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HR 2328 112th Congress House Finance and Financial Sector Administrative law and regulatory procedures Commodities markets Commodity Futures Trading Commission Energy prices Lighting, heating, cooling Motor fuels Oil and gas

End Excessive Oil Speculation Now Act of 2011

Introduced: June 23, 2011 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 13, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
Jun 23, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Jun 23, 2011
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

End Excessive Oil Speculation Now Act of 2011 - Directs the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to establish speculative position limits: (1) in any registered trading entity on or through which crude oil, gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel, or heating oil futures or swaps are traded that are equal to the position accountability levels or position limits established by the New York Mercantile Exchange (Exchange); and (2) that are equal to the position accountability levels or position limits established by such Exchange upon the aggregate number or amount of positions in contracts based upon the same underlying commodity that may be held by any person (including any group or class of traders) for each month across specified contracts, transactions, and swap contracts.

Directs the Chairman to: (1) establish margin requirements of 12% for speculative swaps and futures trading in crude oil, gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel, and heating oil; (2) require each bank holding company, investment bank, hedge fund, or swaps dealer trading energy futures or swaps for its own benefit, or on behalf of, or as counterparty to, an index fund, exchange traded fund, or other noncommercial participant, to register with the CFTC as a noncommercial participant and be subject to position limits and margin requirements under this Act.

Exempts bona-fide hedge trading from such position limits and margin requirements.

Expresses the sense of Congress that, if finalized, the proposed position limits for derivatives that the CFTC included in a specified notice of proposed rulemaking do not fulfill the requirements of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to diminish, eliminate, or prevent excessive speculation.

What's happening now July 13, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.

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