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B-330538



December 4, 2018

The Honorable Mike Crapo
Chairman
The Honorable Sherrod Brown
Ranking Member
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
United States Senate

The Honorable Jeb Hensarling
Chairman
The Honorable Maxine Waters
Ranking Member
Committee on Financial Services
House of Representatives

Subject: Securities and Exchange Commission: Disclosure of Order Handling
        Information

Pursuant to section 801 (a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a
major rule promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (Commission)
entitled Disclosure of Order Handling Information (RIN: 3235-AL67). We received the
rule on November 6, 2018. It was published in the Federal Register as a final rule on
November 19, 2018. 83 Fed. Reg. 58,338. The effective date of the final rule is
January 18, 2019.

The final rule adopts amendments to the Regulation National Market System
(Regulation NMS) to require additional disclosures by broker-dealers to customers
regarding the handling of their orders. The final rule also adds a new disclosure
requirement which requires a broker-dealer, upon request of its customer, to provide
specific disclosures related to the routing and execution of the customer's National
Market System (NMS) stock orders submitted on a not held basis for the prior 6 months,
subject to two de minimis exceptions.

Enclosed is our assessment of the Commission's compliance with the procedural steps
required by section 801 (a)(1)(B)(i) through (iv) of title 5 with respect to the rule. If you

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