CFTC Notice on Information Collection Activities

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ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request
(ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), of the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB), for review and comment. The ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its expected costs
and burden.

DATES:

Comments must be submitted on or before March 30, 2026.

ADDRESSES:

Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be submitted within 30 days of this notice's
publication to OIRA, at https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Please find this particular information collection by selecting “Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments” or
by using the website's search function. Comments can be entered electronically by clicking on the “comment” button next to
the information collection on the “OIRA Information Collections Under Review” page, or the “View ICR—Agency Submission” page.
A copy of the supporting statement for the collection of information discussed herein may be obtained by visiting https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.

In addition to the submission of comments to https://Reginfo.gov as indicated above, a copy of all comments submitted to OIRA may also be submitted to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission
(the “Commission” or “CFTC”) by clicking on the “Submit Comment” box next to the descriptive entry for OMB Control No. 3038-0025,
at https://comments.cftc.gov/FederalRegister/PublicInfo.aspx.

Or by either of the following methods:

• Mail: Christopher Kirkpatrick, Secretary of the Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st
Street NW, Washington, DC 20581.

• Hand Delivery/Courier: Same as Mail above.

All comments must be submitted in English, or if not, accompanied by an English translation. Comments submitted to the Commission
should

     include only information that you wish to make available publicly. If you wish the Commission to consider information that
     you believe is exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, a petition for confidential treatment of the exempt
     information may be submitted according to the procedures established in § 145.9 of the Commission's regulations. [(1)]() The Commission reserves the right, but shall have no obligation, to review, pre-screen, filter, redact, refuse or remove any
     or all of your submission from *https://www.cftc.gov* that it may deem to be inappropriate for publication, such as obscene language. All submissions that have been redacted or
     removed that contain comments on the merits of the ICR will be retained in the public comment file and will be considered
     as required under the Administrative Procedure Act and other applicable laws, and may be accessible under the Freedom of Information
     Act.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Scott Thompson, Assistant General Counsel for Ethics, Office of the General Counsel, Commodity Futures Trading Commission;
phone: 202-418-6590; email: Ethics@cftc.gov, and refer to OMB Control No. 3038-0025.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Practice by Former Members and Employees of the Commission (OMB Control No. 3038-0025). This is a request for an extension
of a currently approved information collection.

Abstract: Commission Rule 140.735-6 governs the practice before the Commission of former members and employees of the Commission and
is intended to ensure that the Commission is aware of any existing conflict of interest. The rule, at 17 CFR 140.735-6(e),
requires former members and employees who are employed or retained to represent any person before the Commission within two
years of their separation from the CFTC, to file a brief written statement with the Commission's Office of the General Counsel.
The proposed rule was promulgated pursuant to the Commission's rulemaking authority contained in Section 8a(5) of the Commodity
Exchange Act, 7 U.S.C. 12a(5) (1994), as amended.

An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays
a currently valid OMB control number. (2) On December 11, 2025, the Commission published in the
Federal Register
notice of the proposed extension of this information collection and provided 60 days for public comment on the proposed extension,
90 FR 57453 (“60-Day Notice”). The Commission did not receive any comments on the 60-Day Notice.

Burden Statement: The respondent burden for this collection is estimated to average 0.10 hours per response to file the brief written statement.
This estimate includes the time needed to review instructions, utilize technology and systems for the purposes of collecting,
validating, verifying, processing and disclosing information, and adjust/update existing methods to comply with any previously
applicable instructions and requirements.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 20.

Estimated Average Burden Hours per Respondent: 0.10.

Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2.

Frequency of Collection: On occasion.

There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this collection.

(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.)

Dated: February 25, 2026. Robert Sidman, Deputy Secretary of the Commission. [FR Doc. 2026-03983 Filed 2-26-26; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6351-01-P

Footnotes

(1) 17 CFR 145.9.

(2) 44 U.S.C. 3512, 5 CFR 1320.5(b)(2)(i) and 1320.8 (b)(3)(vi).

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