3.0.0 2238 2019-11-15T21:44:05Z 2019-11-15T21:44:05Z Senate S S 2012-03-27 112 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2012-03-27T16:33:20Z 2012-03-27 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2012-03-27 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress P000590 Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR] Mark Pryor D AR Lunsford N Finance and Financial Sector Administrative law and regulatory procedures Commodities markets Commodity Futures Trading Commission Oil and gas Finance and Financial Sector

00 2012-03-27 Introduced in Senate 2012-05-16T21:06:21Z Amends the Commodity Exchange Act with respect to excessive speculation in a commodity under contracts of sale to direct the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to establish limits on the aggregate number or amount of positions in contracts for petroleum or related products that may be held by any person, or any group or class of traders, for each month across specified contracts so that: (1) the short position for traditional bona fide hedgers in the aggregate is not less than 50% percent; and (2) the long position for such hedgers in the aggregate is not less than 50% percent.

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