2017-10622
Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 99 (Wednesday, May 24, 2017)
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 99 (Wednesday, May 24, 2017)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 23765-23766]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-10622]
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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
17 CFR Chapter I
RIN 3038-AE55
Project KISS
AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
ACTION: Request for Information; Correction.
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SUMMARY: This is a correction to a Request for Information published by
the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (``Commission'' or ``CFTC'')
in the Federal Register of May 9, 2017 regarding the submission by the
public of suggestions about how the Commission's existing rules,
regulations, or practices could be applied in a simpler, less
burdensome, and less costly manner. This correction changes the web
address to which suggestions may be submitted. The incorrect web
address appeared in two places in the original document. To avoid any
confusion and to ensure the public has all necessary information in one
place, the Request for Information is being republished in full with
the corrected web address.
DATES: Suggestions must be received on or before September 30, 2017.
ADDRESSES: You may submit suggestions, identified by RIN number 3038-
AE55, by any of the following methods:
The agency's Web site, at www.cftc.gov/projectkiss. Follow
the instructions for submitting a Project KISS suggestion through the
Public Comment Form.
Mail: Christopher Kirkpatrick, Secretary of the
Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Three Lafayette
Centre, 1155 21st Street, NW., Washington, DC 20581.
Hand Delivery/Courier: Same as Mail, above.
Please submit your suggestions using only one method.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Gill, Regulatory Reform
Officer, (202) 418-5713, [email protected], Commodity Futures Trading
Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 1151 21st Street NW., Washington,
DC 20581; or [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 24, 2017, President Donald J.
Trump issued Executive Order 13777: Enforcing the Regulatory Reform
Agenda (``EO 13777''). EO 13777 directs federal agencies, among other
things, to designate a Regulatory Reform Officer and establish a
Regulatory Reform Task Force. Although the CFTC, as an independent
federal agency,\1\ is not bound by EO 13777, the Commission is
nevertheless commencing an agency-wide review of its rules,
regulations, and practices to make them simpler, less burdensome, and
less costly. This initiative is called Project KISS, which stands for
``Keep It Simple Stupid.'' \2\ In support of these efforts, the
Commission has approved the solicitation of suggestions from the public
regarding how the Commission's existing rules, regulations, or
practices could be applied in a simpler, less burdensome, and less
costly manner. The public may submit Project KISS suggestions through
the Public Comment Form on the
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Commission's Web site, at www.cftc.gov/projectkiss.
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\1\ Independent federal agencies exist outside of the federal
executive departments headed by a Cabinet secretary and the
Executive Office of the President. See Humphrey's Executor v. United
States, 295 U.S. 602 (1935); 5 U.S.C. 104.
\2\ See Remarks of Acting Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo
before the 42nd Annual International Futures Industry Conference in
Boca Raton, FL, Mar. 15, 2017, available at http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/SpeechesTestimony/opagiancarlo-20.
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The Commission is not asking the public to identify rules for
revocation, suspension, annulment, withdrawal, limitation, amendment,
modification, conditioning or repeal. The submission of a Project KISS
suggestion will not constitute a petition for issuance, amendment, or
repeal of a rule pursuant to Sec. 13.2 of the Commission's
regulations,\3\ nor will it constitute a request for an exemptive, no-
action, or interpretive letter pursuant to Sec. 140.99 of the
Commission's regulations.\4\ The Commission will treat Project KISS
suggestions like the Commission treats other correspondence that it
receives. Submission of a Project KISS suggestion may not result in
Commission action.
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\3\ 17 CFR 13.2.
\4\ 17 CFR 140.99.
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All suggestions must be submitted in English, or if not,
accompanied by an English translation. Suggestions will be posted as
received to www.cftc.gov. You should submit only information that you
wish to make available publicly. If you wish to submit information that
you believe is exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information
Act in your suggestion(s), please submit your suggestion(s) via Mail or
Hand Delivery/Courier and also submit a petition for confidential
treatment of the exempt information according to the procedures
established in Sec. 145.9 of the Commission's regulations.\5\
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\5\ 17 CFR 145.9.
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The Commission reserves the right, but shall have no obligation, to
review, pre-screen, filter, redact, refuse or remove any or all of your
suggestion(s) from www.cftc.gov that it may deem to be inappropriate
for publication, such as a suggestion containing obscene language. Any
suggestions that contain comments on the merits of an outstanding
proposed rulemaking will be retained in the public comment file for
that rulemaking and considered as required under the Administrative
Procedure Act and other applicable laws. All suggestions that have been
redacted or removed that contain comments on the merits of an
outstanding proposed rulemaking will be retained in the public comment
file and will be considered as required under the Administrative
Procedure Act and other applicable laws, and may be accessible under
the Freedom of Information Act.
Dated: May 19, 2017.
Christopher J. Kirkpatrick,
Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2017-10622 Filed 5-23-17; 8:45 am]
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