Commodity Exchange Act

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title: "Commodity Exchange Act" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["commodity-markets-in-the-united-states", "united-states-federal-commodity-and-futures-legislation", "1936-in-american-law"] description: "1936 federal law regulating commidities trading" topic_path: "law" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodity_Exchange_Act" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary 1936 federal law regulating commidities trading ::

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shorttitle	Commodity Exchange Act
othershorttitles	Commodity Exchange Act of 1936
longtitle	An Act to amend the grain futures act to prevent and remove obstructions and burdens upon interstate commerce in grains and other commodities by regulating transactions therein on commodity futures exchanges, to limit or abolish short selling, to curb manipulation, and for other purposes.
enacted by	74th
effective date	June 15, 1936
cite public law	74-675
cite statutes at large
title amended	7 U.S.C.: Agriculture
sections created	§ 1
introducedin	House
introducedbill
introducedby
committees	Senate Agriculture and Forestry Committee
passedbody1	Senate
passeddate1	May 29, 1936
passedvote1	62-16
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agreeddate3
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agreedbody4
agreeddate4
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signedpresident	Franklin D. Roosevelt
signeddate	June 15, 1936
unsignedpresident
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amendments	{{plainlist
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• Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
• Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act}} | SCOTUS cases = Commodity Exchange Act (ch. 545, , enacted June 15, 1936) is a federal act enacted in 1936 by the U.S. Government, with some of its provisions amending the Grain Futures Act of 1922.

The Act provides federal regulation of all commodities and futures trading activities and requires all futures and commodity options to be traded on organized exchanges. In 1974, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) was created as a result of the Commodity Exchange Act, and in 1982 the National Futures Association (NFA) was created by CFTC.

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