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        <PUBLICATION>
            <PUBLICATION_ID>201610</PUBLICATION_ID>
            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
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            <NAME>Securities and Exchange Commission</NAME>
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<p>The Commission&nbsp;proposed guidance&nbsp;jointly with the Commodities Futures Trading Commission&nbsp;on certain electric power and natural gas contracts not considered to be swaps because they are customary commercial arrangements of the type described in "Further Definitions of 'Swap,' 'Security-Based Swap,' and 'Security-Based Swap Agreement';&nbsp; Mixed Swaps; Security-Based Swap Agreement Recordkeeping," 77 FR 48207, 48246 (Aug. 13, 2012)</p>
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        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Substantive, Nonsignificant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>First Time Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Final Rule Stage</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>Undetermined</MAJOR>
        <UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
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        <CFR_LIST>
            <CFR>None</CFR>
        </CFR_LIST>
        <LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>Dodd Frank Act 712(d)(4)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
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        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
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            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Proposed Interpretive Guidance</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>04/08/2016</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>81 FR 20583</FR_CITATION>
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            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Proposed Interpretive Guidance Comment Period End</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>05/09/2016</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Final Action</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>10/00/2017</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
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        <RFA_REQUIRED>No</RFA_REQUIRED>
        <GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>Undetermined</GOVT_LEVEL>
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        <FEDERALISM>Undetermined</FEDERALISM>
        <FURTHER_INFO_URL>www.sec.gov.rules/iinterp/2016/33-10062.pdf</FURTHER_INFO_URL>
        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
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            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Carol</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>McGee</LAST_NAME>
                <TITLE>Division of Trading and Markets</TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>3235</CODE>
                    <NAME>Securities and Exchange Commission</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>SEC</ACRONYM>
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                <PHONE>202 551-5870</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>mcgeec@sec.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>100 F Street NE,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20549</ZIP>
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