This bill amends the Commodity Exchange Act to enhance the protection of proprietary information submitted to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). It mandates the CFTC to establish new rules and regulations for handling such sensitive data, ensuring its confidentiality and security. Specifically, the CFTC must adopt rules to address circumstances for requesting proprietary information, safeguard it based on sensitivity, limit access to appropriate staff, and protect it from unlawful use or disclosure . These comprehensive rules are designed to ensure the integrity and security of sensitive business data provided to the Commission. Furthermore, the bill requires the CFTC to develop rules for sharing proprietary information with other governmental entities . These rules must ensure that any receiving entity provides assurances of maintaining sufficient safeguards consistent with the CFTC's own protection policies and existing confidentiality limitations.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Finance and Financial Sector
CFTC Proprietary Information Act of 2026
USA119th CongressHR-8125| House
| Updated: 3/26/2026
This bill amends the Commodity Exchange Act to enhance the protection of proprietary information submitted to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). It mandates the CFTC to establish new rules and regulations for handling such sensitive data, ensuring its confidentiality and security. Specifically, the CFTC must adopt rules to address circumstances for requesting proprietary information, safeguard it based on sensitivity, limit access to appropriate staff, and protect it from unlawful use or disclosure . These comprehensive rules are designed to ensure the integrity and security of sensitive business data provided to the Commission. Furthermore, the bill requires the CFTC to develop rules for sharing proprietary information with other governmental entities . These rules must ensure that any receiving entity provides assurances of maintaining sufficient safeguards consistent with the CFTC's own protection policies and existing confidentiality limitations.