Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act of 2012
Latest action · Mar 28, 2012 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 342.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJul 28, 2011
- Passed HouseMar 26, 2012
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act of 2012 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) to exempt, from the rules of prudential regulators for swap dealers and major swap participants with respect to initial and variation margin requirements for swaps not cleared by a registered derivatives clearing organization, those swaps in which one of the counterparties: (1) is eligible for an exception from clearing requirements for certain significant price discovery agreements, contracts, or transactions in a commodity exempt from regulation by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); or (2) satisfies specified criteria governing treatment of affiliates in connection with clearing requirements.
Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, regarding registration and regulation of security-based swap dealers and major security-based swap participants, to exempt from initial and variation margin requirements for swaps not cleared by a registered derivatives clearing organization a security-based swap in which one of the counterparties: (1) qualifies for a specified exception from clearing requirements, or (2) satisfies certain criteria governing the treatment of affiliates.
(Sec. 3) Requires that the amendments to CEA made by this Act be implemented: (1) without regard to federal information policy requirements or the notice and comment requirements of federal administrative procedure; and (2) through promulgation of an interim final rule, pursuant to which public comment will be sought before a final rule is issued.
Limits the disregard of such federal information policy and notice and comment requirements solely to changes to rules and regulations, or proposed rule and regulations, that are limited to, and directly a consequence of, the amendments to CEA made by this Act.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 128 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Passed370–24 | Mar 26, 2012 |
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 28, 2011 to Feb 7, 2012, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-GA | Austin Scott | Original | Jul 28, 2011 |
| D-MI | Gary C. Peters | Original | Jul 28, 2011 |
| D-NY | William L. Owens | Original | Jul 28, 2011 |
| R-IL | Robert J. Dold | Nov 30, 2011 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Jan 18, 2012 | |
| R-GA | Jack Kingston | Jan 31, 2012 | |
| D-NC | Mike McIntyre | Feb 7, 2012 |
Actions 24
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 28, 2012Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 342.
- Mar 27, 2012Received in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
- Mar 26, 2012At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
- Mar 26, 2012Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1557-1558)
- Mar 26, 2012Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1551-1553)
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1610 | Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act of 2011 | Related bill | May 11, 2011 |
| S 1650 | Dodd-Frank Improvement Act of 2011 | Related bill | Oct 4, 2011 |
| S 3480 | A bill to provide end user exemptions from certain provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. | Related bill | Aug 1, 2012 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 28, 2012Placed on Calendar Senate
- Mar 26, 2012Engrossed in House
- Feb 8, 2012Reported in House
- Jul 28, 2011Introduced in House
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