Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee, Agriculture Committee
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CFTC Reauthorization Act of 2019 This bill reauthorizes through FY2025 the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and generally revises provisions related to the CFTC. Among other things, the bill exempts certain companies from the mandatory swaps clearing requirements if they have less than $10 million in assets, provides for the regulation of digital commodities, exempts certain charitable organizations from commodity trading advisor and commodity pool operator registration requirements, provides that the CFTC's authority to enforce prohibitions regarding fraud and other disruptive trading practices applies to foreign activities, eliminates the double-sided confirmation requirement for swap data repositories, and expands whistleblower protections.
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAdvisory bodiesBankruptcyCommodities marketsCommodity Futures Trading CommissionCompetitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficitsCongressional oversightDigital mediaEconomic theoryEmployment discrimination and employee rightsExecutive agency funding and structureFederal officialsFraud offenses and financial crimesGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsInflation and pricesLicensing and registrationsMetalsMinority employmentResearch administration and fundingResearch and developmentSocial work, volunteer service, charitable organizationsTrade secrets and economic espionageWomen's employment
CFTC Reauthorization Act of 2019
USA116th CongressHR-4895| House
| Updated: 11/26/2019
CFTC Reauthorization Act of 2019 This bill reauthorizes through FY2025 the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and generally revises provisions related to the CFTC. Among other things, the bill exempts certain companies from the mandatory swaps clearing requirements if they have less than $10 million in assets, provides for the regulation of digital commodities, exempts certain charitable organizations from commodity trading advisor and commodity pool operator registration requirements, provides that the CFTC's authority to enforce prohibitions regarding fraud and other disruptive trading practices applies to foreign activities, eliminates the double-sided confirmation requirement for swap data repositories, and expands whistleblower protections.
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAdvisory bodiesBankruptcyCommodities marketsCommodity Futures Trading CommissionCompetitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficitsCongressional oversightDigital mediaEconomic theoryEmployment discrimination and employee rightsExecutive agency funding and structureFederal officialsFraud offenses and financial crimesGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsInflation and pricesLicensing and registrationsMetalsMinority employmentResearch administration and fundingResearch and developmentSocial work, volunteer service, charitable organizationsTrade secrets and economic espionageWomen's employment