S.Amdt. 3104Senate115th Congress (2017-2019)
S.Amdt. 3104
Sponsored by
Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-UT)
Submitted June 26, 2018
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June 26, 2018
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SA 3104. Mr. HATCH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2, to provide for the reform and continuation of agricultural and other programs of the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2023, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the end of subtitle E of title XII, add the following: SEC. 125___. APPLICABILITY OF CAPITAL AND MARGIN REQUIREMENTS TO COUNTERPARTIES. Section 4s(e)(4) of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 6s(e)(4)) is amended-- (1) by striking ``counterparty qualifies'' and inserting the following: ``counterparty-- ``(A) qualifies''; (2) in subparagraph (A) (as so designated), by striking the period at the end and inserting ``; or''; and (3) by adding at the end the following: ``(B)(i) is a money transmitter (as defined in section 1010.100(ff)(5) of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations) (or any successor regulation)) that-- ``(I) is regulated by a State, the District of Columbia, or a territory or possession of the United States for financial adequacy; ``(II) is registered in accordance with section 1022.380 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation); and ``(III) enters only into swaps exclusively for the purpose of offsetting risks generated from foreign currency contracts with an entity that is not a financial end user (as defined in section 23.151 of title 17, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation)); and ``(ii) has total assets of $1,000,000,000 or less on the last day of its most recent fiscal year.''. ______