,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #bfja  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #ae1     
#bjad ,mr4 ,roberts 7for himself and    
,ms4 ,heitkamp7 introduced the following
 bill2 which was read twice and referred
 to the ,committee on ,agriculture1     
,nutrition1 and ,forestry  ,a ,,bill    
,to amend the ,commodity ,exchange ,act 
to ensure futures commission merchant   
compliance4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act
 may be cited as the ,risk ,hedging     
,protection ,act of #bjad4  #b4 ,futures
 commission merchant compliance  7a7 ,in
 general ,section #d;d7a7 of the        
,commodity ,exchange ,act 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 
#f;d7a77 is amended--  7#a7 by          
redesignating paragraphs 7#a7 and 7#b7  
as subparagraphs 7,a7 and 7,b71         
respectively1 and indenting             
appropriately2  7#b7 by striking ,sec4  
#d;d and all that follows through ,it   
shall be unlawful and inserting the     
following3  ,sec4 #d;d4 dealing by      
unregistered futures commission         

merchants or introducing merchants      
prohibited4 7a7 ,registration           
requirements and duties  7#a7 ,in       
general ,it shall be unlawful  2 and    
7#c7 by adding at the end the following3
  7#b7 ,residual interest requirement   
,any rules or regulations requiring a   
futures commission merchant to maintain 
a residual interest in accounts held for
 the benefit of customers in amounts at 
least sufficient to exceed the sum of   
all uncollected margin deficits of the  
customers shall provide that a futures  
commission merchant shall meet the      
residual interest requirement as of the 
end of each business day calculated as  
of the close of business on the previous
 business day4  4  7b7 ,conforming      
amendments  7#a7 ,section #d;d of the   
,commodity ,exchange ,act 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 
#f;d7 is amended-- 7,a7 in subsection   
7b71 by striking paragraph 7#b7 of this 
section and inserting subsection        
7a77#a77;,b72 and  7,b7 in subsection   
7h71 by striking ,notwithstanding       

subsection 7a77#b7 and inserting        
,notwithstanding subsection             
7a77#a77;,b74  7#b7 ,section            
#ae7;c77#c77;,c7 of the ,securities     
,exchange ,act of #aicd 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4  
#gho7c77#c77;,c77 is amended by striking
 #d;d7a77#b7 and inserting              
#d;d7a77#a77;,b74