-0225	ICR Reference No: 202610-3235-024
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 202412-3235-009
Agency/Subagency: SEC	Agency Tracking No: IM
Title: Rule 17f-4 (17 CFR 270.17f-4) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, "Custody of Investment Company Assets with a Securities Depository"
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 10/19/2026

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	36 Months From Approved	04/30/2028
Responses	21,514	21,504
Time Burden (Hours)	3,149	3,148
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	21,514	21,504	10
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	3,149	3,148	1
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The estimated total annual burden for rule 17f-4 has increased from 3,148 hours to 3,149 hours. The increase in hours is due to the addition of BDCs to the rule. We continue to estimate no external cost associated with this information collection.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $0

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

Agency Contact: Andrew Deglin 202 551-7337

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