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S 1412 111th Congress Senate Finance and Financial Sector Administrative law and regulatory procedures Commodities markets Commodity Futures Trading Commission Trade restrictions

Commodity Speculation Reform Act of 2009

Introduced: July 8, 2009 Introduced by: Collins, Susan M. Republican · Maine See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Jul 8, 2009
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Commodity Speculation Reform Act of 2009 - Amends the Commodity Exchange Act to prohibit the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) from issuing a no action letter to any foreign board of trade that lists a contract whose price settles on the price of a contract traded on a CFTC-regulated exchange, unless the foreign board provides the CFTC with information and data accessibility comparable to those provided the CFTC by entities under its jurisdiction.

Directs the CFTC to promulgate regulations to establish and enforce speculative position limits for qualifying commodities, a methodology for aggregating specified positions, and information reporting rules to facilitate monitoring and enforcement of speculative position limits and over-the-counter commodity derivatives.

Prohibits a person from holding or controlling a position, separately or in combination, net long or net short, for the purchase or sale of a commodity for future delivery or, on a futures-equivalent basis, any option, or an over-the-counter commodity derivative that exceeds CFTC speculative position limits.

What's happening now July 8, 2009

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

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