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House vote: H.R. 238 // January 12, 2017

Commodity End-User Relief Act

Sponsor: K. Conaway (R-TX)

Commodity End User Relief Act This bill reauthorizes through FY2021, and otherwise revises provisions related to, operations of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The CFTC is authorized to require that certain property of the bankruptcy estate of a commodity broker who is a debtor in Chapter 7 bankruptcy (also known as "liquidation" bankruptcy) be included in customer property to the extent that such property is insufficient to satisfy the net equity claims of the broker's public customers. Before promulgating a regulation or issuing an order, the CFTC must publish an assessment of the costs and benefits of the action.

Finance and Financial Sector Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

Who won, and how much of the country was behind them

Won the vote · Yea

239 votes, representing 137,587,583 people54.7%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

182 votes, representing 105,452,394 people41.9%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 3.4% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the House
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon23954.7%
NayLost18241.9%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken03.4%