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News Article The CFTC may remove regulations that for more than a decade treated agricultural swaps and commodity options differently than other transactions in the $583 trillion swaps market. The Commission is considering a proposal that would put agricultural swaps under the same rules as interest rate, credit and other types of swaps. Approval by commissioners would open the measure to public comment before it is completed. Publication Bloomberg Date January 20, 2011 Cross References (links may require a Cabinet subscription) Dodd-Frank Act, Title VII, Sec. 723

CFTC Dodd-Frank Rulemaking The CFTC is proposing rules that would implement regulations whereby swaps in agricultural commodities and all commodity options (including options on both agricultural and non-agricultural commodities), other than options on futures, may transact subject to the same rules as all other swaps. The proposed rules for swaps in an agricultural commodity would repeal and replace the CFTC's regulations concerning the exemption of swap agreements. Document Number 76 Fed. Reg. 6095 Date February 3, 2011 Closing Date for Comments: April 4, 2011 Cross References Dodd-Frank Act

CFTC Meetings 76 Fed. Reg. 25309 May 4, 2011 The CFTC's Agricultural Advisory Committee will hold a public meeting on May 19, 2011 to discuss issues related to the Dodd-Frank Act. Cross References Dodd-Frank Act, Title VII

CFTC Agricultural Advisory Meeting CFTC PR 6038-11 May 16, 2011 The CFTC will convene a meeting of its Agricultural Advisory Committee (AAC) on Thursday, May 19, 2011, to obtain the views of agricultural futures market experts, national farm organizations, major commodity and agribusiness groups and the farm banking community. The major topics for discussion will be issues related to the Dodd-Frank Act, including position limits, hedge exemptions, the swap dealer definition, the end user exception and margin requirements for uncleared swaps. The AAC also will receive a presentation on recent

76 FR 41048 July 13, 2011 The final rulemaking adopts a definition of the term agricultural commodity, CFTC Rule 1.3(zz), which is necessary for, among other things, the Commission's agricultural swaps rulemaking and the Commission's agricultural commodity speculative position limit rule. The proposed definition includes four categories: 1) The enumerated commodities listed in section 1a of the Act, including such things as wheat, cotton, corn, the soybean complex, livestock, etc.; 2) A general operational definition that covers: "All other commodities that are, or once were, or are derived