US Congress House Bill 4325 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on September 12 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-09-25 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
Pending: House Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

To amend the Commodity Exchange Act to clarify treatment of privileged information after disclosure to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and for other purposes.

Rep. Jeff Van Drew [R-NJ]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-09-25	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
2019-09-12	House	Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
2019-09-12	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/4325/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr4325/BILLS-116hr4325ih.pdf