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		<terms:created>2000-05-25</terms:created>
		<ns:title>H.R. 4541: Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000</ns:title>
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		<bibo:shortTitle>H.R. 4541: Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000</bibo:shortTitle>
		<ns:subject>Administrative procedure</ns:subject>
		<ns:subject>Authorization</ns:subject>
		<ns:subject>Budgets</ns:subject>
		<ns:subject>Business</ns:subject>
		<ns:subject>Executive departments</ns:subject>
		<ns:subject>Antitrust law</ns:subject>
		<ns:subject>Law</ns:subject>
		<ns:subject>Technology</ns:subject>
		<ns:subject>Finance</ns:subject>
		<ns:subject>International finance</ns:subject>
		<ns:subject>Independent regulatory commissions</ns:subject>
		<ns:subject>State and local government</ns:subject>
		<ns:subject>Telecommunication</ns:subject>
		<ns:subject>Cost effectiveness</ns:subject>
		<ns:subject>Commodity Futures Trading Commission</ns:subject>
		<ns:subject>Commodity exchanges</ns:subject>
		<ns:subject>Futures trading</ns:subject>
		<ns:subject>Securities fraud</ns:subject>
		<ns:subject>Contracts</ns:subject>
		<ns:subject>Derivative securities</ns:subject>
		<ns:subject>Options (Contract)</ns:subject>
		<ns:subject>Stock exchanges</ns:subject>
		<ns:subject>Foreign exchange</ns:subject>
		<ns:subject>Margins (Security trading)</ns:subject>
		<ns:subject>Federal preemption</ns:subject>
		<ns:subject>Electronic commerce</ns:subject>
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		<usbill:cosponsor rdf:resource="http://www.rdfabout.com/rdf/usgov/congress/people/C000286" ns1:name="Saxby Chambliss" />
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		<usbill:title>H.R. 4541: To reauthorize and amend the Commodity Exchange Act to promote legal certainty, enhance competition, and reduce systemic risk in markets for futures and over-the-counter derivatives, and for other purposes.</usbill:title>
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				<ns:description>Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Banking and Financial Services, and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.</ns:description>
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				<ns:description>Referred to House Agriculture</ns:description>
				<time:at rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date">2000-05-25</time:at>
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				<ns:description>Referred to House Banking and Financial Services</ns:description>
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				<ns:description>Referred to House Commerce</ns:description>
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				<ns:description>Referred to the Subcommittee on Risk Management, Research and Specialty Crops.</ns:description>
				<time:at rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date">2000-06-07</time:at>
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				<ns:description>Executive Comment Requested from USDA.</ns:description>
				<time:at rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date">2000-06-07</time:at>
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				<ns:description>Referred to the Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials.</ns:description>
				<time:at rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date">2000-06-07</time:at>
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				<ns:description>Subcommittee Hearings Held.</ns:description>
				<time:at rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date">2000-06-14</time:at>
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				<ns:description>Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.</ns:description>
				<time:at rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date">2000-06-22</time:at>
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				<ns:description>Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.</ns:description>
				<time:at rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date">2000-06-22</time:at>
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				<ns:description>Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.</ns:description>
				<time:at rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date">2000-06-26</time:at>
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				<ns:description>Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.</ns:description>
				<time:at rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date">2000-06-26</time:at>
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				<ns:description>Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Agriculture. H. Rept. 106-711, Part I.</ns:description>
				<time:at rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime">2000-06-29T20:30:00-04:00</time:at>
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				<ns:description>House Committee on Banking and Financial Services Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Sept. 6, 2000.</ns:description>
				<time:at rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime">2000-06-29T20:30:00-04:00</time:at>
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				<ns:description>House Committee on Commerce Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Sept. 6, 2000.</ns:description>
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				<ns:description>Subcommittee Hearings Held.</ns:description>
				<time:at rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date">2000-07-12</time:at>
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				<ns:description>Committee Hearings Held.</ns:description>
				<time:at rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date">2000-07-19</time:at>
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				<ns:description>Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.</ns:description>
				<time:at rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date">2000-07-20</time:at>
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				<ns:description>Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.</ns:description>
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				<ns:description>Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.</ns:description>
				<time:at rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date">2000-07-26</time:at>
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				<ns:description>Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.</ns:description>
				<time:at rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date">2000-07-26</time:at>
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				<ns:description>Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.</ns:description>
				<time:at rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date">2000-07-27</time:at>
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				<ns:description>Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.</ns:description>
				<time:at rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date">2000-07-27</time:at>
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				<ns:description>Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Banking and Financial Services. H. Rept. 106-711, Part II.</ns:description>
				<time:at rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime">2000-09-06T19:31:00-04:00</time:at>
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				<ns:description>Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Commerce. H. Rept. 106-711, Part III.</ns:description>
				<time:at rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime">2000-09-06T19:31:00-04:00</time:at>
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				<ns:description>Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 477.</ns:description>
				<time:at rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime">2000-09-06T19:32:00-04:00</time:at>
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				<ns:description>Supplemental report filed by the Committee on Banking and Financial Services, H. Rept. 106-711, Part IV.</ns:description>
				<time:at rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime">2000-10-19T14:40:00-04:00</time:at>
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				<ns:description>Mr. Combest moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.</ns:description>
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				<ns:description>Considered under suspension of the rules.</ns:description>
				<time:at rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime">2000-10-19T18:03:00-04:00</time:at>
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				<ns:description>DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4541.</ns:description>
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				<ns:description>On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 377 - 4 (Roll no. 540).</ns:description>
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				<ns:description>Received in the Senate.</ns:description>
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