Pub. L. 111-203, tit. VII, subtit. A, pt. II, sec. 741
ENFORCEMENT.
SEC. 741. ENFORCEMENT.(a) Enforcement Authority.—The Commodity Exchange Act is amended by inserting after section 4b (7 U.S.C. 6b) the following:“SEC. 4b–1. ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY.“(a) Commodity Futures Trading Commission.—Except as provided in subsections (b), (c), and (d), the Commission shall have exclusive authority to enforce the provisions of subtitle A of the 124 STAT. 1730 Wall Street Transparency and Accountability Act of 2010 with respect to any person.“(b) Prudential Regulators.—The prudential regulators shall have exclusive authority to enforce the provisions of section 4s(e) with respect to swap dealers or major swap participants for which they are the prudential regulator.“(c) Referrals.—“(1) Prudential regulators.—If the prudential regulator for a swap dealer or major swap participant has cause to believe that the swap dealer or major swap participant, or any affiliate or division of the swap dealer or major swap participant, may have engaged in conduct that constitutes a violation of the nonprudential requirements of this Act (including section 4s or rules adopted by the Commission under that section), the prudential regulator may promptly notify the Commission in a written report that includes—“(A) a request that the Commission initiate an enforcement proceeding under this Act; and“(B) an explanation of the facts and circumstances that led to the preparation of the written report.“(2) Commission.—If the Commission has cause to believe that a swap dealer or major swap participant that has a prudential regulator may have engaged in conduct that constitutes a violation of any prudential requirement of section 4s or rules adopted by the Commission under that section, the Commission may notify the prudential regulator of the conduct in a written report that includes—“(A) a request that the prudential regulator initiate an enforcement proceeding under this Act or any other Federal law (including regulations); and“(B) an explanation of the concerns of the Commission, and a description of the facts and circumstances, that led to the preparation of the written report.“(d) Backstop Enforcement Authority.—“(1) Initiation of enforcement proceeding by prudential regulator.—If the Commission does not initiate an enforcement proceeding before the end of the 90-day period beginning on the date on which the Commission receives a written report under subsection (c)(1), the prudential regulator may initiate an enforcement proceeding.“(2) Initiation of enforcement proceeding by commission.—If the prudential regulator does not initiate an enforcement proceeding before the end of the 90-day period beginning on the date on which the prudential regulator receives a written report under subsection (c)(2), the Commission may initiate an enforcement proceeding.” .(b) Conforming Amendments.—(1) Section 4b of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 6b) is amended—(A) in subsection (a)(2), by striking “or other agreement, contract, or transaction subject to paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 5a(g),” and inserting “or swap,”;(B) in subsection (b), by striking “or other agreement, contract or transaction subject to paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 5a(g),” and inserting “or swap,”; and(C) by adding at the end the following:124 STAT. 1731 “(e) It shall be unlawful for any person, directly or indirectly, by the use of any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce, or of the mails, or of any facility of any registered entity, in or in connection with any order to make, or the making of, any contract of sale of any commodity for future delivery (or option on such a contract), or any swap, on a group or index of securities (or any interest therein or based on the value thereof)—“(1) to employ any device, scheme, or artifice to defraud;“(2) to make any untrue statement of a material fact or to omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; or“(3) to engage in any act, practice, or course of business which operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon any person.”.(2) Section 4c(a)(1) of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 6c(a)(1)) is amended by inserting “or swap” before “if the transaction is used or may be used”.(3) Section 6(c) of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 9) is amended in the first sentence by inserting “or of any swap,” before “or has willfully made”.(4) Section 6(d) of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 13b) is amended in the first sentence, in the matter preceding the proviso, by inserting “or of any swap,” before “or otherwise is violating”.(5) Section 6c(a) of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 13a–1(a)) is amended in the matter preceding the proviso by inserting “or any swap” after “commodity for future delivery”.(6) Section 9 of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 13) is amended—(A) in subsection (a)—(i) in paragraph (2), by inserting “or of any swap,” before “or to corner”; and(ii) in paragraph (4), by inserting “swap data repository,” before “or futures association” and(B) in subsection (e)(1)—(i) by inserting “swap data repository,” before “or registered futures association”; and(ii) by inserting “, or swaps,” before “on the basis”.(7) Section 9(a) of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 13(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:“(6) Any person to abuse the end user clearing exemption under section 2(h)(4), as determined by the Commission.”.(8) Section 2(c)(2)(B) of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 2(c)(2)(B)) is amended—(A) by striking “(dd),” each place it appears;(B) in clause (iii), by inserting “, and accounts or pooled investment vehicles described in clause (vi),” before “shall be subject to”; and(C) by adding at the end the following:“(vi) This Act applies to, and the Commission shall have jurisdiction over, an account or pooled investment vehicle that is offered for the purpose of trading, or that trades, any agreement, contract, or transaction in foreign currency described in clause (i).”.(9) Section 2(c)(2)(C) of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 2(c)(2)(C)) is amended—124 STAT. 1732(A) by striking “(dd),” each place it appears;(B) in clause (ii)(I), by inserting “, and accounts or pooled investment vehicles described in clause (vii),” before “shall be subject to”; and(C) by adding at the end the following:“(vii) This Act applies to, and the Commission shall have jurisdiction over, an account or pooled investment vehicle that is offered for the purpose of trading, or that trades, any agreement, contract, or transaction in foreign currency described in clause (i).”.(10) Section 1a(19)(A)(iv)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1a(19)(A)(iv)(II)) (as redesignated by section 721(a)(1)) is amended by inserting before the semicolon at the end the following: “provided, however, that for purposes of section 2(c)(2)(B)(vi) and section 2(c)(2)(C)(vii), the term ‘eligible contract participant’ shall not include a commodity pool in which any participant is not otherwise an eligible contract participant”.(11) Section 6(e) of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 9a) is amended by adding at the end the following:“(4) Any designated clearing organization that knowingly or recklessly evades or participates in or facilitates an evasion of the requirements of section 2(h) shall be liable for a civil money penalty in twice the amount otherwise available for a violation of section 2(h).“(5) Any swap dealer or major swap participant that knowingly or recklessly evades or participates in or facilitates an evasion of the requirements of section 2(h) shall be liable for a civil money penalty in twice the amount otherwise available for a violation of section 2(h).”.(c) Savings Clause.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, nothing in this subtitle shall be construed as divesting any appropriate Federal banking agency of any authority it may have to establish or enforce, with respect to a person for which such agency is the appropriate Federal banking agency, prudential or other standards pursuant to authority granted by Federal law other than this title.