102nd Congress / Bills / S 207

Title

A bill to amend the Commodity Exchange Act to authorize appropriations for and enhance the effectiveness of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, to curb abuses in the making of trades and the execution of orders at designated contract markets, to provide greater representation of the public interest in the governance of such contract markets, to enhance the integrity of the United States financial markets by providing for Federal oversight of margins on stock index futures, clarifying jurisdiction over innovative financial products and providing mechanisms for addressing intermarket issues, and for other purposes.

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Administrative procedure | Agricultural economics | Agriculture | Agriculture in foreign trade | Auditing | Bank deposits | Banks and banking | Brokers -- Licenses | Class actions (Civil procedure) | Commodity exchanges | Conflict of interests | Congressional reporting requirements | Credit unions | Damages | Electronic data processing | Ethics | Federal officials | Fines (Penalties) | Foreign banks and banking | Foreign exchange futures | Fraud | Futures trading | Government paperwork | Government regulation -- Standards | Independent regulatory commissions -- Authorization | Insider trading in securities | Loans | Marketing of farm produce | Marketing orders | New products | Regulatory reform | Securities industry | Telemarketing | Telephone | Undercover operations | User charges

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