[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 124 (Thursday, June 27, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43363-43364]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-16345]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION


Sunshine Act Meetings

    Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the 
Government in the Sunshine Act, Pub. L. 94-409, that the Securities and 
Exchange Commission will hold the following meetings during the week of 
July 1, 2002:
    A Closed Meeting will be held on Monday, July 1, 2002, at 1:00 
p.m., and an Open Meeting will be held on Tuesday, July 2, 2002, at 
1:00 p.m., in Room 1C30, the William O. Douglas Room.
    Commissioner Hunt, as duty officer, determined that no earlier 
notice thereof was possible.
    Commissioners, Counsel to the Commissioners, the Secretary to the 
Commission, and recording secretaries will attend the closed meeting. 
Certain staff members who have an interest in the matters may also be 
present.
    The General Counsel of the Commission, or his designee, has 
certified that, in his opinion, one or more of the exemptions set forth 
in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(3), (5), (7), (9)(B), and (10) and 17 CFR 
200.402(a)(3), (5), (7), (9)(ii) and (10), permit consideration of the 
scheduled matters at the closed meeting.
    The subject matter of the Closed Meeting scheduled for Monday, July 
1, 2002, will be:

Formal orders of investigation;
Institution and settlement of injunctive actions;
Institution and settlement of administrative proceedings of an 
enforcement nature; and
Opinion.

    The subject matter of the Open Meeting scheduled for Tuesday, July 
2, 2002, will be:
    1. The Commission will consider whether to adopt amendments to Rule 
31-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to clarify how to 
calculate

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assessments that are required to be paid by national securities 
exchanges and national securities associations pursuant to Section 
31(d) of the Exchange Act for security futures transactions. The 
proposed amendments to Rule 31-1 also provide guidance on how to 
calculate fees that are required to be paid by national securities 
exchanges and national securities associations pursuant to Sections 
31(b) and (c) of the Exchange Act, respectively, for sales of 
securities that result from the physical settlement of security 
futures.
    2. The Commission will consider proposed rules to be issued jointly 
by the Commission and the Department of the Treasury implementing 
section 326 of the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing 
Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 
2001. Section 326 requires the Secretary of the Treasury to jointly 
prescribe with the Commission regulations that, at a minimum, require 
broker-dealers and mutual funds to implement reasonable procedures to 
(1) verify the identity of any person seeking to open an account, to 
the extent reasonable and practicable, (2) maintain records of the 
information used to verify the person's identity, and (3) determine 
whether the person appears on any lists of known or suspected 
terrorists or terrorist organizations provided to the broker-dealer or 
mutual fund by any government agency.
    At times, changes in Commission priorities require alterations in 
the scheduling of meeting items. For further information and to 
ascertain what, if any, matters have been added, deleted or postponed, 
please contact: The Office of the Secretary at (202) 942-7070.

    Dated: June 25, 2002.
Margaret H. McFarland,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-16345 Filed 6-25-02; 11:58 am]
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