H.R. 4895: CFTC Reauthorization Act of 2019

116th Congress · introduced 2019-10-29 · Finance and Financial Sector · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 254.

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Where it came from: introduced 2019-10-29 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 254. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

CFTC Reauthorization Act of 2019

Plain summary

CFTC Reauthorization Act of 2019 This bill reauthorizes through FY2025 the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and generally revises provisions related to the CFTC. Among other things, the bill exempts certain companies from the mandatory swaps clearing requirements if they have less than $10 million in assets, provides for the regulation of digital commodities, exempts certain charitable organizations from commodity trading advisor and commodity pool operator registration requirements, provides that the CFTC's authority to enforce prohibitions regarding fraud and other disruptive trading practices applies to foreign activities, eliminates the double-sided confirmation requirement for swap data repositories, and expands whistleblower protections.

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Official text

CFTC Reauthorization Act of 2019

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7] · 28 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 4895, CFTC Reauthorization Act of 2019 (2019-11-27)

Cosponsors on this site

Austin Scott (R-GA), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR), Rick W. Allen (R-GA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Mike Bost (R-IL), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), David Rouzer (R-NC), Josh Harder (D-CA), James Comer (R-KY), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Neal P. Dunn (R-FL), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Dusty Johnson (R-SD), James R. Baird (R-IN), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT)

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hr4895.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr>

Record fed-us-cong116-hr4895 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116