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[FR Doc No: 94-5839]


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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

 

Financial Products Advisory Committee

March 31, 1994.
    This is to give notice, pursuant to section 10(a) of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2 section 10(a) and 41 CFR 101-
6.1015(b), that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Financial 
Products Advisory Committee will conduct a public meeting in the Lower 
Level Hearing Room (B-1) at the Commission's Washington, DC 
headquarters located at 2033 K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20581, on 
March 31, 1994, beginning at 1:30 p.m. and lasting until 5 p.m. The 
agenda will consist of:

Agenda

    1. Presentation/discussion by GAO staff of the GAO derivatives 
study;
    2. Presentation/discussion by House Banking Committee staff of 
Cong. Leach's proposed legislation to strengthen OTC derivatives 
regulation;
    3. Discussion/analysis of OTC derivative issues in Congress for the 
up-coming year by representatives of the House Energy & Commerce 
Committee and Senate Banking Committee;
    4. Panel Discussion of Clearing Systems for Off-Exchange 
Instruments, including Multinet and the CBOT's Hybrid Instrument 
Transaction Service;
    5. Briefing by CFTC Trading and Markets staff on CFTC's proposed 
risk assessment rules; and
    6. Wrap-up; discussion of future agenda items.
    The purpose of this meeting is to solicit the views of the 
Committee on these agenda matters. The Advisory Committee was created 
by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for the purpose of advising 
the Commission on the assessment of issues concerning individuals and 
industries interested in or affected by financial markets regulated by 
the Commission. The purposes and objectives of the Advisory Committee 
are more fully set forth in the April 23, 1993 Charter of the Advisory 
Committee.
    The meeting is open to the public. The Chairman of the Advisory 
Committee, CFTC Commissioner Sheila C. Bair, is empowered to conduct 
the meeting in a fashion that will, in her judgement, facilitate the 
orderly conduct of business. Any member of the public who wishes to 
file a written statement with the Advisory Committee should mail a copy 
of the statement to the attention of: the Commodity Futures Trading 
Commission Financial Products Advisory Committee, c/o Kristyn H. 
Burnett, 2033 K Street NW., Washington, DC 20581, before the meeting. 
Members of the public who wish to make oral statements should also 
inform Ms. Burnett 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.

    Issued by the Commission in Washington, DC, on March 8, 1994.
Jean A. Webb,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 94-5839 Filed 3-11-94; 8:45 am]
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