[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 91 (Thursday, May 9, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21163-21164]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-11604]



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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

Advisory Committee on CFTC-State Cooperation; 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 Advisory Committee on CFTC-State 
Cooperation will conduct a public meeting on May 21, 1996 in the first 
floor hearing room (Room 1000) of the Commission's Washington, D.C. 
Headquarters, Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street, N.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20581. The meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m. and last 
until 12:00 noon. The agenda will consist of the following:

Agenda

A. Part 1
    1. Opening Remarks--Acting Chairman John E. Tull, CFTC; Barbara 
Pedersen Holum, Commissioner, CFTC and Chairman, Advisory Committee on 
CFTC-State Cooperation.
    2. Recently appointed CFTC Director of Enforcement, Geoffrey 
Aronow, will discuss recent enforcement actions and the future 
direction for the division.
    3. Discussion regarding Telemarketing Scams and the CFTC crackdown 
on the publishers of commodity newsletters which, although 
unregistered, are providing investment advice.
    4. Discussion of the possibilities for use and abuse of futures 
trading and the Internet.
B. Part 2
    5. Discussion regarding Derivatives and Fraud: What recent high 
profile cases show about derivatives and what can be done about it.
    6. Discussion of other questions of concern to Advisory Committee 
members.
    The Advisory Committee was created by the Commodity Futures Trading 
Commission for the purpose of receiving advise and recommendations on 
matters of joint concern to the States and the Commission arising under 
the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended. The purposes and objectives of 
the Advisory Committee on CFTC-State Cooperation are more fully set 
forth in the Tenth Renewal Charter of the Advisory Committee.
    The meeting is open to the public. The Chairman of the Advisory 
Committee, Commissioner Barbara Pedersen Holum, is empowered to conduct 
the meeting in a fashion that will, in her 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 Advisory Committee on CFTC-
State Cooperation c/o Commissioner Barbara Pedersen Holum, 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 Commission Holum 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.


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    Issued by the Commission in Washington, D.C. on May 3, 1996.
Jean A. Webb,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 96-11604 Filed 5-8-96; 8:45 am]
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