[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 79 (Tuesday, April 23, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17881-17882]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-9931]



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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION


Agricultural Advisory Committee Meeting

    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 Agricultural 
Advisory Committee will conduct a public meeting on May 8, 1996 from 
1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. in the first floor hearing room of the Commodity 
Futures Trading Commission (Room 1000), Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 
21st Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20581. The agenda will consist of:

Agenda

I. Opening Remarks by Acting Chairman John E. Tull;
II. Report from Dr. Wayne Purcell, of Virginia Tech, on ``Needed 
Changes in Tax Treatment of Cattle Feeders' Activities in Cattle 
Futures;''
III. Report on the FAIR Act Provisions for a USDA Office of Risk 
Management;
IV. Report from the CBOT Regular Grain Storage Capacity Task Force;
V. Report from the National Grain and Feed Association's Risk 
Evaluation Task Force;
VI. Presentation by CBOT on the Project A Trading System;
VII. Update on the CFTC-DEA Staff White Paper on the Agricultural 
Trade Option Prohibition;
VIII. Report on the CME Proposal to Increase the Spot Month 
Speculative Position Limit on the Live Cattle Contract;
IX. Other Committee Business;
X. Closing Remarks by Commissioner Joseph Dial.

    The purpose of this meeting is to solicit the views of the 
Committee on the above-listed agenda matters. The Advisory Committee 
was created by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for the purpose 
of receiving advice and recommendations on agricultural issues. The 
purposes and objectives of the Advisory Committee are more fully set 
forth in the sixth renewal charter of the Advisory Committee.
    The meeting is open to the public. The Chairman of the Advisory 
Committee, Commissioner Joseph B. Dial, is empowered to conduct the 
meeting in a fashion that will, in his

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judgment, 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 Agricultural Advisory Committee c/
o Kimberly Harter, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Three 
Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20581, 
before the meeting. Members of the public who wish to make oral 
statements should also inform Ms. Harter 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, D.C. on April 17, 1996.
Jean A. Webb,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 96-9931 Filed 4-22-96; 8:45 am]
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