H.R. 7840
119th Congress
House
Event Contract Enforcement Act
Official title: To amend the Commodity Exchange Act to prohibit event contracts based on terrorism, assassination, war, gaming, illegal activity, election outcomes, government… Show full official titleShow less
Official title: To amend the Commodity Exchange Act to prohibit event contracts based on terrorism, assassination, war, gaming, illegal activity, election outcomes, government activities, or other activities determined by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to be contrary to the public interest, and to allow States to exempt themselves from the prohibition on gaming contracts.
Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 3, 2026
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.
Mar 18, 2026
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2588-2589)
Mar 5, 2026
Introduced in House
Mar 5, 2026
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
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What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.
Bill text
1 version
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Committees of jurisdiction
2
Lobbying activity
22
- AMERICAN GAMING ASSOCIATION
- THE MADISON GROUP
- THE MADISON GROUP
- HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP
- HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP
- HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Treasury, Dept of
- Interior, Dept of (DOI)
- White House Office
- Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
- Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
- Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7840: Event Contract Enforcement Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-7840/
"H.R. 7840: Event Contract Enforcement Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-7840/.
H.R. 7840, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-7840/.
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