[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 105 (Tuesday, June 23, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S3106]
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SA 5967. Mr. SCHIFF submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:
SEC. 1___. PROHIBITION ON LISTING OF CONTRACTS RELATING TO
WAR, DEATH, AND SIMILAR ACTIVITIES.
Section 5c of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 7a-2) is
amended by inserting after subsection (c) the following:
``(d) Prohibition on Listing of Contracts Relating to War,
Death, and Similar Activities.--A registered entity shall not
list for trading or accept for clearing on or through the
registered entity any of the following:
``(1) An agreement, contract, or transaction based on an
excluded commodity (as defined in section 1a(19)(iv)) that
involves, relates to, or references terrorism, assassination,
war, or any similar activity, as determined by the
Commission.
``(2) An agreement, contract, or transaction based on an
excluded commodity (as defined in section 1a(19)(iv)) that
involves, relates to, or references an individual's death or
could otherwise be construed as correlating closely to an
individual's death.''.
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