US House Of Representatives Passes Bill Re-Authorizing The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission

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On January 12, 2017, the US House of Representatives passed H.R. 238, the Commodity End-User Relief Act, a bipartisan bill to reauthorize the US CFTC.

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On January 12, 2017, the US House of Representatives passed H.R. 238, the Commodity End-User Relief Act, a bipartisan bill to reauthorize the US CFTC. Although the bill largely mirrors previous legislation to reauthorize the CFTC, it included several regulatory reforms, including a provision regarding the regulation of cross-border swaps, and a provision that would require the CFTC to vote in order to change the current de minimis swap dealer registration threshold of $8 billion.

The text of the bill is available at: http://agriculture.house.gov/about/legislation/h-r-238-commodity-end-user-relief- act.htm.

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