CFTC Advisory Committee Improvement Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6899 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6899

 To amend the Commodity Exchange Act to improve the administration of 
    advisory committees at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 18, 2025

 Mr. Taylor (for himself and Ms. Brown) introduced the following bill; 
           which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Commodity Exchange Act to improve the administration of 
    advisory committees at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``CFTC Advisory Committee Improvement 
Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. ADVISORY COMMITTEE CHANGES.

    (a) In General.--Section 2(a)(15) of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 
U.S.C. 2(a)(15)) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(15) Advisory committees.--
                    ``(A) Establishment.--The Commission shall 
                establish advisory committees to serve as vehicles for 
                discussion and communication on matters related to the 
                regulatory activities of the Commission.
                    ``(B) Activities.--The activities of an advisory 
                committee shall include the following:
                            ``(i) to hold meetings at such intervals as 
                        necessary to carry out the functions of the 
                        advisory committee; and
                            ``(ii) to submit to the Commission such 
                        reports and recommendations to the Commission 
                        (including minority views, if any) as the 
                        advisory committee deems appropriate.
                    ``(C) Applicability of the federal advisory 
                committee act.--An advisory committee established under 
                this paragraph shall be subject to chapter 10 of title 
                5, United States Code.''.
    (b) Existing Advisory Committees.--An advisory committee that, as 
of the date of the enactment of this Act, had a charter established by 
the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or that was established by 
section 2(a)(15) of the Commodity Exchange Act, as in effect before 
such date of enactment, may continue to operate in accordance with the 
charter or in accordance with such section, as so in effect, until the 
charter is renewed or September 30, 2026, whichever occurs first.
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