,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cgcb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #aj1 
#bjah,mr4 ,perdue 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 prohibit the          
,commodity ,futures ,trading ,commission
 from compelling a person to produce or 
furnish algorithmic trading source code 
or similar intellectual property to that
 agency unless the agency first issues a
 subpoena4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,protection of      
,source ,code ,act4  #b4 ,procedure for 
obtaining certain intellectual property 
,section #h of the ,commodity ,exchange 
,act 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #ab7 is amended by   
adding at the end the following3  7j7   
,under this ,act1 the ,commission may   
not compel a person to produce or       
furnish source code1 including          
algorithmic trading source code or      

similar intellectual property that forms
 the basis for design of the source     
code1 to the ,commission unless the     
,commission first issues a subpoena4  4