[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 145 (Wednesday, July 29, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 40514]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-20249]


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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, Sec. 10(a), that the Commodity 
Futures Trading Commission's Agricultural Advisory Committee will 
conduct a public meeting on August 12, 1998 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 1:00 p.m. and last until 5:00 p.m. The agenda 
will consist of the following:

Agenda

1. Welcoming Remarks
2. Status Report on the Agricultural Trade Option Pilot Program and 
Discussion by Committee Members
3. Overview and Discussion of Proposed Rules Increasing Speculative 
Position Limits for Certain Agricultural Commodities and Amending CFTC 
Guideline 1, Contract Market Designation Requirements
4. The Future of Futures--a Discussion of Current Developments, 
Including Electronic and Off-Exchange Trading
5. Overview of the Upcoming CFTC Reauthorization
6. Other Business.

    The meeting is open to the public. The Chairman of the Advisory 
Committee, 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 Advisory Committee should mail a copy of the 
statement to the attention of: The Agricultural Advisory Committee, c/o 
Commissioner David D. Spears, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 
Three Lafayette Center, 1155 21st Street, NW., Washington, DC 20581, 
before the meeting. Members of the public who wish to make oral 
statements should 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.

    Issued by the Commission in Washington, DC on July 23, 1998.
Jean A. Webb,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 98-20249 Filed 7-28-98; 8:45 am]
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