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The staff is considering recommending that the Commission amend its regulations to require that all persons registered with the Commission as introducing brokers ("IBs"), commodity pool operators ("CPOs"), and commodity trading advisors ("CTAs") become and remain members of at least one registered futures association ("RFA"). The staff believes that such a rule is necessary or appropriate to ensure comprehensive and effective market oversight and to level the regulatory playing field for all registered intermediaries, in light of changes to the Commodity Exchange Act that were set forth in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.