House Agriculture Committee
| April 15th, 2011 | Key House Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Extend Deadline for Derivatives Title of Dodd-Frank Say regulators need time to get it right
Representatives Frank Lucas (R-OK), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), K. Michael Conaway (R-TX), and Scott Garrett (R-NJ) introduced H.R. 1573, which would extend the deadline by 18 months for implementing Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. |
| March 4th, 2010 | Subcommittee Reviews the Implementation of the Commodity Exchange Act Today, Congressman Leonard L. Boswell, chairman of the House Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management, held a hearing to review the implementation of changes to the Commodity Exchange Act contained in the 2008 Farm Bill. The Subcommittee heard testimony from the Commissioner of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Gary Gensler. |
| September 22nd, 2009 | Agriculture Committee Continues Review of Treasury Department’s Derivatives Proposal CFTC, SEC Chairmen Discuss Financial Reform Legislation |
| September 17th, 2009 | Agriculture Committee Reviews Treasury Department’s Derivatives Proposal Today, the House Agriculture Committee reviewed the Treasury Department’s legislative proposal regulating the over-the-counter (OTC) market for derivatives. The Committee conducted the first of two hearings to examine Treasury’s proposals by hearing from two panels of industry stakeholders. |
| July 31st, 2009 | Peterson, Frank Announce Derivatives Legislation Outline House Financial Services Committee chairman Barney Frank and House Agriculture Committee chairman Collin C. Peterson today released a concept paper that will guide the two committees as they develop legislation to regulate derivatives. The text of the concept paper can be viewed by clicking here. |
| June 7th, 2009 | Harkin Statement at Hearing on Regulatory Reform and the Derivatives Markets Statement of Senator Tom Harkin, (D-IA), Chairman Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Hearing on Regulatory Reform and the Derivatives Markets “Although we see hope in the strong economic recovery steps we have taken, we are still struggling through a grave economic downturn. The lack of sufficient regulatory authority and oversight regarding the financial markets is widely acknowledged as a key factor in the global economic crisis. |
| February 12th, 2009 | House Agriculture Committee Passes Legislation to Bring Transparency and Accountability to Derivatives Markets H.R. 977 Builds on Last Year’s House-Passed Bill to Strengthen Oversight and Prevent Manipulation of Futures Markets Today, the House Agriculture Committee approved legislation to increase the transparency and strengthen oversight of futures, options and over-the-counter (OTC) markets. By voice vote, the Committee approved the Derivatives Markets Transparency and Accountability Act of 2009 as amended, a bill sponsored by Committee Chairman Collin C. Peterson of Minnesota. |
| February 4th, 2009 | House Agriculture Committee Continues Review of Derivatives Legislation Today, the House Agriculture Committee resumed its series of hearings to review legislation addressing the transparency and oversight of derivative markets. For the second consecutive day, the Committee received testimony and asked questions of fifteen witnesses representing stakeholder groups about the Derivatives Markets Transparency and Accountability Act of 2009, draft language circulated last week by Chairman Collin C. Peterson of Minnesota. |
