Requirement that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission impose fees and assessments to recover the cost of appropriations to the Commission

Section 12 of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 16) is amended by adding at the end the following:

(i)

Recovery of costs of annual appropriations

(1)

Imposition of fees

(A)

In general

The Commission shall, by order, impose a fee on each agreement, contract, or transaction that is a contract of sale of a commodity for future delivery, an option on such a contract, or a swap, so that the total of the fees so imposed during each fiscal year is sufficient to recover the costs to the Government of the annual appropriation to the Commission by Congress for the fiscal year. (B)

Limitation

The fees imposed under this paragraph on all transactions of the same kind shall be determined in a uniform manner. (C)

Mid-year adjustment

(i)

In general

By March 1 of each fiscal year, the Commission shall determine whether, based on the fees collected under this subsection during the first 5 months of the fiscal year, the total of the amounts collected and to be collected under this subsection for the fiscal year is reasonably likely to be 10 percent (or more) greater or less than the costs described in subparagraph (A) for the fiscal year. If the Commission so determines, the Commission shall by order, no later than March 1 of the fiscal year, adjust the fee rates otherwise applicable under this paragraph for the fiscal year so that the total of the amounts so collected and to be collected is reasonably likely to equal to the costs so described. (ii)

Effective date

Subject to paragraphs (2)(C) and (4), an adjusted rate prescribed under clause (i) of this subparagraph in a fiscal year shall take effect on the later of— (I)the 1st day of the fiscal year to which the rate applies; or (II)60 days after the date on which a regular appropriation to the Commission for the fiscal year is enacted. (D)

Publication

The Commission shall publish in the Federal Register notices of the fee rates applicable under this paragraph for a fiscal year not later than 30 days after the date on which a regular appropriation to the Commission for the fiscal year is enacted, together with any estimates or projections on which the fee rates are based. (E)

Inapplicability of rule making requirements

In exercising its authority under this paragraph, the Commission shall not be required to comply with section 553 of title 5, United States Code. (F)

No judicial review

A fee rate prescribed under this paragraph and published in accordance with subparagraph (D) shall not be subject to judicial review. (2)

Payment and collection of fees

(A)

Cleared transactions; uncleared swaps reported to swap data repositories

(i)

Payment of fees

(I)

Cleared transactions

In the case of a contract of sale of a commodity for future delivery, an option on such a contract, or a swap that is cleared by a derivatives clearing organization registered or exempt from registration under this Act, each party to the agreement, contract, or transaction shall pay the fee determined under paragraph (1) to the derivatives clearing organization. (II)

Uncleared swaps reported to swap data repositories

In the case of a swap that is not cleared by a derivatives clearing organization registered or exempt from registration under this Act and that is accepted by a swap data repository registered under section 21, each party to the swap shall pay the transaction fee determined under paragraph (1) to the swap data repository. (ii)

Collection of fees

The Commission shall collect the fees paid in accordance with clause (i) in such manner and within such time as the Commission deems appropriate. (B)

Uncleared swaps reported to commission

In the case of a swap that is not cleared by a derivatives clearing organization registered or exempt from registration under this Act and that is reported to the Commission pursuant to section 4r, each party to the swap shall pay the fee determined under paragraph (1) to the Commission in a manner and within such time as the Commission deems appropriate. (C)

Subject to appropriations

Except as provided in paragraph (4), a fee shall not be collected under this subsection for a fiscal year, except to the extent provided in advance in appropriation Acts. (3)

Deposit of fees

(A)

Offsetting collections

A fee collected under paragraph (2) for a fiscal year shall be deposited and credited as offsetting collections to the account providing appropriations to the Commission. (B)

General revenues prohibited

A fee collected under paragraph (2) for a fiscal year shall not be deposited and credited as general revenue of the Treasury. (4)

Lapse of appropriation

If on the first day of a fiscal year a regular appropriation to the Commission has not been enacted, the Commission shall continue to collect (as offsetting collections) the fees imposed under paragraph (1) at the rate in effect during the preceding fiscal year, until 60 days after the date such a regular appropriation is enacted.