Expand All Collapse All Extent 12 folders, approximately 1,331 pages Summary This collection consist of email concerning the Commodity Futures Modernization Act. It includes email correspondence containing testimonies, memoranda, meeting arrangements, legislative drafts, press releases, Statements of Administration Position, news articles, Legislative Referral Memoranda, and weekly reports to Leon Panetta and President Clinton in reference to commodity futures. The testimonies include that of Assistant Secretary Lewis A. Sachs before the House Subcommittee on Research, Risk Management and Specialty Crops, on June 14, 2000 and that of Lawrence H. Summers on the Commodity Futures Modernization Act before the Senate Agriculture and Banking Committee on June 21, 2000. Scope and Content Note The materials in FOIA 2015-0223-F are a selective body of documents responsive to the topic of the FOIA. Researchers may also consult FOIA case 2010-0663-F for potentially related material. On December 21, 2000 President Clinton signed the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000. The Commodity Futures Modernization Act reauthorized the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and modernized legal and regulatory framework regarding over-the-counter (OTC) derivative transactions and markets. The email in this collection consist of testimonies, memorandum, meeting arrangements, legislative drafts, press releases, statements of administration position (SAP), news articles, legislative referral memoranda, and weekly reports to Leon Panetta and President Clinton in reference to commodity futures. The testimonies include Assistant Secretary Lewis A. Sachs to the House Subcommittee on Research, Risk Management and Specialty Crops, June 14, 2000 and Lawrence H. Summers on the Commodity Futures Modernization Act to the Senate Agriculture and Banking Committee, June 21, 2000. The Statements of Administration Position included are for H.R. 4541. Drafts of legislation include Title II - Coordinated Regulation of Security Futures Product, Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000, and Title III - Legal Certainty for Swap Agreements. Record Type Textual System of Arrangement Records that are responsive to this FOIA request were found in these collection areas Clinton Presidential Records: ARMS Emails and Clinton Presidential Records: TRP Emails. The Automated Records Management System (ARMS) is a database that contains email records of the Executive Office of the President. This system maintained unclassified Presidential email. The ARMS database is comprised of six sub-series of email records called "buckets." The buckets generally represent a specific White House office. The buckets are titled: NPR for National Performance Review, OPD for Office of Policy Development, POTUS for President of the United States, WHO for White House Office, CEA for Council of Economic Advisers, and Default for emails not associated with an office. The OPD bucket contains email created or received by an individual with an Office of Policy Development (OPD) White House user account. The WHO bucket contains email created or received by individual with an Executive Office of the President White House user account not identified as CEA, NPR, or OPD. The CEA bucket contains email created or received by an individual with a Council of Economic Advisors (CEA) White House user account. The Default bucket contains email created or received by unknown or un-recognized email accounts. Email found within the Default bucket often includes email created or received by offices or individuals outside the Executive Office of the President. ARMS email are arranged by topic, there-under by bucket, and there-under chronologically by creation date. The Tape Restoration Project (TRP) is a database consisting of restored emails from the Automated Records Management System (ARMS) from July 1994 through June of 2000. The TRP is a database that contains email records of the Executive Office of the President. This system maintained unclassified Presidential record email. The TRP database is comprised of the same six sub-series of email as in ARMS. TRP email are arranged by topic, there-under by bucket, and there-under chronologically by creation date. Access Collection is open to all researchers. Access to Clinton Presidential Records is governed by the Presidential Records Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. Chapter 22, as amended) and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 U.S.C. 552, as amended) and therefore records may be restricted in whole or in part in accordance with legal exemptions. Copyright Documents in this collection that were prepared by officials of the United States government as part of their official duties are in the public domain. Researchers are advised to consult the copyright law of the United States (17 U.S.C. Chapter 1) which governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Provenance Official records of William Jefferson Clinton’s presidency are housed at the Clinton Presidential Library and administered by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) under the provisions of the Presidential Records Act (PRA). Processed by Staff Archivist, 2015. Previously restricted materials are added as they are released. Last Modified Date 2015-12-31 Container List The following is a list of documents and folders processed in response to FOIA 2015-0223-F Box 1 Clinton Presidential Records: Automated Records Management System [Email] OPD [OA/ID 250000] [Commodity Futures Modernization Act] [02/03/1997 – 12/15/2000] WHO [OA/ID 500000] [Commodity Futures Modernization Act] [05/31/1994 – 06/13/2000] [06/13/2000 – 10/11/2000] [10/11/2000] [1] [10/11/2000] [2] [10/17/2000 – 10/19/2000] CEA [OA/ID 950000] [Commodity Futures Modernization Act] [02/18/1997 – 12/14/2000] Box 2 Default [OA/ID 1100000] [Commodity Futures Modernization Act] [11/02/1995 – 01/12/2000] [10/19/2000 – 12/15/2000] [10/19/2000] [1] [10/19/2000] [2] Clinton Presidential Records: Tape Restoration Project (TRP) [Email] Default [OA/ID 1100000] [Commodity Futures Modernization Act] [02/06/1998 – 06/30/1998]