Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee, Agriculture Committee
Introduced
In Committee
On Floor
Passed Chamber
Enacted
This bill allows the Commodities and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to consider certain property as customer property for purposes of distribution priority in the event of bankruptcy of a commodities broker. Specifically, the CFTC may provide by rule that cash, securities, or other property including trading or operating accounts of the broker and commodities held in inventory by the broker are considered customer property, but only if other customer property is insufficient to satisfy the net equity claims of public customers.
To amend the Commodity Exchange Act to provide certainty for futures customers and market participants, and for other purposes.
USA116th CongressHR-4333| House
| Updated: 9/25/2019
This bill allows the Commodities and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to consider certain property as customer property for purposes of distribution priority in the event of bankruptcy of a commodities broker. Specifically, the CFTC may provide by rule that cash, securities, or other property including trading or operating accounts of the broker and commodities held in inventory by the broker are considered customer property, but only if other customer property is insufficient to satisfy the net equity claims of public customers.