Establishment of Roles and responsibilities of Newly inducted members of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission - Public Reporting

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In summary, the Commission’s response to the comments received, and its review of COT issues, will consist of the following actions:

1. The Commission will continue to provide the COT reports it currently publishes,2 covering over 90 U.S. commodity markets, with no changes in the form, format, or timing;
2. On January 5, 2007, the Commission will begin publishing an additional COT weekly report entitled “COT—Supplemental;”
3. The new report will show aggregate futures and option positions of Noncommercial, Commercial, and Index Traders in 12 selected agricultural commodities; 3 and
4. The new report will be published on a two-year, pilot program basis.