S. 2917

Commodity End-User Relief Act

This bill amends the Commodity Exchange Act to reauthorize it and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) through FY2019, and revise requirements and prohibitions regarding:

• registered futures associations;
• futures commission merchants;
• commodity brokers in bankruptcy;
• futures trading transactions;
• judicial review of CFTC rules;
• the public interest exemption from futures trading and foreign transactions regulations of certain agreements, contracts, or transactions entered into pursuant to an approved or permitted tariff or rate schedule;
• swap dealers;
• unregistered designated contract markets or a swap execution facilities;
• bona fide hedging transactions or positions; and
• commodity pool operators that are qualified charitable organizations.