; and (C) the company will comply with such quality, maturity, diversification, liquidity, and other requirements, including related procedural and recordkeeping requirements, as the Commission, by rule or regulation or order, may prescribe or has prescribed as necessary or appropriate in the public interest or for the protection of investors to the extent that such requirements and provisions are not inconsistent with this section or with the ability of the company to maintain a stable net asset value per share or stable price per share by using either the amortized cost method or the penny-rounding method of pricing. (2) Exemption from mandatory liquidity fee requirements Notwithstanding section 270.2a–7 of title 17, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulation), no company that makes the election under paragraph (1) shall be subject to the mandatory liquidity fee requirements of section 270.2a–7(c)(2)(ii) of title 17, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulation). (b) Continuing obligation To meet requirements of this title A company that makes an election under subsection (a)(1) shall remain subject to the provisions of this title and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder that would otherwise apply if those provisions do not conflict with the provisions of this section. . 3. Prohibition against mandatory pricing or fees for a registered open-end company Section 22 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ( 15 U.S.C. 80a–22 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (h) Prohibition against mandatory pricing or fees for a registered open-End company (1) In general The Commission and any securities association registered under section 15A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 are prohibited from promulgating, interpreting, or enforcing rules or guidance, or issuing orders of general applicability, that would impose, directly or indirectly, any requirement upon a registered open-end company, for the purpose of accomplishing the ends prescribed in subsection (a), with the