Agricultural Advisory Committee, 28085-28086 [2021-11031]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 99 / Tuesday, May 25, 2021 / Notices jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with NOTICES form by entering detailed information and qualifications at: https:// tinyurl.com/ynae4a67 for the Patent Public Advisory Committee, or https:// tinyurl.com/hcux6462 for the Trademark Public Advisory Committee. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cordelia Zecher, Acting Chief of Staff, Office of the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO, at 571–272– 8600. 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Administration policy discourages the appointment of federally registered lobbyists to agency advisory boards and commissions (Lobbyists on Agency Boards and Commissions, https:// obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/ 2009/09/23/lobbyists-agency-boardsand-commissions (Sept. 23, 2009); cf. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:09 May 24, 2021 Jkt 253001 E.O. 13490, 74 FR 4673 (Jan. 21, 2009) (While Executive Order 13490 does not specifically apply to federally registered lobbyists appointed by agency or department heads, it sets forth the administration’s general policy of decreasing the influence of special interests in the Federal Government.) Procedures and Guidelines of the PPAC and TPAC Each newly appointed member of the PPAC and TPAC will serve for a threeyear term that begins on December 1, 2021, and ends on December 1, 2024. As required by the 1999 Act, members of the PPAC and TPAC will receive compensation for each day (including travel time) they attend meetings or engage in the business of their Advisory Committee. The enabling statute states that members are to be compensated at the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay in effect for level III of the Executive Schedule under 5 U.S.C. 5314. Committee members are compensated on an hourly basis, calculated at the daily rate. While away from home or their regular place of business, each member shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5703. Applicability of Certain Ethics Laws Public Advisory Committee members are Special Government Employees within the meaning of 18 U.S.C. 202. The following additional information includes several, but not all, of the ethics rules that apply to members, and assumes that members are not engaged in Public Advisory Committee business more than 60 days during any period of 365 consecutive days. • Each member will be required to file a confidential financial disclosure form within 30 days of appointment. 5 CFR 2634.202(c), 2634.204, 2634.903, and 2634.904(b). • Each member will be subject to many of the public integrity laws, including criminal bars against representing a party in a particular matter that comes before the member’s committee and that involves at least one specific party. 18 U.S.C. 205(c); see also 18 U.S.C. 207 for post-membership bars. Also, a member must not act on a matter in which the member (or any of certain closely related entities) has a financial interest. 18 U.S.C. 208. • Representation of foreign interests may also raise issues. 35 U.S.C. 5(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. 219. Meetings of the PPAC and TPAC Meetings of each Public Advisory Committee will take place at the call of PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 28085 the respective Committee Chair to consider an agenda set by that Chair. Meetings may be conducted in person, telephonically, online, or by other appropriate means. The meetings of each Public Advisory Committee will be open to the public, except each Public Advisory Committee may, by majority vote, meet in an executive session when considering personnel, privileged, or other confidential information. Nominees must have the ability to participate in Public Advisory Committee business through the internet. Andrew Hirshfeld, Commissioner for Patents, Performing the Functions and Duties of the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. [FR Doc. 2021–11047 Filed 5–24–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–16–P COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION Agricultural Advisory Committee Commodity Futures Trading Commission. ACTION: Notice of meeting. AGENCY: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announces that on June 9, 2021 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time), the Agricultural Advisory Committee (AAC) will hold a public meeting via teleconference. At this meeting, the AAC will receive a report from the Subcommittee to Evaluate Commission Policy with Respect to Implementation of Amendments to Enumerated Agricultural Futures Contracts with Open Interest (Ag-OI). The meeting will also include a discussion on global agricultural commodity derivatives contracts and other agricultural risk management issues. DATES: The meeting will be held on June 9, 2021 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time). Please note that the teleconference may end early if the AAC has completed its business. Members of the public who wish to submit written statements in connection with the meeting should submit them by June 16, 2021. ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held via teleconference. You may submit public comments on the CFTC website: https://comments.cftc.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments through the Comments Online process on the website. If you are unable to submit comments online, please contact Summer SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\25MYN1.SGM 25MYN1 28086 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 99 / Tuesday, May 25, 2021 / Notices Mersinger, Designated Federal Officer, via the contact information listed below to discuss alternate means of submitting your comments. Any statements submitted in connection with the committee meeting will be made available to the public, including publication on the CFTC website, https:// www.cftc.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Summer Mersinger, AAC Designated Federal Officer, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street NW, Washington, DC 20581; SMersinger@ cftc.gov; (202) 418–6074. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meeting will be open to the public. Members of the public may listen to the meeting by telephone by calling a domestic toll-free telephone or international toll or toll-free number to connect to a live, listen-only audio feed. Call-in participants should be prepared to provide their first name, last name, and affiliation. Domestic Toll Free: 1–877–951–7311. International Toll and Toll Free: Will be posted on the CFTC’s website, https:// www.cftc.gov, on the page for the meeting, under Related Links. Pass Code/Pin Code: 3514459. The meeting agenda may change to accommodate other AAC priorities. For agenda updates, please visit the AAC committee site at: https://www.cftc.gov/ About/CFTCCommittees/ AgriculturalAdvisory/index.htm. All written submissions provided to the CFTC in any form will also be published on the CFTC’s website. Persons requiring special accommodations to attend the meeting because of a disability should notify the contact person above. (Authority: 5 U.S.C. app. 2 section 10(a)(2)). Dated: May 20, 2021. Robert Sidman, Deputy Secretary of the Commission. [FR Doc. 2021–11031 Filed 5–24–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6351–01–P DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE [Docket ID: DoD–2021–OS–0003] Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records Department of Defense (DoD). Notice of a new system of jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with NOTICES AGENCY: ACTION: records. In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, the DoD is establishing a new system of records covering all DoD components titled, SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:09 May 24, 2021 Jkt 253001 ‘‘Military Justice and Civilian Criminal Case Records,’’ DoD 0006. This system of records describes DoD’s collection, use, and maintenance of records for the administration of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) and disciplinary cases under the authority of the DoD. These records include legal information and filings used to facilitate public access to the Department’s court docket. This system of records also includes records created when DoD legal practitioners in support of the U.S. Department of Justice, prosecute in U.S. District Courts crimes that occurred on military installations or property. This system of records will apply enterprisewide for the furtherance of good order and discipline. Individuals covered by this system of records includes armed forces members and others as identified in Article 2 of the UCMJ, as well as civilians who are alleged to have engaged in criminal acts on DoD installations and properties. Additionally, the DoD is issuing a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, which proposes to exempt this system of records from certain provisions of the Privacy Act, elsewhere in today’s issue of the Federal Register. DATES: This new system of records is effective upon publication; however, comments on the Routine Uses will be accepted on or before June 24, 2021. The Routine Uses are effective at the close of the comment period. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number and title, by any of the following methods: * Federal Rulemaking Portal: https:// www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments. * Mail: DoD cannot receive written comments at this time due to the COVID–19 pandemic. Comments should be sent electronically to the docket listed above. Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name and docket number for this Federal Register document. The general policy for comments and other submissions from members of the public is to make these submissions available for public viewing on the internet at https:// www.regulations.gov as they are received without change, including any personal identifiers or contact information. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Lyn Kirby, Defense Privacy, Civil Liberties, and Transparency Division, Directorate for Oversight and Compliance, Department of Defense, 4800 Mark Center Drive, Mailbox #24, Suite 08D09, Alexandria, VA 22350– PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 1700; OSD.DPCLTD@mail.mil; (703) 571–0070. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background The ‘‘Military Justice and Civilian Criminal Case Records’’ system of records is being established as a DoDwide Privacy Act system of records for use by all DoD offices and components. A DoD-wide system of records notice (SORN) supports multiple DoD paper or electronic recordkeeping systems operated by more than one DoD component that maintain the same kind of information about individuals for the same purpose. Establishment of DoDwide SORNs helps DoD standardize the rules governing the collection, maintenance, use, and sharing of personal information in key areas across the enterprise. DoD-wide SORNs also reduce duplicative and overlapping SORNs published by separate DoD components. The creation of DoD-wide SORNs is expected to make locating relevant SORNs easier for DoD personnel and the public, and create efficiencies in the operation of the DoD privacy program. In Section 5504 of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2017, Congress mandated the Secretary of Defense prescribe and implement uniform standards and criteria for the conduct of each of the following functions at all stages of the military justice system, including pretrial, trial, post-trial, and appellate processes: (1) Collection and analysis of data concerning substantive offenses and procedural matters in a manner that facilitates case management and decision making within the military justice system, and that enhances the quality of periodic reviews; (2) case processing and management; (3) timely, efficient, and accurate production and distribution of records of trial within the military justice system; and (4) facilitation of access to docket information, filings, and records, taking into consideration restrictions appropriate to judicial proceedings and military records. In response, the DoD has been modifying its information systems to implement uniform standards and criteria to allow for improved management and analysis of these military justice records and activities across the DoD. In association with this effort, this DoD-wide SORN also is being published to unify and standardize the management of this data in accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974. The purpose of this system of records is to support the collection, maintenance, use, and dissemination of E:\FR\FM\25MYN1.SGM 25MYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 25, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28085-28086]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-11031]


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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION


Agricultural Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announces that 
on June 9, 2021 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time), 
the Agricultural Advisory Committee (AAC) will hold a public meeting 
via teleconference. At this meeting, the AAC will receive a report from 
the Subcommittee to Evaluate Commission Policy with Respect to 
Implementation of Amendments to Enumerated Agricultural Futures 
Contracts with Open Interest (Ag-OI). The meeting will also include a 
discussion on global agricultural commodity derivatives contracts and 
other agricultural risk management issues.

DATES: The meeting will be held on June 9, 2021 from 10:00 a.m. to 
12:00 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time). Please note that the teleconference 
may end early if the AAC has completed its business. Members of the 
public who wish to submit written statements in connection with the 
meeting should submit them by June 16, 2021.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held via teleconference. You may submit 
public comments on the CFTC website: https://comments.cftc.gov. Follow 
the instructions for submitting comments through the Comments Online 
process on the website.
    If you are unable to submit comments online, please contact Summer

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Mersinger, Designated Federal Officer, via the contact information 
listed below to discuss alternate means of submitting your comments. 
Any statements submitted in connection with the committee meeting will 
be made available to the public, including publication on the CFTC 
website, https://www.cftc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Summer Mersinger, AAC Designated 
Federal Officer, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Three Lafayette 
Centre, 1155 21st Street NW, Washington, DC 20581; [email protected]; 
(202) 418-6074.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meeting will be open to the public. 
Members of the public may listen to the meeting by telephone by calling 
a domestic toll-free telephone or international toll or toll-free 
number to connect to a live, listen-only audio feed. Call-in 
participants should be prepared to provide their first name, last name, 
and affiliation.
    Domestic Toll Free: 1-877-951-7311.
    International Toll and Toll Free: Will be posted on the CFTC's 
website, https://www.cftc.gov, on the page for the meeting, under 
Related Links.
    Pass Code/Pin Code: 3514459.
    The meeting agenda may change to accommodate other AAC priorities. 
For agenda updates, please visit the AAC committee site at: https://www.cftc.gov/About/CFTCCommittees/AgriculturalAdvisory/index.htm.
    All written submissions provided to the CFTC in any form will also 
be published on the CFTC's website. Persons requiring special 
accommodations to attend the meeting because of a disability should 
notify the contact person above.

(Authority: 5 U.S.C. app. 2 section 10(a)(2)).

    Dated: May 20, 2021.
Robert Sidman,
Deputy Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2021-11031 Filed 5-24-21; 8:45 am]
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