Commodity Futures Trading Commission Whistleblower Program

(a)

In general

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, there is established in the Treasury a separate account (referred to in this section as the account), the amounts in which shall be available for the sole purposes of—(1)carrying out the activities described in section 23(g)(2)(B) of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 26(g)(2)(B)) (referred to in this section as customer education initiatives); and (2)funding the administrative, programmatic, and personnel expenses of the Whistleblower Office and the Office of Customer Education and Outreach of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (referred to in this section as the Commission) in carrying out section 23 of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 26) (referred to in this section as non-awards expenses). (b)

Transfers from Fund into account

(1)

In general

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Commission shall transfer up to $10,000,000 from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Customer Protection Fund established under section 23(g)(1) of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 26(g)(1)) (referred to in this section as the Fund) into the account.(2)

Availability

Amounts transferred under paragraph (1) shall be available for obligation without further appropriation and remain available until October 1, 2022. (3)

Remaining amounts

Amounts remaining in the account that are unobligated on October 1, 2022, shall be returned to the Fund. (c)

Requirement for obligations

The Commission may make obligations from the account only when the unobligated balance of the Fund is insufficient to pay non-awards expenses and expenses for customer education initiatives due to awards that the Commission has ordered under section 23(b) of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 26(b)).(d)

Reports to Congress

The Commission shall include in each report required under section 23(g)(5) of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 26(g)(5)) the same information with respect to the account as the Commission includes in the report with respect to the Fund, to the extent the information is relevant to the account.