Digital Commodities Consumer Protection Act of 2022
Summary
Digital Commodities Consumer Protection Act of 2022 This bill grants exclusive jurisdiction to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission over activity involving digital commodities as specified by the bill. The bill defines digital commodities as fungible digital forms of personal property that can be transferred person-to-person without an intermediary. Excluded from this definition are securities, interests in physical commodities, and U.S.-backed digital currencies. The commission does not have jurisdiction over digital commodities used solely for the purchase or sale of a good or service. Digital commodity platforms (including brokers, custodians, dealers, and trading facilities) must register with the commission and comply with risk management and good governance procedures. The bill also sets forth recordkeeping requirements, conflict of interest standards, and other consumer protections.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Aug 2022
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Aug 19, 2022
Last action Nov 1, 2022
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Full legislative history
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Total actions
4
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Committee
3
Nov 1, 2022
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
lower
Sep 19, 2022
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
lower
Aug 19, 2022
Committee
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
lower
Aug 19, 2022
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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