,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cjac  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #ab1 
#bjad ,mr4 ,levin 7for himself and ,mr4 
,mc,cain7 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 prevent manipulation of physical     
commodities prices1 and for other       
purposes4  #a4 ,short title  ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,ending ,insider    
,trading in ,commodities ,act4  #b4     
,prohibition regarding manipulation and 
use of nonpublic information  7a7 ,in   
general ,in section #f7;c7 of the       
,commodity ,exchange ,act 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 
#i71 strike paragraph 7#c7 and insert   
the following3  7#c7 ,other manipulation
 ,in addition to the prohibition under  
paragraph 7#a71 it shall be unlawful--  
7,a7 for any person1 directly or        
indirectly1 to manipulate or attempt to 
manipulate the price of any swap1 or of 

any commodity in interstate commerce1 or
 of any contract for future delivery on 
or subject to the rules of any          
registered entity2 and  7,b7 for any    
large financial institution1 directly or
 indirectly1 to purchase or sell any    
swap1 or any commodity in interstate    
commerce1 or any contract for future    
delivery of any commodity1 while in     
possession of material1 nonpublic       
information related to the storage1     
shipment1 or use of the commodity       
arising from the ownership or interest  
of the person in a business or facility 
used to store1 ship1 or use the         
commodity4  4  7b7 ,effectiveness ,the  
amendment made by subsection 7a7-- 7#a7 
shall take effect on the date that is   
#cj days after the date of enactment of 
this ,act2 and  7#b7 is not conditioned 
on the adoption of any rule or          
regulation by the ,commodity ,futures   
,trading ,commission4