,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dcbe  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #ab1      
#bjai,mr4 ,van ,drew introduced the     
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,agriculture  ,a      
,,bill  ,to amend the ,commodity        
,exchange ,act to clarify treatment of  
privileged information after disclosure 
to the ,commodity ,futures ,trading     
,commission1 and for other purposes4    
#a4 ,privilege retention ,section #h of 
the ,commodity ,exchange ,act 7#g       
,u4,s4,c4 #ab7 is amended-- 7#a7 by     
redesignating subsections 7h7 and 7i7 as
 subsections 7i7 and 7j71 respectively2 
and  7#b7 by inserting after subsection 
7g7 the following3  7h7 ,sharing        
privileged information with other       
authorities  7#a7 ,definitions ,in this 
subsection3  7,a7 ,foreign law          
enforcement authority ,the term foreign 
law enforcement authority means any     
foreign authority that is empowered     
under foreign law to detect1            

investigate1 or prosecute potential     
violations of law4  7,b7 ,privilege ,the
 term privilege includes any applicable 
work-product privilege1 attorney-client 
privilege1 governmental privilege1 or   
other privilege recognized under        
,federal1 ,state1 or foreign law4  7#b7 
,privileged information provided by the 
,commission ,the ,commission shall not  
be considered to have waived any        
privilege by transferring information to
 or permitting that information to be   
used in accordance with subsection 7e74 
7#c7 ,nondisclosure of privileged       
information provided to the ,commission 
,the ,commission shall not be compelled 
to disclose privileged information      
obtained from any foreign futures       
authority1 or foreign law enforcement   
authority1 if the authority has in good 
faith determined and represented to the 
,commission that the information is     
privileged4  7#d7 ,nonwaiver of         
privileged information provided to the  
,commission ,the entities listed in     

subsection 7e7 shall not be considered  
to have waived any privilege by         
transferring information to or          
permitting information to be used by the
 ,commission4  4