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Request for Nominations for a
Subcommittee Under the Agricultural
Advisory Committee
Commodity Futures Trading
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Commodity Futures
Trading Commission (CFTC or
Commission) is requesting nominations
for membership on the Subcommittee to
Evaluate Commission Policy with
Respect to Implementation of
Amendments to Enumerated
Agricultural Futures Contracts with
Open Interest (Subcommittee) under the
Agricultural Advisory Committee
SUMMARY:
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(AAC). The AAC is a discretionary
advisory committee established by the
Commission in accordance with the
Federal Advisory Committee Act.
DATES: The deadline for the submission
of nominations is October 29, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Nominations should be
emailed to AAC@cftc.gov or sent by post
to Summer Mersinger, AAC Designated
Federal Officer, Commodity Futures
Trading Commission, Three Lafayette
Centre, 1155 21st Street NW,
Washington, DC 20581. Please use the
title ‘‘AAC Subcommittee’’ for any
nominations you submit.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Summer Mersinger, AAC Designated
Federal Officer at (202) 418–6074 or
email: AAC@cftc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Subcommittee was established to
provide a report to the AAC that will
make recommendations to the
Commission on policy related to its
evaluation of implementation plans for
amendments to agricultural futures
contracts with open interest. Within this
charge, the Subcommittee may consider,
but is not limited to, the following
issues and topics:
• The Commodity Exchange Act,
regulations, and guidance pertaining to
Designated Contract Market (DCM)
requests for Commission approval of
amendments to enumerated agricultural
futures contracts with open interest;
• Recent history of Commissionapproved amendments to futures
contracts, including the term or
condition amended, ability of that term
or condition to impact the economic
value of futures positions, rationale
provided by the DCM, date announced,
and date implemented;
• Terms and conditions that could
impact the economic value of futures
positions, what the Commission should
consider in terms of evaluating the
implementation plans for those
amendments, and whether there could
be best practices developed for
implementation of any amendments to
those terms or conditions; and
• Appropriate methods to make
market participants and the public
aware of the potential for an enumerated
agricultural futures contract with open
interest to be amended.
The Subcommittee will provide its
report directly to the AAC and will not
provide reports and/or
recommendations directly to the
Commission. The Subcommittee has no
authority to make decisions on behalf of
the AAC, and no determination of fact
or policy will be made by the
Subcommittee on behalf of the
Commission.
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Subcommittee members will generally
serve as representatives and provide
advice reflecting the views of
stakeholder organizations and entities
throughout the derivatives and financial
markets. The Subcommittee may also
include regular government employees
when doing so furthers its purpose. It is
anticipated that the Subcommittee will
hold at least three in-person or
telephonic meetings. Subcommittee
members serve at the pleasure of the
Commission. Subcommittee members
do not receive compensation or
honoraria for their services, and they are
not reimbursed for travel and per diem
expenses.
The Subcommittee members will
include individuals who are members of
the AAC and/or other individuals. For
these other individuals who are not
serving on the AAC currently, the
Commission seeks nominations of
individuals from a wide range of
perspectives, including from industry,
academia, the government, and public
interest. To advise the AAC effectively,
Subcommittee members must have a
high level of expertise and experience
with: Hedging practices in the
agricultural sector and/or trading in
agricultural futures contracts, including
a familiarity with the terms and
conditions of agricultural futures
contracts; the Commodity Exchange Act,
Commission regulations, and guidance
thereunder. To the extent practicable,
the Commission will strive to select
members reflecting wide ethnic, racial,
gender, and age representation.
The Commission invites the
submission of nominations for
Subcommittee membership. Each
nomination submission should include
the proposed member’s name, title,
organization affiliation and address,
email address and telephone number, as
well as information that supports the
individual’s qualifications to serve on
the Subcommittee. The submission
should also include the name, email
address, and telephone number of the
person nominating the proposed
Subcommittee member. Selfnominations are acceptable.
Submission of a nomination is not a
guarantee of selection as a member of
the Subcommittee. As noted in the
AAC’s Membership Balance Plan, the
Commission seeks to ensure that the
membership of a subcommittee is
balanced relative to the particular issues
addressed by the subcommittee in
question. The AAC Sponsor, with the
assistance of the AAC Designated
Federal Officer (DFO), identifies
candidates for Subcommittee
membership. Following the
identification, the candidates who are
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not already serving on the AAC are
submitted by the DFO to appropriate
CFTC Staff for review and then to the
Commission for approval.
(Authority: 5 U.S.C. App. II)
Dated: September 23, 2020.
Robert Sidman,
Deputy Secretary of the Commission.
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Commodity Futures Trading
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of a New System of
Records.
AGENCY:
The Commodity Futures
Trading Commission (‘‘CFTC’’ or
‘‘Commission’’) is establishing CFTC–
54, Ensuring Workplace Health and
Safety in Response to a Public Health
Emergency, a system of records under
the Privacy Act of 1974. This system of
records maintains information collected
in response to a public health
emergency, such as a pandemic or
epidemic, from CFTC staff (including
political appointees, employees,
detailees, contractors, consultants,
interns, and volunteers) and visitors to
CFTC facilities that is necessary to
ensure a safe and healthy work
environment.
DATES: In accordance with 5 U.S.C.
552(e)(4) and (11), this System of
Records will go in to effect without
further notice on September 29, 2020
unless otherwise revised pursuant to
comments received. New routine uses
will go in to effect on October 29, 2020.
Comments must be received on or
before October 29, 2020.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified as pertaining to ‘‘Ensuring
Workplace Health and Safety in
Response to a Public Health
Emergency’’ by any of the following
methods:
• CFTC Website: https://
comments.cftc.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments
through the Comments Online process
on the website.
• Mail: Christopher Kirkpatrick,
Secretary of the Commission,
Commodity Futures Trading
Commission, Three Lafayette Centre,
1155 21st Street NW, Washington, DC
20581.
• Hand Delivery/Courier: Same as
Mail, above.
SUMMARY:
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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
Request for Nominations for a Subcommittee Under the Agricultural
Advisory Committee
AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission)
is requesting nominations for membership on the Subcommittee to
Evaluate Commission Policy with Respect to Implementation of Amendments
to Enumerated Agricultural Futures Contracts with Open Interest
(Subcommittee) under the Agricultural Advisory Committee
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(AAC). The AAC is a discretionary advisory committee established by the
Commission in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
DATES: The deadline for the submission of nominations is October 29,
2020.
ADDRESSES: Nominations should be emailed to [email protected] or sent by
post to Summer Mersinger, AAC Designated Federal Officer, Commodity
Futures Trading Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street
NW, Washington, DC 20581. Please use the title ``AAC Subcommittee'' for
any nominations you submit.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Summer Mersinger, AAC Designated
Federal Officer at (202) 418-6074 or email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Subcommittee was established to provide
a report to the AAC that will make recommendations to the Commission on
policy related to its evaluation of implementation plans for amendments
to agricultural futures contracts with open interest. Within this
charge, the Subcommittee may consider, but is not limited to, the
following issues and topics:
The Commodity Exchange Act, regulations, and guidance
pertaining to Designated Contract Market (DCM) requests for Commission
approval of amendments to enumerated agricultural futures contracts
with open interest;
Recent history of Commission-approved amendments to
futures contracts, including the term or condition amended, ability of
that term or condition to impact the economic value of futures
positions, rationale provided by the DCM, date announced, and date
implemented;
Terms and conditions that could impact the economic value
of futures positions, what the Commission should consider in terms of
evaluating the implementation plans for those amendments, and whether
there could be best practices developed for implementation of any
amendments to those terms or conditions; and
Appropriate methods to make market participants and the
public aware of the potential for an enumerated agricultural futures
contract with open interest to be amended.
The Subcommittee will provide its report directly to the AAC and
will not provide reports and/or recommendations directly to the
Commission. The Subcommittee has no authority to make decisions on
behalf of the AAC, and no determination of fact or policy will be made
by the Subcommittee on behalf of the Commission.
Subcommittee members will generally serve as representatives and
provide advice reflecting the views of stakeholder organizations and
entities throughout the derivatives and financial markets. The
Subcommittee may also include regular government employees when doing
so furthers its purpose. It is anticipated that the Subcommittee will
hold at least three in-person or telephonic meetings. Subcommittee
members serve at the pleasure of the Commission. Subcommittee members
do not receive compensation or honoraria for their services, and they
are not reimbursed for travel and per diem expenses.
The Subcommittee members will include individuals who are members
of the AAC and/or other individuals. For these other individuals who
are not serving on the AAC currently, the Commission seeks nominations
of individuals from a wide range of perspectives, including from
industry, academia, the government, and public interest. To advise the
AAC effectively, Subcommittee members must have a high level of
expertise and experience with: Hedging practices in the agricultural
sector and/or trading in agricultural futures contracts, including a
familiarity with the terms and conditions of agricultural futures
contracts; the Commodity Exchange Act, Commission regulations, and
guidance thereunder. To the extent practicable, the Commission will
strive to select members reflecting wide ethnic, racial, gender, and
age representation.
The Commission invites the submission of nominations for
Subcommittee membership. Each nomination submission should include the
proposed member's name, title, organization affiliation and address,
email address and telephone number, as well as information that
supports the individual's qualifications to serve on the Subcommittee.
The submission should also include the name, email address, and
telephone number of the person nominating the proposed Subcommittee
member. Self-nominations are acceptable.
Submission of a nomination is not a guarantee of selection as a
member of the Subcommittee. As noted in the AAC's Membership Balance
Plan, the Commission seeks to ensure that the membership of a
subcommittee is balanced relative to the particular issues addressed by
the subcommittee in question. The AAC Sponsor, with the assistance of
the AAC Designated Federal Officer (DFO), identifies candidates for
Subcommittee membership. Following the identification, the candidates
who are not already serving on the AAC are submitted by the DFO to
appropriate CFTC Staff for review and then to the Commission for
approval.
(Authority: 5 U.S.C. App. II)
Dated: September 23, 2020.
Robert Sidman,
Deputy Secretary of the Commission.
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