[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8125 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8125

   To amend the Commodity Exchange Act of 1936 for the protection of 
            proprietary information, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 26, 2026

Mr. Rouzer (for himself and Mr. David Scott of Georgia) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Commodity Exchange Act of 1936 for the protection of 
            proprietary information, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``CFTC Proprietary Information Act of 
2026''.

SEC. 2. PROPRIETARY INFORMATION.

    Section 8 of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 12) is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
    ``(j) Proprietary Information.--
            ``(1) In general.--For any proprietary information provided 
        to the Commission, the Commission shall, after notice and 
        comment, adopt rules and regulations to apply the provisions of 
        this section to the proprietary information the Commission 
        obtains or receives, to the extent such information is not 
        already covered by the provisions of this section.
            ``(2) Policies.--With regard to proprietary information the 
        Commission obtains or receives, the Commission shall adopt 
        rules and regulations, to--
                    ``(A) address circumstances when the Commission 
                requests proprietary information;
                    ``(B) safeguard the information, taking into 
                consideration the level of sensitivity of the 
                information;
                    ``(C) limit access to the information to 
                appropriate staff, as determined by the Commission; and
                    ``(D) protect the information from unlawful use or 
                disclosure.
            ``(3) Sharing.--The Commission shall adopt rules and 
        regulations, pursuant to paragraph (1), regarding the sharing 
        of such proprietary information with other governmental 
        entities. The rules shall require the Commission to receive 
        assurances that such other governmental entity shall maintain 
        sufficient safeguards consistent with--
                    ``(A) policies that achieve the objectives of 
                subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D) of paragraph (2) of 
                this subsection; and
                    ``(B) the limitations set forth in paragraphs (2), 
                (3), and (4) of subsection (e) concerning the 
                confidentiality of any such information received.''.
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