AGENCY:

Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

ACTION:

Semiannual regulatory agenda.

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, ckirkpatrick@cftc.gov, 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).

The Commission's Spring 2020 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.

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION (CFTC)

Long-Term Actions

280. 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); 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 (NPRM) 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. The NPRM and Supplemental NPRM, through a set of proposed regulations collectively referred to as “Regulation AT,” would require registration of certain market participants that engage in proprietary algorithmic trading; impose pre-trade risk control, testing, and certification requirements on market participants, futures commission merchants, and/or designated contract markets; and set forth preservation and access obligations relating to algorithmic trading source code. The Commission expects that this proposal will be superseded by Electronic Trading Risk Principles, 3038-AE96.

Timetable:

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.

Agency Contact: Marilee Dahlman, Phone: 202 418-5264, Email: mdahlman@cftc.gov.

RIN: 3038-AD52

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