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H.R. 6197: CFTC Reauthorization Act of 2019

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H.R. 6197: CFTC Reauthorization Act of 2019

116th Congress · introduced 2020-03-11 · Finance and Financial Sector · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2020-03-11 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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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 (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7] · 52 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Austin Scott (R-GA), Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Josh Harder (D-CA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Jim Costa (D-CA), Kim Schrier (D-WA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Alma S. Adams (D-NC)

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Bill
A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Rulemaking
The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr6197 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116