HR 4234 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

To amend the Commodity Exchange Act with respect to the regulation of virtual currencies.

Fact sheet

Latest action · Sep 11, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.

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.

  1. IntroducedSep 6, 2019
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

This bill provides for data collection by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) regarding virtual currency derivatives. Specifically, a board of trade, contract market, or a swap execution facility that trades a contract or swap referencing a virtual currency must have (1) access to all trade and trader data regarding that virtual currency, and (2) the capability to provide that data to the CFTC upon request.

Cosponsors

Members who signed on, in the order they did.

No cosponsors are on file for this measure.

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 11, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
  2. Sep 6, 2019Introduced in House
  3. Sep 6, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Sep 6, 2019Introduced in House

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