Amendment to Rule Filing Requirements for Dually-Registered Clearing Agencies

The Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC' or "Commission') is affirming recent amendments to Rule 19b-4 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act') in connection with filings of proposed rule changes by certain registered clearing agencies and is expanding on those amendments in response to comments received (collectively, "Final Rule'). The Commission also is making corresponding technical modifications to the General Instructions for Form 19b-4 under the Exchange Act. The amendments to Rule 19b-4 and the instructions to Form 19b-4 are intended to streamline the rule filing process in areas involving certain activities concerning non-security products that may be subject to duplicative or inconsistent regulation as a result of, in part, certain provisions under Section 763(b) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 ("Dodd-Frank Act').