,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dbea  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #i1       
#bjai,mrs4 ,hayes introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,agriculture  ,a      
,,bill  ,to amend the ,commodity        
,exchange ,act to provide greater       
protection of proprietary information of
 other registered entities1 and for     
other purposes4  #a4 ,disclosure of     
required data of other registered       
entities ,section #h of the ,commodity  
,exchange ,act 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #ab7 is    
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  7j7 ,disclosure of required 
data of other registered entities  7#a7 
,except as provided in this subsection1 
the ,commission may not be compelled to 
disclose any proprietary information    
provided to the ,commission1 except that
 nothing in this subsection--  7,a7     
authorizes the ,commission to withhold  
information from ,congress2 or  7,b7    
prevents the ,commission from--  7i7    

complying with a request for information
 from any other ,federal department or  
agency1 any ,state or political         
subdivision thereof1 or any foreign     
government or any department1 agency1 or
 political subdivision thereof          
requesting the report or information for
 purposes within the scope of its       
jurisdiction1 upon an agreement of      
confidentiality to protect the          
information in a manner consistent with 
this paragraph and subsection 7e72 or   
7ii7 making a disclosure made pursuant  
to a court order in connection with an  
administrative or judicial proceeding   
brought under this ,act1 in any         
receivership proceeding involving a     
receiver appointed in a judicial        
proceeding brought under this ,act1 or  
in any bankruptcy proceeding in which   
the ,commission has intervened or in    
which the ,commission has the right to  
appear and be heard under title #aa of  
the ,united ,states ,code4  7#b7 ,any   
proprietary information of a commodity  

trading advisor or commodity pool       
operator ascertained by the ,commission 
in connection with ,form ,,cpo-,,pqr1   
,form ,,cta-,,pr1 and any successor     
forms thereto1 shall be subject to the  
same limitations on public disclosure1  
as any facts ascertained during an      
investigation1 as provided by subsection
 7a72 provided1 however1 that the       
,commission shall not be precluded from 
publishing aggregate information        
compiled from such forms1 to the extent 
such aggregate information does not     
identify any individual person or firm1 
or such person's proprietary            
information4  7#c7 ,for purposes of     
section #eeb of title #e1 ,united       
,states ,code1 this subsection1 and the 
information contemplated herein1 shall  
be considered a statute described in    
subsection 7b77#c77;,b7 of such section 
#eeb4  7#d7 ,for purposes of the        
definition of proprietary information in
 paragraph 7#e71 the records and reports
 of any client account or commodity pool

 to which a commodity trading advisor or
 commodity pool operator registered     
under this title provides services that 
are filed with the ,commission on ,form 
,,cpo-,,pqr1 ,,cta-,,pr1 and any        
successor forms thereto1 shall be deemed
 to be the records and reports of the   
commodity trading advisor or commodity  
pool operator1 respectively4  7#e7 ,for 
purposes of this section1 proprietary   
information of a commodity trading      
advisor or commodity pool operator      
includes sensitive1 non-public          
information regarding--  7,a7 the       
commodity trading advisor1 commodity    
pool operator or the trading strategies 
of the commodity trading advisor or     
commodity pool operator2  7,b7          
analytical or research methodologies of 
a commodity trading advisor or commodity
 pool operator2  7,c7 trading data of a 
commodity trading advisor or commodity  
pool operator2 and  7,d7 computer       
hardware or software containing         
intellectual property of a commodity    

trading advisor or commodity pool       
operator4  4