[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 38 (Monday, February 26, 2024)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 14007]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-03826]


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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

17 CFR Parts 1 and 23

RIN 3038-AF23


Operational Resilience Framework for Futures Commission 
Merchants, Swap Dealers, and Major Swap Participants

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

ACTION: Extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On December 18, 2023, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission 
(Commission) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) titled 
Operational Resilience Framework for Futures Commission Merchants, Swap 
Dealers, and Major Swap Participants. The comment period for the NPRM 
was to close on March 2, 2024. The Commission is extending the comment 
period for this NPRM by an additional 30 days to April 1, 2024.

DATES: The comment period for the NPRM titled Operational Resilience 
Framework for Futures Commission Merchants, Swap Dealers, and Major 
Swap Participants is extended through April 1, 2024.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by RIN 3038-AF23, by any 
of the following methods:
     CFTC Comments Portal: https://comments.cftc.gov. Select 
the ``Submit Comments'' link for this rulemaking and follow the 
instructions on the Public Comment Form.
     Mail: Send to Christopher Kirkpatrick, Secretary of the 
Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Three Lafayette 
Centre, 1155 21st Street NW, Washington, DC 20581.
     Hand Delivery/Courier: Follow the same instructions as for 
Mail, above.
    Please submit your comments using only one of these methods. 
Submissions through the CFTC Comments Portal are encouraged.
    All comments must be submitted in English, or if not, accompanied 
by an English translation. Comments will be posted as received to 
https://comments.cftc.gov. You should submit only information that you 
wish to make available publicly. If you wish the Commission to consider 
information that you believe is exempt from disclosure under the 
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), a petition for confidential 
treatment of the exempt information may be submitted according to the 
procedures established in Sec.  145.9 of the Commission's 
regulations.\1\
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    \1\ 17 CFR 145.9.
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    The Commission reserves the right, but shall have no obligation, to 
review, pre-screen, filter, redact, refuse, or remove any or all of 
your submission from https://comments.cftc.gov that it may deem to be 
inappropriate for publication, such as obscene language. All 
submissions that have been redacted or removed that contain comments on 
the merits of the rulemaking will be retained in the public comment 
file and will be considered as required under the Administrative 
Procedure Act and other applicable laws, and may be accessible under 
the FOIA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amanda L. Olear, Director, at 202-418-
5283 or [email protected]; Pamela Geraghty, Deputy Director, at 202-418-
5634 or [email protected]; Fern Simmons, Associate Director, at 202-
418-5901 or [email protected]; Elise Bruntel, Special Counsel, at 202-
418-5577 or [email protected]; Market Participants Division, Commodity 
Futures Trading Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 1151 21st Street 
NW, Washington, DC 20581.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 13, 2023, the Commission 
approved an NPRM proposing to require that futures commission 
merchants, swap dealers, and major swap participants establish, 
document, implement, and maintain an Operational Resilience Framework 
(ORF) reasonably designed to identify, monitor, manage, and assess 
risks relating to information and technology security, third-party 
relationships, and emergencies or other significant disruptions to 
normal business operations.\2\ The framework would include three 
components--an information and technology security program, a third-
party relationship program, and a business continuity and disaster 
recovery plan--supported by broad requirements relating to governance, 
training, testing, and recordkeeping. The proposed rule would also 
require certain notifications to the Commission and customers or 
counterparties. The Commission further proposed guidance relating to 
the management of risks stemming from third-party relationships.
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    \2\ See ``CFTC to Hold a Commission Open Meeting on December 
13,'' CFTC Rel. No. 8830-23 (Dec. 6, 2023) available at https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/8830-23.
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    The ORF NPRM was published on the Commission's website on December 
18, 2023, making it available for public comment through March 2, 2024, 
for a total comment period of 75 days.\3\ In response to a request from 
commenters, the Commission is extending the comment period for the ORF 
NPRM by an additional 30 days to April 1, 2024, for a total comment 
period of 105 days.\4\ This extension of the comment period will allow 
interested persons additional time to analyze the proposal and prepare 
their comments.
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    \3\ See ``CFTC Approves Two Proposals and a DCO Application,'' 
CFTC Rel. No. 8838-23 (Dec. 18, 2023), available at https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/8838-23. The ORF NPRM was 
subsequently published in the Federal Register on January 24, 2024. 
See Operational Resilience Framework for Futures Commission 
Merchants, Swap Dealers, and Major Swap Participants, 89 FR 4706 
(Jan. 24, 2024).
    \4\ See Letter from Kyle Brandon, Managing Director, Head of 
Derivatives at the Securities Industry and Financial Markets 
Association (SIFMA), on behalf of the Futures Industry Association 
(FIA), the Institute of International Bankers (IIB), the 
International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA), and SIFMA 
(Jan. 24, 2024) (requesting a 30 day extension to the comment 
period), available at https://comments.cftc.gov/PublicComments/ViewComment.aspx?id=73231&SearchText.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on February 21, 2024, by the 
Commission.
Christopher Kirkpatrick,
Secretary of the Commission.

    Note: The following appendix will not appear in the Code of 
Federal Regulations.

Appendix to Operational Resilience Framework for Futures Commission 
Merchants, Swap Dealers, and Major Swap Participants--Commission Voting 
Summary

    On this matter, Chairman Behnam and Commissioners Johnson, 
Goldsmith Romero, Mersinger, and Pham voted in the affirmative. No 
Commissioner voted in the negative.

[FR Doc. 2024-03826 Filed 2-23-24; 8:45 am]
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