,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dbcd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #f1       
#bjai,mr4 ,sean ,patrick ,maloney of    
,new ,york introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,agriculture  ,a ,,bill   
,to amend the ,commodity ,exchange ,act 
with respect to the regulation of       
virtual currencies4  #a4 ,virtual       
currency  7a7 ,definition ,section #a;a 
of the ,commodity ,exchange ,act 7#g    
,u4,s4,c4 #a;a7 is amended by adding at 
the end the following3  7#eb7 ,virtual  
currency ,the term virtual currency     
means a digital representation of value 
that does not have legal tender status  
and that functions as a medium of       
exchange1 a unit of account1 or a store 
of value4  4  7b7 ,requirements         
applicable to boards of trade ,section  
#e7;d77#d7 of such ,act 7#g ,u4,s4,c4   
#g7;d77#d77 is amended-- 7#a7 by        
striking all that precedes board of     
trade and inserting the following3  7#d7

 ,prevention of market disruption  7,a7 
,in general ,the  2  7#b7 by            
redesignating each of subparagraphs 7,a7
 and 7,b7 as clauses 7i7 and 7ii71      
respectively1 and moving each of such   
provisions #b ems to the right2 and     
7#c7 by adding after and below the end  
the following3  7,b7 ,virtual currency  
,notwithstanding paragraph 7#a77;,b71   
with regard to a contract on the        
contract market that references a       
virtual currency available on a spot    
market platform1 in order to fully      
comply with this paragraph1 the board of
 trade must have--  7i7 unconstrained   
access to all trade and trader data     
regarding the virtual currency on the   
spot market platform2 and  7ii7 the     
capability to provide the data to the   
,commission on request4  4  7c7         
,requirements applicable ,to swap       
execution facilities ,section           
#e;h7f77#d7 of such ,act 7#g ,u4,s4,c4  
#g;b-#c7;f77#d77 is amended--  7#a7 by  
striking all that precedes swap         

execution facility shall and inserting  
the following3  7#d7 ,monitoring of     
trading and trade processing  7,a7 ,in  
general ,the  2  7#b7 by redesignating  
each of clauses 7i7 and 7ii7 of         
subparagraph 7,a7 as subclauses 7,i7 and
 7,,ii71 respectively1 and moving each  
of such provisions #b ems to the right2 
7#c7 by redesignating subparagraphs 7,a7
 and 7,b7 as clauses 7i7 and 7ii71      
respectively1 and moving each of such   
provisions #b ems to the right2 and     
7#d7 by adding after and below the end  
the following3  7,b7 ,virtual currency  
,notwithstanding paragraph 7#a77;,b71   
with regard to a swap on the swap       
execution facility that references a    
virtual currency available on a spot    
market platform1 in order to fully      
comply with this paragraph1 the board of
 trade must have--  7i7 unconstrained   
access to all trade and trader data     
regarding the virtual currency on the   
spot market platform2 and  7ii7 the     
capability to provide the data to the   

,commission on request4  4