,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #b  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the  
,,united ,,states  ,december #bj        
7legislative day1 ,december #af71       
#bjbd,mr4 ,merkley 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 political    
election or contest agreements1         
contracts1 transactions1 and swaps4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,ban ,gambling on ,elections ,act  
of #bjbd4  #b4 ,prohibition on political
 election or contest agreements1        
contracts1 transactions1 and swaps      
,section #e;c7c77#e7 of the ,commodity  
,exchange ,act 7#g ,u4,s4,c4            
#g;a-#b7;c77#e77 is amended by adding at
 the end the following3  7,d7           
,prohibition relating to political      
elections or contests ,notwithstanding  
any other provision of this section1 no 
agreement1 contract1 transaction1 or    

swap involving any political election or
 any other political contest 7or any    
index1 measure1 value1 or data related  
thereto1 or occurrence1 extent of an    
occurrence1 or contingency based        
thereon7 may be listed or made available
 for clearing or trading on or through a
 registered entity4  4