,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fhii  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #ah1       
#bjbe,mr4 ,taylor 7for himself and ,ms4 
,brown7 introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,agriculture  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the  
,commodity ,exchange ,act to improve the
 administration of advisory committees  
at the ,commodity ,futures ,trading     
,commission4  #a4 ,short title ,this    
,act may be cited as the ,,cftc         
,advisory ,committee ,improvement ,act  
of #bjbe4  #b4 ,advisory committee      
changes  7a7 ,in general ,section       
#b7;a77#ae7 of the ,commodity ,exchange 
,act 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #b7;a77#ae77 is      
amended to read as follows3  7#ae7      
,advisory committees  7,a7              
,establishment ,the ,commission shall   
establish advisory committees to serve  
as vehicles for discussion and          
communication on matters related to the 
regulatory activities of the            
,commission4  7,b7 ,activities ,the     

activities of an advisory committee     
shall include the following3 7i7 to hold
 meetings at such intervals as necessary
 to carry out the functions of the      
advisory committee2 and  7ii7 to submit 
to the ,commission such reports and     
recommendations to the ,commission      
7including minority views1 if any7 as   
the advisory committee deems            
appropriate4  7,c7 ,applicability of the
 ,federal ,advisory ,committee ,act ,an 
advisory committee established under    
this paragraph shall be subject to      
chapter #aj of title #e1 ,united ,states
 ,code4  4  7b7 ,existing advisory      
committees ,an advisory committee that1 
as of the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 had a charter established by the  
,commodity ,futures ,trading            
,commission1 or that was established by 
section #b7;a77#ae7 of the ,commodity   
,exchange ,act1 as in effect before such
 date of enactment1 may continue to     
operate in accordance with the charter  
or in accordance with such section1 as  

so in effect1 until the charter is      
renewed or ,september #cj1 #bjbf1       
whichever occurs first4