Sec. 501. Commission jurisdiction over digital commodity transactions
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Section 2(a)(1) of the Commodity Exchange Act ( 7 U.S.C. 2(a)(1) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: Except as expressly provided in this Act, nothing in the Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act shall affect or apply to, or be interpreted to affect or apply to— any agreement, contract, or transaction that is subject to this Act as— a contract of sale of a commodity for future delivery or an option on such a contract; a swap; a security futures product; an option authorized under section 4c of this Act; an agreement, contract, or transaction described in subparagraph (C)(i) or (D)(i) of subsection (c)(2) of this section; or a leverage transaction authorized under section 19 of this Act; or the activities of any person with respect to any such an agreement, contract, or transaction. .
Section 2(c)(1) of the Commodity Exchange Act ( 7 U.S.C. 2(c)(1) ) is amended— in subparagraph (F), by striking or at the end; in subparagraph (G), by striking the period and inserting ; or ; and by adding at the end the following: permitted payment stablecoins. . Section 2(c)(2) of the Commodity Exchange Act ( 7 U.S.C. 2(c)(2) ) is amended— in subparagraph (D)— in clause (ii)— in subclause
(I)by inserting (other than an agreement, contract, or transaction in a permitted payment stablecoin) after paragraph
(1); in subclause (III)— in the matter that precedes item (aa), by inserting of a commodity, other than a digital commodity or a permitted payment stablecoin, before that ; and in item (bb), by striking or at the end; and by redesignating subclauses
(IV)and
(V)as subclauses
(VI)and
(VII)and inserting after subclause
(III)the following: a contract of sale of a digital commodity or a permitted payment stablecoin that results in actual delivery, as the Commission shall by rule determine, within 2 days or such other period as the Commission may determine by rule or regulation based upon the typical commercial practice in cash or spot markets for the digital commodity involved; a contract of sale of a digital commodity or a permitted payment stablecoin that— is executed with a registered digital commodity dealer— directly; through a registered digital commodity broker; or on or subject to the rules of a registered digital commodity exchange; and is not a contract of sale of— a digital commodity or a permitted payment stablecoin that references, represents an interest in, or is functionally equivalent to an agricultural commodity, an excluded commodity, or an exempt commodity, other than the digital commodity itself, as shall be further defined by the Commission; or a digital commodity or a permitted payment stablecoin to which the Commission determines, by rule or regulation, it is not in the public interest for this section to apply; ; and by redesignating clause
(iv)as clause
(v)and inserting after clause
(iii)the following: The Commission shall adopt rules and regulations applicable to digital commodity dealers and digital commodity brokers in connection with the agreements, contracts or transactions in digital commodities or permitted payment stablecoins described in clause (ii)(V) of this subparagraph, which shall set forth minimum requirements related to disclosure, recordkeeping, margin and financing arrangements, capital, reporting, business conduct, documentation, and supervision of employees and agents. Except as prohibited in subparagraph (G)(iii), the Commission may also make, promulgate, and enforce such rules and regulations as, in the judgment of the Commission, are reasonably necessary to effectuate any of the provisions of, or to accomplish any of the purposes of, this Act in connection with agreements, contracts, or transactions described in such clause (ii)(V), which may include, without limitation, requirements regarding registration with the Commission and membership in a registered futures association. ; and by adding at the end the following: Subject to sections 6d and 12(e), the Commission shall have exclusive jurisdiction with respect to any account, agreement, contract, or transaction involving a contract of sale of a digital commodity in interstate commerce, including in a digital commodity cash or spot market, that is offered, solicited, traded, facilitated, executed, cleared, reported, or otherwise dealt in— on or subject to the rules of a registered entity or an entity that is required to be registered as a registered entity; or by any other entity registered, or required to be registered, with the Commission. Clause
(i)shall not apply with respect to custodial or depository activities for a digital commodity, or custodial or depository activities for any promise or right to a future digital commodity, of an entity regulated by an appropriate Federal banking agency or a State bank supervisor (within the meaning of section 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act). Clause
(i)shall not apply to a mixed digital asset transaction. A digital asset issuer, related person, affiliated person, or other person registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission that engages in a mixed digital asset transaction, shall, on request, open to inspection and examination by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission all books and records relating to the mixed digital asset transaction, subject to the confidentiality and disclosure requirements of section 8. Subject to clauses
(ii)and (iii), the Commission shall have jurisdiction over a cash or spot agreement, contract, or transaction in a permitted payment stablecoin that is offered, offered to enter into, entered into, executed, confirmed the execution of, solicited, or accepted— on or subject to the rules of a registered entity; or by any other entity registered with the Commission. This Act shall apply to a transaction described in clause
(i)only for the purpose of regulating the offer, execution, solicitation, or acceptance of a cash or spot permitted payment stablecoin transaction on a registered entity or by any other entity registered with the Commission, as if the permitted payment stablecoin were a digital commodity. Notwithstanding clauses
(i)and (ii), the Commission shall not make a rule or regulation, impose a requirement or obligation on a registered entity or other entity registered with the Commission, or impose a requirement or obligation on a permitted payment stablecoin issuer, regarding the operation of a permitted payment stablecoin issuer or a permitted payment stablecoin. . Section 2(a)(1)(A) of such Act ( 7 U.S.C. 2(a)(1)(A) ) is amended in the 1st sentence by inserting subparagraphs
(F)and
(G)of subsection (c)(2) of this section or before section 19 .
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