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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

Open Meeting on Three Final Rule Proposals under the Dodd-Frank Act Agricultural Swaps This is the pre-Federal Register Release version . It repeals existing Part 35 in its entirety, replacing it with a new heading: Swaps in an Agricultural Commodity (Agricultural Swaps) and creates a new Rule 35.1 Agricultural Swaps, generally. Cross References Dodd-Frank Act, Title VII, Secs. 723(c)(3) and 733; new CEA Sec. 5h(b)(2); 17 CFR Part 35.

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