To provide end user exemptions from certain provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and for other purposes.
Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act of 2012 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) to exempt, from the rules of prudential regulators for swap dealers and major swap participants with respect to initial and variation margin requirements for swaps not cleared by a registered derivatives clearing organization, those swaps in which one of the counterparties: (1) is eligible for an exception from clearing requirements for certain significant price discovery agreements, contracts, or transactions in a commodity exempt from regulation by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); or (2) satisfies specified criteria governing treatment of affiliates in connection with clearing requirements.
Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, regarding registration and regulation of security-based swap dealers and major security-based swap participants, to exempt from initial and variation margin requirements for swaps not cleared by a registered derivatives clearing organization a security-based swap in which one of the counterparties: (1) qualifies for a specified exception from clearing requirements, or (2) satisfies certain criteria governing the treatment of affiliates.
(Sec. 3) Requires that the amendments to CEA made by this Act be implemented: (1) without regard to federal information policy requirements or the notice and comment requirements of federal administrative procedure; and (2) through promulgation of an interim final rule, pursuant to which public comment will be sought before a final rule is issued.
Limits the disregard of such federal information policy and notice and comment requirements solely to changes to rules and regulations, or proposed rule and regulations, that are limited to, and directly a consequence of, the amendments to CEA made by this Act.
Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 112-343, Part I.
Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 112-343, Part I.
House Committee on Agriculture Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Feb. 1, 2012.
Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Discharged.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
House Committee on Agriculture Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Feb. 8, 2012.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Agriculture. H. Rept. 112-343, Part II.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Agriculture. H. Rept. 112-343, Part II.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 267.
Mr. Garrett moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1551-1553)
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DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2682.
At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1557-1558)
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 370 - 24 (Roll no. 128).(text: CR H1551)
Roll Call #128 (House)On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 370 - 24 (Roll no. 128). (text: CR H1551)
Roll Call #128 (House)Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 342.