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Expirations. The addition of Monday
Expirations would offer additional
investment options to investors and may
be useful for their investment or
hedging objectives, including the ability
to hedge over-the-weekend risk. The
Commission believes that the proposal
strikes a reasonable balance between the
Exchange’s desire to offer a wider array
of investment opportunities and the
need to avoid unnecessary proliferation
of options series that may burden some
liquidity providers and further stress
options quotation and transaction
infrastructure. Further, including the
new Monday Expirations in the Pilot
should allow for both the Exchange and
the Commission to continue monitoring
the potential for adverse market effects
of P.M. settlement on the market,
including the underlying cash equities
markets at the expiration of these
options.
The Commission notes that CBOE will
provide the Commission with the
Annual Report analyzing volume and
open interest of EOMs and Weekly
Expirations (including the proposed
Monday Expirations), which will also
contain information and analysis of
EOMs and Weekly Expirations trading
patterns and index price volatility and
share trading activity for series that
exceed minimum parameters. This
information should be useful to the
Commission as it evaluates whether
allowing P.M. settlement for EOMs and
Weekly Expirations has resulted in
increased market and price volatility in
the underlying component stocks,
particularly at expiration. The Pilot
information should help the
Commission and CBOE assess the
impact on the markets and determine
whether changes to these programs are
necessary or appropriate. Furthermore,
the Exchange’s ongoing analysis of the
Pilot should help it monitor any
potential risks from large P.M.-settled
positions and take appropriate action if
warranted.
IV. Conclusion
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It is Therefore Ordered, pursuant to
Section 19(b)(2) of the Act,25 that the
proposed rule change (SR–CBOE–2016–
046) be, and it hereby is, approved.
For the Commission, by the Division of
Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
authority.26
Robert W. Errett,
Deputy Secretary.
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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Meeting of the Advisory Committee on
Veterans Business Affairs
Meeting of the Interagency Task Force
on Veterans Small Business
Development
U.S. Small Business
Administration
AGENCY:
Notice of open Federal Advisory
Committee meeting.
ACTION:
The SBA is issuing this notice
to announce the loation, date, time and
agenda for the next meeting of the
Advisory Committee on Veterans
Business Affairs. The meeting will be
open to the public.
SUMMARY:
Wednesday, September 16, 2016,
from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
DATES:
U.S. Small Business
Administration, 409 3rd Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20416, Eisenhower
Conference room, side B, located on the
concourse level.
ADDRESSES:
Pursuant
to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C.,
Appendix 2), SBA announces the
meeting of the Advisory Committee on
Veterans Business Affairs (ACVBA). The
ACVBA serves as an independent
source of advice and policy
recommendation to the Administrator of
the U.S. Small Business Administration.
The purpose of this meeting is to
discuss the formation and growth of
small business concerns owned and
controlled by veterans and service
disable-veterans and to focus on
strategic planning and provide updates
on past and current events.
Additional Information: This meeting
is open to the public. Advance notice of
attendance is requested. Anyone
wishing to attend and/or make
comments to the Advisory Committee
contact the Office of Veterans Business
Development no later than September 9,
2016 at vetstaskforce@sba.gov.
Comments will be limited to five
minutes in the interest of time and to
accommodate as many participants as
possible. Written comments should also
be sent to the above email no later than
September 9, 2016. Special
accomodations requests should also be
directed to the Office of Veterans
Business Development at (202) 205–
6773 or above email. For more
information on veteran owned small
business programs, please visit
www.sba.gov/vets.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: August 2, 2016.
Miguel J. L’Heureux,
SBA Committee Management Officer.
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Administration
ACTION: Notice of open Federal
Interagency Task Force Meeting.
AGENCY:
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U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).
CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).
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The SBA is issuing this notice
to announce the loation, date, time and
agenda for the next meeting of the
Interagency Task Force on Veterans
Small Business Development. The
meeting will be open to the public.
DATES: Date and Time: Thursday,
September 15, 2016, from 9:00 a.m. to
12:00 noon.
ADDRESSES: U.S. Small Business
Administration, 409 3rd Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20416.
Where: Eisenhower Conference room,
side b, located on the Concourse level.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C.,
Appendix 2), SBA announces the
meeting of the Interagency Task Force
on Veterans Small Business
Development. The Task Force is
established pursuant to Executive Order
13540 and focused on coordinating and
pre-established Federal contracting
goals for small business concers owned
and controlled by veterans and servicedisabled veterans. Moreover, the Task
Force shall coordinate administrative
and regulatory activities and develop
proposals relating to ‘‘six focus areas’’:
(1) Access to capital (loans, surety
bonding and franchising); (2) Ensure
achievement of pre-established
contracting goals, including mentor
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protege and matching with contracting
opportunities; (3) Increase the integrity
of certifications of status as a small
business; (4) Reducing paperwork and
administrative burdens in accessing
business development and
entrepreneurship opportunities; (5)
Increasing and improving training and
counseling services; and (6) Making
other improvements to support veteran
business development by the Federal
government.
Additional Information: This meeting
is open to the public. Advance notice of
attendance is requested. Anyone
wishing to attend and/or make
comments to the Task Force must
contact the Office of Veterans Business
Development no later than September 9,
2016 at vetstaskforce@sba.gov.
Comments for the record should be
applicable to the ‘‘six focus areas’’ of the
Task Force and will be limited to five
minutes in the interest of time and to
SUMMARY:
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accommodate as many participants as
possible. Written comments should also
be sent to the above email no later than
September 9, 2016. Special
accomodations requests should also be
directed to the Office of Veterans
Business Development at (202) 205–
6773 or above email. For more
information on veteran owned small
business programs, please visit
www.sba.gov/vets.
Dated: August 2, 2016.
Miguel J. L’Heureux,
SBA Committee Management Officer.
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES
TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Request for Comments and Notice of
Public Hearing Concerning China’s
Compliance With WTO Commitments
Office of the United States
Trade Representative.
ACTION: Notice of public hearing and
request for comments.
AGENCY:
The interagency Trade Policy
Staff Committee (TPSC) will convene a
public hearing and seek public
comment to assist the Office of the
United States Trade Representative
(USTR) in the preparation of its annual
report to the Congress on China’s
compliance with the commitments
made in connection with its accession
to the World Trade Organization (WTO).
DATES: If you want to testify at the
hearing, you must provide written
notification and a summary of your
testimony by Wednesday, September 21,
2016. Written comments also are due by
Wednesday, September 21, 2016. A
hearing will be held in Washington DC
on Wednesday, October 5, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You should submit
notifications of intent to testify and
written comments through the Federal
eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments in
part 3 below. For alternatives to on-line
submissions, please contact Yvonne
Jamison, Trade Policy Staff Committee,
at (202) 395–3475.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
procedural questions concerning written
comments or participation in the public
hearing, contact Yvonne Jamison at
(202) 395–3475. Direct all other
questions to Terrence J. McCartin,
Deputy Assistant United States Trade
Representative for China Enforcement,
at (202) 395–3900, or Philip D. Chen,
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Chief Counsel for China Enforcement, at
(202) 395–3150.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. Background
China became a Member of the WTO
on December 11, 2001. In accordance
with section 421 of the U.S.-China
Relations Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106–286),
USTR is required to submit, by
December 11 of each year, a report to
Congress on China’s compliance with
commitments made in connection with
its accession to the WTO, including
both multilateral commitments and any
bilateral commitments made to the
United States. In accordance with
section 421, and to assist it in preparing
this year’s report, the TPSC is soliciting
public comments. Last year’s report is
available on USTR’s Web site: https://
ustr.gov/sites/default/files/2015-Reportto-Congress-China-WTOCompliance.pdf.
The terms of China’s accession to the
WTO are contained in the Protocol on
the Accession of the People’s Republic
of China (including its annexes)
(Protocol), the Report of the Working
Party on the Accession of China
(Working Party Report), and the WTO
agreements. The Protocol and Working
Party Report can be found on the WTO
Web site: https://docsonline.wto.org
(document symbols: WT/L/432, WT/
MIN(01)/3, WT/MIN(01)/3/Add.1, WT/
MIN(01)/3/Add.2).
2. Public Comment and Hearing
USTR invites written comments and/
or oral testimony of interested persons
on China’s compliance with
commitments made in connection with
its accession to the WTO, including, but
not limited to, commitments in the
following areas:
a. Trading rights;
b. import regulation (e.g., tariffs, tariffrate quotas, quotas, import licenses);
c. export regulation;
d. internal policies affecting trade
(e.g., subsidies, standards and technical
regulations, sanitary and phytosanitary
measures, government procurement,
trade-related investment measures, taxes
and charges levied on imports and
exports);
e. intellectual property rights
(including intellectual property rights
enforcement);
f. services;
g. rule of law issues (e.g.,
transparency, judicial review, uniform
administration of laws and regulations)
and status of legal reform; and
h. other WTO commitments.
In addition, given the United States’
view that China should be held
accountable as a full participant in, and
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beneficiary of, the international trading
system, USTR requests that interested
persons specifically identify unresolved
compliance issues that warrant review
and evaluation by USTR’s China
Enforcement Task Force.
You must submit written comments
no later than Wednesday, September 21,
2016.
A hearing will be held on Wednesday,
October 5, 2016, in Room 1, 1724 F
Street NW., Washington DC 20508. If
necessary, the hearing will continue on
the next business day. Persons wishing
to testify orally at the hearing must
provide written notification of their
intention by Wednesday, September 21,
2016. The intent to testify notification
must be made in the ‘‘Type Comment’’
field under docket number USTR–2016–
0012 on the regulations.gov Web site
and should include the name, address
and telephone number of the person
presenting the testimony. You should
attach a summary of the testimony by
using the ‘‘Upload File’’ field. The name
of the file also should include who will
be presenting the testimony. Remarks at
the hearing should be limited to no
more than five minutes to allow for
possible questions from the TPSC.
You should submit all documents in
accordance with the instructions in
section 3 below.
3. Requirements for Submissions
Persons submitting a notification of
intent to testify and/or written
comments must do so in English and
must identify (on the first page of the
submission) ‘‘China’s WTO
Compliance.’’
In order to ensure the timely receipt
and consideration of comments, USTR
strongly encourages commenters to
make on-line submissions, using the
www.regulations.gov Web site. To
submit comments via
www.regulations.gov, enter docket
number USTR–2016–0012 on the home
page and click ‘‘search.’’ The site will
provide a search-results page listing all
documents associated with this docket.
Find a reference to this notice and click
on the link entitled ‘‘Comment Now!’’
(For further information on using the
www.regulations.gov Web site, please
consult the resources provided on the
Web site by clicking on ‘‘How to Use
This Site’’ on the left side of the home
page.)
The www.regulations.gov Web site
allows users to provide comments by
filling in a ‘‘Type Comment’’ field, or by
attaching a document using an ‘‘Upload
File’’ field. USTR prefers that comments
be provided in an attached document. If
a document is attached, it is sufficient
to type ‘‘See attached’’ in the ‘‘Type
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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Meeting of the Interagency Task Force on Veterans Small Business
Development
AGENCY: U.S. Small Business Administration
ACTION: Notice of open Federal Interagency Task Force Meeting.
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SUMMARY: The SBA is issuing this notice to announce the loation, date,
time and agenda for the next meeting of the Interagency Task Force on
Veterans Small Business Development. The meeting will be open to the
public.
DATES: Date and Time: Thursday, September 15, 2016, from 9:00 a.m. to
12:00 noon.
ADDRESSES: U.S. Small Business Administration, 409 3rd Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20416.
Where: Eisenhower Conference room, side b, located on the Concourse
level.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C., Appendix 2), SBA announces the
meeting of the Interagency Task Force on Veterans Small Business
Development. The Task Force is established pursuant to Executive Order
13540 and focused on coordinating and pre-established Federal
contracting goals for small business concers owned and controlled by
veterans and service-disabled veterans. Moreover, the Task Force shall
coordinate administrative and regulatory activities and develop
proposals relating to ``six focus areas'': (1) Access to capital
(loans, surety bonding and franchising); (2) Ensure achievement of pre-
established contracting goals, including mentor prot[eacute]g[eacute]
and matching with contracting opportunities; (3) Increase the integrity
of certifications of status as a small business; (4) Reducing paperwork
and administrative burdens in accessing business development and
entrepreneurship opportunities; (5) Increasing and improving training
and counseling services; and (6) Making other improvements to support
veteran business development by the Federal government.
Additional Information: This meeting is open to the public. Advance
notice of attendance is requested. Anyone wishing to attend and/or make
comments to the Task Force must contact the Office of Veterans Business
Development no later than September 9, 2016 at vetstaskforce@sba.gov.
Comments for the record should be applicable to the ``six focus areas''
of the Task Force and will be limited to five minutes in the interest
of time and to
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accommodate as many participants as possible. Written comments should
also be sent to the above email no later than September 9, 2016.
Special accomodations requests should also be directed to the Office of
Veterans Business Development at (202) 205-6773 or above email. For
more information on veteran owned small business programs, please visit
www.sba.gov/vets.
Dated: August 2, 2016.
Miguel J. L'Heureux,
SBA Committee Management Officer.
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