S.Amdt. 4488

SA 4488. Mr. SCHIFF submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 1383, to establish the Veterans Advisory Committee
on Equal Access, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on
the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. 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, transaction, or swap 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.

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``(2) An agreement, contract, transaction, or swap 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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