CFTC Reauthorization Act of 2019

This bill reauthorizes through FY2025 the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and generally revises provisions related to the CFTC. Among other things, the bill

• exempts certain companies from the mandatory swaps clearing requirements if they have less than $10 million in assets,
• provides for the regulation of digital commodities,
• exempts certain charitable organizations from commodity trading advisor and commodity pool operator registration requirements,
• provides that the CFTC's authority to enforce prohibitions regarding fraud and other disruptive trading practices applies to foreign activities,
• eliminates the double-sided confirmation requirement for swap data repositories, and
• expands whistleblower protections.