The Commission shall, in accordance with this section, collect transaction fees and assessments that are designed to recover the costs to the Government of the annual appropriation to the Commission by Congress.
Subject to subsection (j), each national securities exchange shall pay to the Commission a fee at a rate equal to $15 1
Subject to subsection (j), each national securities association shall pay to the Commission a fee at a rate equal to $15 1 per $1,000,000 of the aggregate dollar amount of sales transacted by or through any member of such association otherwise than on a national securities exchange of securities (other than bonds, debentures, other evidences of indebtedness, security futures products, and options on securities indexes (excluding a narrow-based security index)) registered on a national securities exchange or subject to prompt last sale reporting pursuant to the rules of the Commission or a registered national securities association.
Each national securities exchange and national securities association shall pay to the Commission an assessment equal to $0.009 for each round turn transaction (treated as including one purchase and one sale of a contract of sale for future delivery) on a security future traded on such national securities exchange or by or through any member of such association otherwise than on a national securities exchange, except that for fiscal year 2007 and each succeeding fiscal year such assessment shall be equal to $0.0042 for each such transaction.
The Commission, by rule, may exempt any sale of securities or any class of sales of securities from any fee or assessment imposed by this section, if the Commission finds that such exemption is consistent with the public interest, the equal regulation of markets and brokers and dealers, and the development of a national market system.
The Commission shall publish in the Federal Register notices of the fee and assessment rates applicable under this section for each fiscal year not later than 30 days after the date on which an Act making a regular appropriation to the Commission for such fiscal year is enacted, together with any estimates or projections on which such fees are based.
The rates per $1,000,000 required by this section shall be applied pro rata to amounts and balances of less than $1,000,000.
No fees collected pursuant to subsections (b), (c), and (d) for fiscal year 2002 or any succeeding fiscal year shall be deposited and credited as general revenue of the Treasury.
Subject to subsections (i)(1)(B) and (k), for each fiscal year, the Commission shall by order adjust each of the rates applicable under subsections (b) and (c) for such fiscal year to a uniform adjusted rate that, when applied to the baseline estimate of the aggregate dollar amount of sales for such fiscal year, is reasonably likely to produce aggregate fee collections under this section (including assessments collected under subsection (d) of this section) that are equal to the regular appropriation to the Commission by Congress for such fiscal year.
Subject to subsections (i)(1)(B) and (k), for each fiscal year, the Commission shall determine, by March 1 of such fiscal year, whether, based on the actual aggregate dollar volume of sales during the first 5 months of such fiscal year, the baseline estimate of the aggregate dollar volume of sales used under paragraph (1) for such fiscal year is reasonably likely to be 10 percent (or more) greater or less than the actual aggregate dollar volume of sales for such fiscal year. If the Commission so determines, the Commission shall by order, no later than March 1, adjust each of the rates applicable under subsections (b) and (c) for such fiscal year to a uniform adjusted rate that, when applied to the revised estimate of the aggregate dollar amount of sales for the remainder of such fiscal year, is reasonably likely to produce aggregate fee collections under this section (including fees collected during such five-month period and assessments collected under subsection (d) of this section) that are equal to the regular appropriation to the Commission by Congress for such fiscal year. In making such revised estimate, the Commission shall, after consultation with the Congressional Budget Office and the Office of Management and Budget, use the same methodology required by subsection (l).
In exercising its authority under this subsection, the Commission shall not be required to comply with the provisions of section 553 of title 5. An adjusted rate prescribed under paragraph (1) or (2) and published under subsection (g) shall not be subject to judicial review.
An adjusted rate prescribed under paragraph (2) shall take effect on April 1 of the fiscal year to which such rate applies.
If on the first day of a fiscal year a regular appropriation to the Commission has not been enacted, the Commission shall continue to collect (as offsetting collections) the fees and assessments under subsections (b), (c), and (d) at the rate in effect during the preceding fiscal year, until 60 days after the date such a regular appropriation is enacted.
The baseline estimate of the aggregate dollar amount of sales for any fiscal year is the baseline estimate of the aggregate dollar amount of sales of securities (other than bonds, debentures, other evidences of indebtedness, security futures products, and options on securities indexes (excluding a narrow-based security index)) to be transacted on each national securities exchange and by or through any member of each national securities association (otherwise than on a national securities exchange) during such fiscal year as determined by the Commission, after consultation with the Congressional Budget Office and the Office of Management and Budget, using the methodology required for making projections pursuant to section 907 of title 2.
For fiscal year 2012, and each fiscal year thereafter, the Commission shall prepare and submit a budget to the President. Whenever the Commission submits a budget estimate or request to the President or the Office of Management and Budget, the Commission shall concurrently transmit copies of the estimate or request to the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate, and the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives.
The President shall submit each budget submitted under paragraph (1) to Congress, in unaltered form, together with the annual budget for the Administration submitted by the President.
2010—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 111–203, § 991(a)(1)(A), added subsec. (a) and struck out former subsec. (a). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The Commission shall, in accordance with this section, collect transaction fees and assessments that are designed to recover the costs to the Government of the supervision and regulation of securities markets and securities professionals, and costs related to such supervision and regulation, including enforcement activities, policy and rulemaking activities, administration, legal services, and international regulatory activities.”
Subsec. (e)(2). Pub. L. 111–203, § 991(a)(1)(B), substituted “September 25” for “September 30”.
Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 111–203, § 991(a)(1)(C), substituted “30 days after the date on which an Act making a regular appropriation to the Commission for such fiscal year is enacted” for “April 30 of the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year to which such rate applies”.
Subsec. (j). Pub. L. 111–203, § 991(a)(1)(D), added subsec. (j) and struck out former subsec. (j) which related to recapture of projection windfalls for further rate reductions.
Subsec. (k). Pub. L. 111–203, § 991(a)(1)(E), substituted “60 days” for “30 days”.
Subsec. (l). Pub. L. 111–203, § 991(a)(1)(F), substituted “Baseline estimate of the aggregate dollar amount of sales” for “Definitions” in heading and struck out introductory provisions “For purposes of this section:”, par. (2) designation and heading “Baseline estimate of the aggregate dollar amount of sales”, and par. (1) which provided table of target offsetting collection amounts for fiscal years 2002 through 2011.
Subsec. (m). Pub. L. 111–203, § 991(d)(1), added subsec. (m).
2002—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 107–123, § 3(a)(1), substituted “Subject to subsection (j), each” for “Every” and struck out at end “Fees collected pursuant to this subsection shall be deposited and collected as general revenue of the Treasury.”
Pub. L. 107–123, § 2(1)–(3), substituted “$15 per $1,000,000” for “1⁄300 of one percent” and “security futures products, and options on securities indexes (excluding a narrow-based security index)” for “and security futures products” and struck out “, except that for fiscal year 2007 or any succeeding fiscal year such rate shall be equal to 1⁄800 of one percent of such aggregate dollar amount of sales” before period at end of first sentence.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 107–123, § 3(a)(3), redesignated subsec. (d) as (c), substituted “Off-exchange trades of exchange registered and last-sale-reported securities” for “Off-exchange trades of last-sale-reported securities” in subsec. heading, struck out par. (1) heading, substituted “Subject to subsection (j), each national securities” for “Each national securities”, inserted “registered on a national securities exchange or” after “narrow-based security index))”, struck out “, excluding any sales for which a fee is paid under subsection (c) of this section” after “national securities association”, and struck out pars. (2) and (3), which related to deposit of fees and lapse of appropriations.
Pub. L. 107–123, § 3(a)(2), struck out heading and text of former subsec. (c). Text read as follows: “Each national securities association shall pay to the Commission a fee at a rate equal to 1⁄300 of one percent of the aggregate dollar amount of sales transacted by or through any member of such association otherwise than on a national securities exchange of securities registered on such an exchange (other than bonds, debentures, other evidences of indebtedness, and security futures products), except that for fiscal year 2007 or any succeeding fiscal year such rate shall be equal to 1⁄800 of one percent of such aggregate dollar amount of sales. Fees collected pursuant to this subsection shall be deposited and collected as general revenue of the Treasury.”
Pub. L. 107–123, § 2(1),(2), (4), which directed that subsec. (d) be amended by substituting “$15 per $1,000,000” for “1⁄300 of one percent” and “security futures products, and options on securities indexes (excluding a narrow-based security index)” for “and security futures products”, and striking out “, except that for fiscal year 2007, or any succeeding fiscal year, such rate shall be equal to 1⁄800 of one percent of such aggregate dollar amount of sale” before period at end of par. (1), was executed by making the amendment in subsec. (c), to reflect the probable intent of Congress and the amendment by Pub. L. 107–123, § 3(a)(3), which redesignated subsec. (d) as (c). See above.
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 107–123, § 3(a)(4), (6), redesignated subsec. (e) as (d) and substituted “except that for fiscal year 2007 and each succeeding fiscal year such assessment shall be equal to $0.0042 for each such transaction” for “except that for fiscal year 2007 or any succeeding fiscal year such assessment shall be equal to $0.0075 for each such transaction. Assessments collected pursuant to this subsection shall be deposited and collected as general revenue of the Treasury”. Former subsec. (d) redesignated (c).
Pub. L. 107–123, § 2(5), which directed that subsec. (e) be amended by substituting “$0.009” for “$0.02”, was executed by making the amendment in subsec. (d), to reflect the probable intent of Congress and the amendment by Pub. L. 107–123, § 3(a)(4), (6) which redesignated subsec. (e) as (d). See above.
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 107–123, § 3(a)(5), (6), redesignated subsec. (f) as (e) and substituted “Dates for payments” for “Dates for payment of fees” in heading and “The fees and assessments required” for “The fees required” in introductory provisions. Former subsec. (e) redesignated (d).
Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 107–123, § 3(a)(6), redesignated subsec. (g) as (f). Former subsec. (f) redesignated (e).
Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 107–123, § 3(a)(6), (b)(2), redesignated subsec. (h) as (g) and inserted before period at end “not later than April 30 of the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year to which such rate applies, together with any estimates or projections on which such fees are based”. Former subsec. (g) redesignated (f).
Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 107–123, § 3(a)(6), redesignated subsec. (i), as enacted by Pub. L. 107–123, § 2(6), as (h). See below. Former subsec. (h) redesignated (g).
Subsec. (i). Pub. L. 107–123, § 3(a)(7), added subsec. (i).
Pub. L. 107–123, § 2(6), added subsec. (i).
Subsecs. (j) to (l). Pub. L. 107–123, § 3(b)(1), added subsecs. (j) to (l).
2000—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106–554, § 1(a)(5) [title II, § 206(f)(1)], inserted “and assessments” after “fees”.
Subsecs. (b), (c), (d)(1). Pub. L. 106–554, § 1(a)(5) [title II, § 206(f)(2)], substituted “other evidences of indebtedness, and security futures products” for “and other evidences of indebtedness”.
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 106–554, § 1(a)(5) [title II, § 206(f)(6)], added subsec. (e). Former subsec. (e) redesignated (f).
Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 106–554, § 1(a)(5) [title II, § 206(f)(5)], redesignated subsec. (e) as (f). Former subsec. (f) redesignated (g).
Pub. L. 106–554, § 1(a)(5) [title II, § 206(f)(3)], inserted “or assessment” after “fee”.
Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 106–554, § 1(a)(5) [title II, § 206(f)(5)], redesignated subsec. (f) as (g). Former subsec. (g) redesignated (h).
Pub. L. 106–554, § 1(a)(5) [title II, § 206(f)(4)], inserted “and assessment” after “fee”.
Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 106–554, § 1(a)(5) [title II, § 206(f)(5)], redesignated subsec. (g) as (h).
1998—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105–353 substituted “this section” for “this subsection”.
1996—Pub. L. 104–290 reenacted section catchline without change and amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “Every national securities exchange shall pay to the Commission on or before March 15 of each calendar year a fee in an amount equal to one three-hundredths of 1 per centum of the aggregate dollar amount of the sales of securities (other than bonds, debentures, and other evidences of indebtedness) transacted on such national securities exchange during each preceding calendar year to which this section applies. Every registered broker and dealer shall pay to the Commission on or before March 15 of each calendar year a fee in an amount equal to one three-hundredths of 1 per centum of the aggregate dollar amount of the sales of securities registered on a national securities exchange (other than bonds, debentures, and other evidences of indebtedness) transacted by such broker or dealer otherwise than on such an exchange during each preceding calendar year: Provided, however, That no payment shall be required for any calendar year in which such payment would be less than one hundred dollars. The Commission, by rule, may exempt any sale of securities or any class of sales of securities from any fee imposed by this section, if the Commission finds that such exemption is consistent with the public interest, the equal regulation of markets and brokers and dealers, and the development of a national market system.”
1975—Pub. L. 94–29 amended section generally, extending provisions requiring the payment of fees to include transactions in listed securities which occur in the over-the-counter market.
1944—Act
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