Amendment101st Congress
Amendments: 1) required the Commodities Futures Trading Commission to study the feasibility of computerized futures trading and authorized a computerized futures trading pilot project; 2) required the CFTC to monitor index arbitrage trading in equity index futures contracts; and 3) required the CFTC to monitor the margin levels on equity index futures contracts.
- Amendment Number
- 253
- Description
- Amendments: 1) required the Commodities Futures Trading Commission to study the feasibility of computerized futures trading and authorized a computerized futures trading pilot project; 2) required the CFTC to monitor index arbitrage trading in equity index futures contracts; and 3) required the CFTC to monitor the margin levels on equity index futures contracts.
- Purpose
- An en bloc amendment that would: 1) Require the Commodities Futures Trading Commission to study the feasibility of computerized futures trading and authorize a computerized futures trading pilot project; 2) require the CFTC to monitor index arbitrage trading in equity index futures contracts; 3) require the CFTC to monitor the margin levels on equity index futures contracts.
- Congress
- 101
- Type
- HAMDT
- Latest Action Date
- Sep 13, 1989
- Latest Action Text
- On agreeing to the Huckaby amendments (A006) Agreed to by voice vote.
- Latest Action Time
- 14:33:36
- Submitted Date
- Sep 13, 1989
- Chamber
- House of Representatives
- Update Date
- Jul 1, 2021