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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-463) created the CFTC to replace the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Commodity Exchange Authority. [ citation needed ] The Act made extensive changes to the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) of 1936, which itself amended the original Grain Futures Act of 1922.
Introduced in the House of Representatives as H.R. 4763 by Glenn Thompson (R-PA) on July 20, 2023 Passed the House on 22 May 2024 (279–136, with bipartisan support) The Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act (FIT21) is a bill in the U.S. Congress to explicitly address the treatment of digital assets under U.S. law.
The weekly report details trader positions in most of the futures contract markets in the United States. Data for the report is required by the CFTC from traders in markets that have 20 or more traders holding positions large enough to meet the reporting level established by the CFTC for each of those markets. 1 These data are gathered from schedules electronically submitted each week to the ...
The Securities Act of 1933 regulates the distribution of securities to public investors by creating registration and liability provisions to protect investors. With only a few exemptions, every security offering is required to be registered with the SEC by filing a registration statement that includes issuer history, business competition and material risks, litigation information, previous ...
However, NYMEX's reputation suffered in Washington, D.C., especially with the regulations in the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the president of the exchange, Richard Leone brought in John Elting Treat, White House energy adviser to Presidents Carter and Reagan to help restore the credibility of NYMEX and to help the exchange ...
CFTC may refer to: Commodity Futures Trading Commission, an American federal agency that regulates U.S. derivatives markets; Confédération Française des Travailleurs Chrétiens (French Confederation of Christian Workers), a major French confederation of trade unions; Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation, a Commonwealth of Nations ...
Commodity Exchange Act; Other short titles: Commodity Exchange Act of 1936: Long title: An Act to amend the grain futures act to prevent and remove obstructions and burdens upon interstate commerce in grains and other commodities by regulating transactions therein on commodity futures exchanges, to limit or abolish short selling, to curb manipulation, and for other purposes.
Dan Michael Berkovitz was nominated by President Donald Trump to serve as a commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on April 24, 2018. He was unanimously confirmed by the Senate on August 28, 2018 and sworn into office on September 7, 2018 for a five-year term expiring on April 13, 2023.