The House Agriculture Committee approved seven legislative proposals amending Dodd-Frank Title VII. All but one of the bills advanced on a voice vote; the Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act (H.R. 992) was approved by a vote of 31-14. H.R. 634, the Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act, allows end users to use derivatives for hedging without being subject to margin requirements. H.R. 677, the Inter-Affiliate Swap Clarification Act, provides that certain transactions between affiliates within a single corporate group are not regulated as swaps, subject to a variety of conditions
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The CFTC adopted final rules for swap clearing exemptions, including expanded exemptions for sovereign entities and small banking entities.
The CFTC proposed several amendments to the exemptions from swap clearing requirements, including for certain sovereign entities and small banking entities.
CFTC amendments to swap clearing exemptions, including expanded exemptions for sovereign entities and small banking entities, were published in the Federal Register.
A CFTC proposal to make several amendments to exemptions from swap clearing requirements, including for certain sovereign and small banking entities, was published in the Federal Register.