To amend the Commodity Exchange Act to clarify treatment of privileged information after disclosure to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Sep 25, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
Progress
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- IntroducedSep 12, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
This bill addresses the application of privileged information protections to information provided to and provided by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Specifically, certain privileges are not waived by the CFTC upon providing commodity exchange information in accordance with provisions regarding disclosures to the public, Congress, federal and state authorities, and specified foreign authorities. Additionally, the CFTC may not be compelled to disclose certain privileged information obtained from a foreign futures authority. Furthermore, certain entities will not be considered to have waived privilege upon providing information to the CFTC.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 25, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
- Sep 12, 2019Introduced in House
- Sep 12, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector.
- Business records
- Commodities markets
- Commodity Futures Trading Commission
- Congressional oversight
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Foreign and international corporations
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Lawyers and legal services
- Right of privacy
- U.S. and foreign investments
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 12, 2019Introduced in House
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