[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 222 (Thursday, November 18, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63012-63013]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-30096]
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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
Notice of The Twenty-Seventh Meeting of the Agricultural Advisory
Committee
This is to give notice, pursuant to Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2, section 10(a)(2), and Section
101-6.1015(b) of the regulations promulgated thereunder, 41 CFR 101-
6.1015(b), that the public meeting of the Commodity Futures Trading
Commission Agricultural Advisory Committee (``AAC'') formerly scheduled
for November 9, 1999, will be held on December 8, 1999, in the first
floor hearing room (Room 1000) of the Commission's Washington, DC
headquarters, Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20581. The meeting will begin at 1 p.m. and last until
4:30 p.m. The agenda will consist of the following:
Agenda
1. Welcoming Remarks
2. Discussion on Deregulatory Initiatives
a. Contract Market Designation
b. Exchange Rule Changes
3. Discussion on CFTC Reauthorization Issues
4. Briefing on Agricultural Trade Options Final Rules
5. Briefing on Exchange Issues
6. Other Business
The AAC was created by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for
the purpose of receiving advice and recommendations on issues affecting
agricultural producers, processors, lenders and other interested in or
affected by the agricultural commodities markets, and to facilitate
communications between the
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Commission and the diverse agricultural and agriculture-related
organizations represented on the Committee. The purposes and objectives
of the AAC are more fully set forth in its charter.
The meeting is open to the public. The Chairman of the AAC,
Commissioner David D. Spears, is empowered to conduct the meeting in a
fashion that will, in his judgment, facilitate the orderly conduct of
business. Any member of the public who wishes to file a written
statement with the AAC should mail a copy of the statement prior to the
meeting to the attention of: The Agricultural Advisory Committee, c/o
Commissioner David D. Spears, Commodity Futures Trading Commission,
Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street, NW., Washington, DC 20581.
Members of the public who wish to make oral statements should also
inform Commissioner Spears in writing at the foregoing address at least
three business days before the meeting. Reasonable provision will be
made, if time permits, for an oral presentation of no more than five
minutes each in duration.
For further information contact Jennifer A. Roe, Administrative
Assistant to Commissioner Spears, at 202-418-5043, or Marcia K. Blase,
Committee Management Officer, at 202-418-5138.
Issued by the Commission in Washington, DC, on November 15th,
1999.
Jean A. Webb,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 99-30096 Filed 11-17-99; 8:45 am]
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