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    <RIN_INFO>
        <RIN>3235-AI17</RIN>
        <PUBLICATION>
            <PUBLICATION_ID>200904</PUBLICATION_ID>
            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
        </PUBLICATION>
        <AGENCY>
            <CODE>3235</CODE>
            <NAME>Securities and Exchange Commission</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>SEC</ACRONYM>
        </AGENCY>
        <RULE_TITLE>Amendments to Form ADV</RULE_TITLE>
        <ABSTRACT><![CDATA[The Commission proposed amendments to Form ADV part 2 to require registered investment advisers to deliver to clients and prospective clients a brochure written in plain English.

The amendments are designed to require advisers to provide clients and prospective clients with clear, current, and more meaningful disclosure of the business practices, conflicts of interest, and background of investment advisers and their advisory personnel.  Under the proposal, advisers would file their brochures with the Commission electronically, and the brochures would be available to the public through the Commission's Web site.]]></ABSTRACT>
        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Substantive, Nonsignificant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>Previously Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Final Rule Stage</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>Undetermined</MAJOR>
        <UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
        </UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
        <CFR_LIST>
            <CFR>17 CFR 275.204-2</CFR>
            <CFR>17 CFR 275.204-3</CFR>
            <CFR>17 CFR 275.206(4)-4</CFR>
            <CFR>17 CFR 279.1</CFR>
        </CFR_LIST>
        <LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>15 USC 80b-4, 80b-6(4), 80bll(a), 80b-3(c)(1)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>15 USC 77s(a)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>15 USC 78(a), 78bbb(e)(2)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>15 USC 77sss(a)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>15 USC 78(s)-37(a)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
        </LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
        <LEGAL_DLINE_LIST/>
        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
        <TIMETABLE_LIST>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>04/17/2000</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>65 FR 20524</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM Comment Period End</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>06/03/2000</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Second NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>03/14/2008</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>73 FR 13958</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Second NPRM Comment Period End</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>05/16/2008</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Final Action</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>11/00/2009</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
        </TIMETABLE_LIST>
        <RFA_REQUIRED>Yes</RFA_REQUIRED>
        <SMALL_ENTITY_LIST>
            <SMALL_ENTITY>Businesses</SMALL_ENTITY>
        </SMALL_ENTITY_LIST>
        <GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>None</GOVT_LEVEL>
        </GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
        <FEDERALISM>No</FEDERALISM>
        <FURTHER_INFO_URL>www.sec.gov/rules/proposed/2008/ia-2711.pdf</FURTHER_INFO_URL>
        <PRINT_PAPER>Yes</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
        <RELATED_RIN_LIST>
            <RELATED_RIN>
                <RIN>3235-AD21</RIN>
                <RIN_RELATION>Related to</RIN_RELATION>
            </RELATED_RIN>
        </RELATED_RIN_LIST>
        <AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Vivien</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Liu</LAST_NAME>
                <TITLE>Division of Investment Management</TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>3235</CODE>
                    <NAME>Securities and Exchange Commission</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>SEC</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>202 551-6728</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>liuy@sec.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>100 F Street NE,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20549</ZIP>
                </MAILING_ADDRESS>
            </CONTACT>
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