83_FR_58335 83 FR 58113 - Regulatory Flexibility Agenda

83 FR 58113 - Regulatory Flexibility Agenda

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 222 (November 16, 2018)

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FR Document2018-24166

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission), in accordance with the requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, is publishing a semiannual agenda of rulemakings that the Commission expects to propose or promulgate over the next year. The Commission welcomes comments from small entities and others on the agenda.

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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

17 CFR Ch. I


Regulatory Flexibility Agenda

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda.

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SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission), in 
accordance with the requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, is 
publishing a semiannual agenda of rulemakings that the Commission 
expects to propose or promulgate over the next year. The Commission 
welcomes comments from small entities and others on the agenda.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher J. Kirkpatrick, Secretary 
of the Commission, (202) 418-5964, [email protected], Commodity 
Futures Trading Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street 
NW, Washington, DC 20581.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA), 5 
U.S.C. 601, et seq., includes a requirement that each agency publish 
semiannually in the Federal Register a regulatory flexibility agenda. 
Such agendas are to contain the following elements, as specified in 5 
U.S.C. 602(a):
    (1) A brief description of the subject area of any rule that the 
agency expects to propose or promulgate, which is likely to have a 
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities;
    (2) A summary of the nature of any such rule under consideration 
for each subject area listed in the agenda, the objectives and legal 
basis for the issuance of the rule, and an approximate schedule for 
completing action on any rule for which the agency has issued a general 
notice of proposed rulemaking; and
    (3) The name and telephone number of an agency official 
knowledgeable about the items listed in the agenda.
    Accordingly, the Commission has prepared an agenda of rulemakings 
that it presently expects may be considered during the course of the 
next year. Subject to a determination for each rule, it is possible as 
a general matter that some of these rules may have some impact on small 
entities.\1\ The Commission notes also that, under the RFA, it is not 
precluded from considering or acting on a matter not included in the 
regulatory flexibility agenda, nor is it required to consider or act on 
any matter that is listed in the agenda. See 5 U.S.C. 602(d).
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    \1\ The Commission published its definition of a ``small 
entity'' for purposes of rulemaking proceedings at 47 FR 18618 
(April 30, 1982). Pursuant to that definition, the Commission is not 
required to list--but nonetheless does--many of the items contained 
in this regulatory flexibility agenda. See also 5 U.S.C. 602(a)(1). 
Moreover, for certain items listed in this agenda, the Commission 
has previously certified, under section 605 of the RFA, 5 U.S.C. 
605, that those items will not have a significant economic impact on 
a substantial number of small entities. For these reasons, the 
listing of a rule in this regulatory flexibility agenda should not 
be taken as a determination that the rule, when proposed or 
promulgated, will in fact require a regulatory flexibility analysis. 
Rather, the Commission has chosen to publish an agenda that includes 
significant and other substantive rules, regardless of their 
potential impact on small entities, to provide the public with 
broader notice of new or revised regulations the Commission may 
consider and to enhance the public's opportunity to participate in 
the rulemaking process.
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    The Commission's Fall 2018 regulatory flexibility agenda is 
included in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory 
Actions. The complete Unified Agenda will be available online at 
www.reginfo.gov in a format that offers users enhanced ability to 
obtain information from the Agenda database.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on July 26, 2018, by the Commission.
Christopher J. Kirkpatrick,
Secretary of the Commission.

        Commodity Futures Trading Commission--Proposed Rule Stage
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                                                           Regulation
       Sequence No.                    Title             Identifier No.
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432.......................  Regulation Automated               3038-AD52
                             Trading.
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         Commodity Futures Trading Commission--Completed Actions
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                                                           Regulation
       Sequence No.                    Title             Identifier No.
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433.......................  Indemnification Rulemaking         3038-AE44
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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION (CFTC)

Proposed Rule Stage

432. Regulation Automated Trading

    E.O. 13771 Designation: Independent agency.
    Legal Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1a(23), 7 U.S.C. 6c(a); 7 U.S.C. 7(d); 
and 7 U.S.C. 12(a)(5)
    Abstract: On November 7, 2016, the Commodity Futures Trading 
Commission (``Commission'') approved a supplemental notice of proposed 
rulemaking for Regulation AT (``Supplemental NPRM''). The Supplemental 
NPRM modifies certain rules proposed in the Commission's December 2015, 
notice of proposed rulemaking for Regulation AT. The Supplemental NPRM 
was published in the Federal Register on November 25, 2016, with a 90-
day comment period closing on January 24, 2017. The Commission 
subsequently extended the comment period until May 1, 2017.
    Timetable:

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               Action                    Date            FR Cite
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ANPRM...............................   09/12/13  78 FR 56542
ANPRM Comment Period End............   12/11/13  .......................
ANPRM Comment Period Extended.......   01/24/14  79 FR 4104
ANPRM Comment Period Extended End...   02/14/14  .......................
NPRM................................   12/17/15  80 FR 78824
NPRM Comment Period End.............   03/16/16  .......................
NPRM Comment Period Reopened........   06/10/16  81 FR 36484
NPRM Comment Period Reopened End....   06/24/16  .......................
Supplemental NPRM...................   11/25/16  81 FR 85334

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Supplemental NPRM Comment Period End   01/24/17  .......................
Supplemental NPRM Comment Period       01/26/17  82 FR 8502
 Extended.
Supplemental NPRM Comment Period       05/01/17  .......................
 Extended End.
NPRM................................   06/00/19  .......................
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    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
    Agency Contact: Marilee Dahlman, Special Counsel, Division of 
Market Oversight, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Three Lafayette 
Centre, 1155 21st Street NW, Washington, DC 20581, Phone: 202 418-5264, 
Email: [email protected].
    RIN: 3038-AD52

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION (CFTC)

Completed Actions

433. Indemnification Rulemaking

    E.O. 13771 Designation: Independent agency.
    Legal Authority: 7 U.S.C. 12a and 24a
    Abstract: The FAST Act repealed CEA section 21(d)(2), added to the 
CEA by Dodd-Frank section 728, which provided that domestic and foreign 
regulators that are otherwise eligible to, and that do, request data 
from an SDR (collectively, Regulators) agree to indemnify the SDR and 
the CFTC for expenses resulting from litigation relating to the 
information provided. When considered in light of the CFTC's current 
regulations addressing Regulators' access to SDR data, the removal of 
the indemnification requirement presented a number of issues, primarily 
related to the scope of Regulators' access to SDR data, and maintaining 
the confidentiality of such data consistent with CEA section 8. The 
Commission addressed these issues in a final rule that, among other 
things, revise the current approach to Regulators' access to SDRs' swap 
data and sets forth more information regarding the confidentiality 
agreement that is required by CEA section 21(d).
    Completed:

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               Action                    Date            FR Cite
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Final Rule..........................   06/12/18  83 FR 27410
Final Rule Effective................   08/13/18  .......................
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    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
    Agency Contact: Daniel J. Bucsa, Phone: 202 418-5435, Email: 
[email protected].
    David E. Aron, Phone: 202 418-6621, Email: [email protected].
    Owen Kopon, Phone: 202 418-5360, Email: [email protected].
    RIN: 3038-AE44.

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                                                  COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING                                            SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:      The                                    it presently expects may be considered
                                                  COMMISSION                                                           Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA), 5                                    during the course of the next year.
                                                                                                                       U.S.C. 601, et seq., includes a                                        Subject to a determination for each rule,
                                                  17 CFR Ch. I                                                         requirement that each agency publish                                   it is possible as a general matter that
                                                                                                                       semiannually in the Federal Register a                                 some of these rules may have some
                                                  Regulatory Flexibility Agenda                                        regulatory flexibility agenda. Such                                    impact on small entities.1 The
                                                                                                                       agendas are to contain the following                                   Commission notes also that, under the
                                                  AGENCY:Commodity Futures Trading                                     elements, as specified in 5 U.S.C. 602(a):
                                                  Commission.                                                                                                                                 RFA, it is not precluded from
                                                                                                                          (1) A brief description of the subject                              considering or acting on a matter not
                                                  ACTION:     Semiannual regulatory agenda.                            area of any rule that the agency expects                               included in the regulatory flexibility
                                                                                                                       to propose or promulgate, which is
                                                                                                                                                                                              agenda, nor is it required to consider or
                                                  SUMMARY:   The Commodity Futures                                     likely to have a significant economic
                                                                                                                                                                                              act on any matter that is listed in the
                                                  Trading Commission (Commission), in                                  impact on a substantial number of small
                                                                                                                                                                                              agenda. See 5 U.S.C. 602(d).
                                                  accordance with the requirements of the                              entities;
                                                  Regulatory Flexibility Act, is publishing                               (2) A summary of the nature of any                                     The Commission’s Fall 2018
                                                  a semiannual agenda of rulemakings                                   such rule under consideration for each                                 regulatory flexibility agenda is included
                                                  that the Commission expects to propose                               subject area listed in the agenda, the                                 in the Unified Agenda of Federal
                                                  or promulgate over the next year. The                                objectives and legal basis for the                                     Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions.
                                                  Commission welcomes comments from                                    issuance of the rule, and an approximate                               The complete Unified Agenda will be
                                                  small entities and others on the agenda.                             schedule for completing action on any                                  available online at www.reginfo.gov in a
                                                                                                                       rule for which the agency has issued a                                 format that offers users enhanced ability
                                                  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                                     general notice of proposed rulemaking;                                 to obtain information from the Agenda
                                                  Christopher J. Kirkpatrick, Secretary of                             and                                                                    database.
                                                  the Commission, (202) 418–5964,                                         (3) The name and telephone number
                                                  ckirkpatrick@cftc.gov, Commodity                                                                                                              Issued in Washington, DC, on July 26,
                                                                                                                       of an agency official knowledgeable
                                                  Futures Trading Commission, Three                                                                                                           2018, by the Commission.
                                                                                                                       about the items listed in the agenda.
                                                  Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street NW,                                  Accordingly, the Commission has                                     Christopher J. Kirkpatrick,
                                                  Washington, DC 20581.                                                prepared an agenda of rulemakings that                                 Secretary of the Commission.

                                                                                            COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION—PROPOSED RULE STAGE
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Regulation
                                                    Sequence No.                                                                                     Title                                                                               Identifier No.

                                                  432 ....................   Regulation Automated Trading ........................................................................................................................          3038–AD52


                                                                                              COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION—COMPLETED ACTIONS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Regulation
                                                    Sequence No.                                                                                     Title                                                                               Identifier No.

                                                  433 ....................   Indemnification Rulemaking .............................................................................................................................       3038–AE44



                                                  COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING                                            rules proposed in the Commission’s                                              Action                   Date         FR Cite
                                                  COMMISSION (CFTC)                                                    December 2015, notice of proposed
                                                                                                                       rulemaking for Regulation AT. The                                      ANPRM Comment                   01/24/14    79 FR 4104
                                                  Proposed Rule Stage                                                                                                                           Period Ex-
                                                                                                                       Supplemental NPRM was published in
                                                  432. Regulation Automated Trading                                                                                                             tended.
                                                                                                                       the Federal Register on November 25,
                                                                                                                                                                                              ANPRM Comment                   02/14/14
                                                     E.O. 13771 Designation: Independent                               2016, with a 90-day comment period                                       Period Ex-
                                                  agency.                                                              closing on January 24, 2017. The                                         tended End.
                                                     Legal Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1a(23), 7                               Commission subsequently extended the                                   NPRM ..................         12/17/15    80 FR 78824
                                                  U.S.C. 6c(a); 7 U.S.C. 7(d); and 7 U.S.C.                            comment period until May 1, 2017.                                      NPRM Comment                    03/16/16
                                                  12(a)(5)                                                               Timetable:                                                             Period End.
                                                                                                                                                                                              NPRM Comment                    06/10/16    81 FR 36484
                                                     Abstract: On November 7, 2016, the
                                                                                                                                                                                                Period Re-
                                                  Commodity Futures Trading                                                     Action                   Date              FR Cite
                                                                                                                                                                                                opened.
                                                  Commission (‘‘Commission’’) approved                                                                                                        NPRM Comment                    06/24/16
                                                  a supplemental notice of proposed                                    ANPRM ...............           09/12/13        78 FR 56542
                                                                                                                                                                                                Period Re-
                                                  rulemaking for Regulation AT                                         ANPRM Comment                   12/11/13
                                                                                                                                                                                                opened End.
                                                  (‘‘Supplemental NPRM’’). The                                          Period End.
                                                                                                                                                                                              Supplemental                    11/25/16    81 FR 85334
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                                                  Supplemental NPRM modifies certain                                                                                                            NPRM.

                                                     1 The Commission published its definition of a                    has previously certified, under section 605 of the                     Commission has chosen to publish an agenda that
                                                  ‘‘small entity’’ for purposes of rulemaking                          RFA, 5 U.S.C. 605, that those items will not have                      includes significant and other substantive rules,
                                                  proceedings at 47 FR 18618 (April 30, 1982).                         a significant economic impact on a substantial                         regardless of their potential impact on small
                                                  Pursuant to that definition, the Commission is not                   number of small entities. For these reasons, the                       entities, to provide the public with broader notice
                                                  required to list—but nonetheless does—many of the                    listing of a rule in this regulatory flexibility agenda
                                                                                                                                                                                              of new or revised regulations the Commission may
                                                  items contained in this regulatory flexibility                       should not be taken as a determination that the rule,
                                                  agenda. See also 5 U.S.C. 602(a)(1). Moreover, for                   when proposed or promulgated, will in fact require                     consider and to enhance the public’s opportunity to
                                                  certain items listed in this agenda, the Commission                  a regulatory flexibility analysis. Rather, the                         participate in the rulemaking process.




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                                                         Action               Date           FR Cite        COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING                             Commission addressed these issues in a
                                                                                                            COMMISSION (CFTC)                                     final rule that, among other things,
                                                  Supplemental               01/24/17                                                                             revise the current approach to
                                                    NPRM Com-                                               Completed Actions
                                                                                                                                                                  Regulators’ access to SDRs’ swap data
                                                    ment Period                                             433. Indemnification Rulemaking                       and sets forth more information
                                                    End.                                                                                                          regarding the confidentiality agreement
                                                  Supplemental               01/26/17     82 FR 8502           E.O. 13771 Designation: Independent
                                                                                                            agency.                                               that is required by CEA section 21(d).
                                                    NPRM Com-
                                                    ment Period Ex-                                            Legal Authority: 7 U.S.C. 12a and 24a                 Completed:
                                                    tended.                                                    Abstract: The FAST Act repealed CEA
                                                  Supplemental               05/01/17                       section 21(d)(2), added to the CEA by                        Action              Date        FR Cite
                                                    NPRM Com-                                               Dodd-Frank section 728, which
                                                                                                                                                                  Final Rule ............   06/12/18   83 FR 27410
                                                    ment Period Ex-                                         provided that domestic and foreign
                                                                                                                                                                  Final Rule Effec-         08/13/18
                                                    tended End.                                             regulators that are otherwise eligible to,              tive.
                                                  NPRM ..................    06/00/19                       and that do, request data from an SDR
                                                                                                            (collectively, Regulators) agree to                      Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
                                                    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis                         indemnify the SDR and the CFTC for                    Required: Yes.
                                                  Required: Yes.                                            expenses resulting from litigation
                                                                                                                                                                     Agency Contact: Daniel J. Bucsa,
                                                                                                            relating to the information provided.
                                                    Agency Contact: Marilee Dahlman,                                                                              Phone: 202 418–5435, Email: dbucsa@
                                                                                                            When considered in light of the CFTC’s
                                                  Special Counsel, Division of Market                                                                             cftc.gov.
                                                                                                            current regulations addressing
                                                  Oversight, Commodity Futures Trading                      Regulators’ access to SDR data, the                      David E. Aron, Phone: 202 418–6621,
                                                  Commission, Three Lafayette Centre,                       removal of the indemnification                        Email: daron@cftc.gov.
                                                  1155 21st Street NW, Washington, DC                       requirement presented a number of                        Owen Kopon, Phone: 202 418–5360,
                                                  20581, Phone: 202 418–5264, Email:                        issues, primarily related to the scope of             Email: okopon@cftc.gov.
                                                  mdahlman@cftc.gov.                                        Regulators’ access to SDR data, and                      RIN: 3038–AE44.
                                                    RIN: 3038–AD52                                          maintaining the confidentiality of such               [FR Doc. 2018–24166 Filed 11–15–18; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                            data consistent with CEA section 8. The               BILLING CODE 6351–01–P
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Document Modified: 2018-11-16 07:22:55
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionProposed Rules
ActionSemiannual regulatory agenda.
ContactChristopher J. Kirkpatrick, Secretary of the Commission, (202) 418-5964, [email protected], Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street NW, Washington, DC 20581.
FR Citation83 FR 58113 

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