HR 2779 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

To exempt inter-affiliate swaps from certain regulatory requirements put in place by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

Latest action · Mar 28, 2012 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 343.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedAug 1, 2011
  2. Passed HouseMar 26, 2012
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

(Sec. 1) Amends the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA), as amended by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank), to exclude from the meaning of the term "swap," for purposes of clearing and execution requirements, capital and margin requirements, and for purposes of defining a swap dealer or major swap participant, any agreement, contract, or transaction that: (1) would otherwise be included as a "swap"; and (2) is entered into by parties that report information or prepare financial statements on a consolidated basis, or for which a company affiliated with both parties reports information or prepares financial statements on a consolidated basis.

Requires that such exempted agreements, contracts, or transactions be reported to either a swap data repository, or, if no such repository would accept them, to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) within the time period prescribed by the CFTC.

Retains federal or state regulatory authority to protect the integrity of an insurance fund or guaranty fund. Prohibits the regulator of such a fund, however, from subjecting agreements, contracts, or transactions between affiliated companies to specified clearing, capital and margin requirements, or reporting requirements of the Wall Street Transparency and Accountability Act of 2010 (WSTAA) (title VII of Dodd-Frank).

States that such transactions, however, are not exempt from regulation under the Federal Reserve Act (FRA) with respect to transactions among banking affiliates.

Preserves the safety-and-soundness authorities of the federal banking agencies, other than the authorities set forth in WSTAA.

Authorizes the CFTC to prescribe rules that include in the definition of swaps any agreement, contract, or transaction that has been structured to evade CEA requirements applicable to swaps.

Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (SEA), as amended by Dodd-Frank, to exclude from the meaning of the term "security-based swap," for purposes of clearing and execution requirements, capital and margin requirements, and for purposes of defining a security-based swap dealer or major security-based swap participant, any agreement, contract, or transaction that: (1) would otherwise be included as a "security-based swap"; and (2) is entered into by parties that report information or prepare financial statements on a consolidated basis, or for which a company affiliated with both parties reports information or prepares financial statements on a consolidated basis.

Requires that such exempted agreements, contracts, or transactions be reported to either a security-based swap data repository, or, if no such repository would accept them, to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) within the time period prescribed by the SEC.

States that such transactions, however, are not exempt from regulation under the FRA with respect to transactions among banking affiliates.

Retains federal or state regulatory authority to protect the integrity of an insurance fund or guaranty fund. Prohibits the regulator of such a fund, however, from subjecting security-based swap transactions between affiliated companies to specified clearing and execution requirements, capital and margin requirements, or reporting requirements of the WSTAA.

Preserves the safety-and-soundness authorities of the federal banking agencies or state insurance regulators to impose capital requirements with regard to security-based swaps, other than the authorities set forth in WSTAA.

Authorizes the SEC to prescribe rules that include in the definition of security-based swaps any agreement, contract, or transaction that has been structured to evade SEA requirements applicable to security-based swaps.

(Sec. 2) 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

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Roll callQuestionResultDate
House 127Passed357–36Mar 26, 2012

Cosponsors 4

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Aug 1, 2011 to Jan 23, 2012; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-OHMarcia L. FudgeOriginalAug 1, 2011
D-WIGwen MooreNov 1, 2011
R-ILRobert J. DoldNov 30, 2011
R-NYChristopher P. GibsonJan 23, 2012

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseFinancial Services Committee
Referred Aug 1, 2011Markup Nov 30, 2011Reported Dec 23, 2011
Capital Markets Subcommittee
Referred Aug 22, 2011Hearings Oct 14, 2011Markup Nov 15, 2011Reported Nov 15, 2011
HouseAgriculture Committee
Referred Aug 1, 2011Markup Jan 25, 2012Reported Feb 8, 2012
General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit Subcommittee
Referred Sep 13, 2011Discharged Jan 25, 2012

Actions 26

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 28, 2012Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 343.
  2. Mar 27, 2012Received in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
  3. Mar 26, 2012Mr. Garrett moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  4. Mar 26, 2012Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1548-1551)
  5. Mar 26, 2012DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2779.
  6. 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.
  7. Mar 26, 2012Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1556-1557)
  8. Mar 26, 2012Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 357 - 36 (Roll no. 127). (text: CR H1548-1549)
  9. Mar 26, 2012Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  10. Feb 8, 2012Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Agriculture. H. Rept. 112-344, Part II.
  11. Feb 8, 2012Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 268.
  12. Feb 1, 2012House Committee on Agriculture Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Feb. 8, 2012.
  13. Jan 25, 2012Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Discharged.
  14. Jan 25, 2012Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  15. Jan 25, 2012Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
  16. Dec 23, 2011Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 112-344, Part I.
  17. Dec 23, 2011House Committee on Agriculture Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Feb. 1, 2012.
  18. Nov 30, 2011Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  19. Nov 30, 2011Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 53 - 0.
  20. Nov 15, 2011Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  21. Nov 15, 2011Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 6 .
  22. Oct 14, 2011Subcommittee Hearings Held.
  23. Sep 13, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
  24. Aug 22, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
  25. Aug 1, 2011Introduced in House
  26. Aug 1, 2011Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

In the Congressional Record 3

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
Senate · ExtensionsDebate and remarks E479, S2115Harry Reid D-NV, Mazie K. Hirono D-HIMar 28, 2012
SenateDebate and remarks S2113Mary L. Landrieu D-LAMar 27, 2012
HouseDebate and remarks H1548–H1551Text printed H1548Recorded votes H1556exemptGwen Moore D-WI, K. Michael Conaway R-TX, Marcia L. Fudge D-OH, Scott Garrett R-NJ, Steve Stivers R-OHMar 26, 2012

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2

  1. Feb 19, 2012H.R. 2779, A bill to exempt inter-affiliate swaps from certain regulatory requirements put in place by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection ActCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Agriculture on January 25, 2012
  2. Dec 22, 2011H.R. 2779, A bill to exempt inter-affiliate swaps from certain regulatory requirements put in place by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection ActCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on November 30, 2011

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: The bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H5887.

Printed hearings 6

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
Serial No. 112-163CHALLENGES FACING THE U.S. CAPITAL MARKETS TO EFFECTIVELY IMPLEMENT TITLE VII OF THE DODD-FRANK ACT183 pagesFinancial Services CommitteeDec 12, 2012
Serial No. 112-146WHO'S IN YOUR WALLET? DODD-FRANK'S IMPACT ON FAMILIES, COMMUNITIES, AND SMALL BUSINESSES149 pagesFinancial Services CommitteeJul 19, 2012
Serial No. 112-119OVERSIGHT OF THE U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION85 pagesFinancial Services CommitteeApr 25, 2012
Serial No. 112-29THE COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION 2012 AGENDA87 pagesAgriculture CommitteeFeb 29, 2012
Serial No. 112-75LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS TO BRING CERTAINTY TO THE OVER-THE-COUNTER DERIVATIVES MARKET150 pagesFinancial Services CommitteeOct 14, 2011

CRS reports 3

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 3

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

ProductTitleKindPublished
R43117The Commodity Futures Trading Commission: Background and Current Issues ArchivedReportJun 24, 2013
R42961Comparing G-20 Reform of the Over-the-Counter Derivatives Markets ArchivedReportFeb 19, 2013
R42129Derivatives Legislation in the 112th Congress ArchivedReportDec 27, 2011

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To exempt inter-affiliate swaps from certain regulatory requirements put in place by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector.

Text 4

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 28, 2012Placed on Calendar Senate
  2. Mar 26, 2012Engrossed in House
  3. Feb 8, 2012Reported in House
  4. Aug 1, 2011Introduced in House

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