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CFTC Charitable Organization Exemption Act of 2025
To exempt charitable organizations from commodity trading regulations and registration requirements.
Summary
This bill amends the Commodity Exchange Act to exempt charitable organizations from federal registration requirements as commodity trading advisors and commodity pool operators. The exemption applies to charitable organizations and their trustees, directors, officers, employees, and volunteers when conducting advisory or pool activities only on behalf of the charitable organization or related investment trusts or syndicates. The exemption also extends to certain employee benefit plans and accounts that are similarly excluded from investment company regulations. Exempted charitable organizations remain subject to enforcement proceedings and must comply with applicable securities laws and disclosure requirements. Existing exemptions for small commodity trading advisors and SEC-registered investment advisers are preserved.
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Sponsor (1)
1 cosponsor
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to April Mcclain Delaney’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- FORBRIGHT BANK $17,665
- GALLATIN POINT CAPITAL $13,200
- GOLDENTREE ASSET MANAGEMENT $13,200
- MONUMENTAL SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT $13,200
- GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY $10,100
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for April Mcclain Delaney → · Outside spending →
Actions (3)
- Jan 13, 2026 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development. · house
- Dec 11, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. · house
- Dec 11, 2025 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 11, 2025
Mrs. McClain Delaney (for herself and Mr. Messmer) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture
A BILL
To exempt charitable organizations from commodity trading regulations and registration requirements.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “CFTC Charitable Organization Exemption Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. EXEMPTION OF QUALIFIED CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS FROM REGULATION AS COMMODITY POOL OPERATORS.
Section 4m of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 6m) is amended to read as follows:
“SEC. 4M. USE OF MAILS OR OTHER MEANS OR INSTRUMENTALITIES OF INTERSTATE COMMERCE BY COMMODITY TRADING ADVISORS AND COMMODITY POOL OPERATORS.
“(a) Prohibition.—It shall be unlawful for any commodity trading advisor or commodity pool operator, unless registered under this Act, to make use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce in connection with business as the commodity trading advisor or commodity pool operator.
“(b) Exceptions.—
“(1) In general.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to a commodity trading advisor whose commodity trading advice is solely incidental to the conduct of that person’s business, and who is a—
“(A) dealer, processor, broker, or seller in cash market transactions of any commodity specifically set forth in section 2(a) of this Act before the enactment of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Act of 1974 (or products thereof); or
“(B) nonprofit, voluntary membership, general farm organization, that provides advice on the sale or purchase of any commodity specifically set forth in section 2(a) of this Act before the enactment of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Act of 1974.
“(2) Charitable organization.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to any commodity trading advisor or commodity pool operator that is—
“(A) a charitable organization, as defined in section 3(c)(10)(D) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-3(c)(10)(D)), or a trustee, director, officer, employee, or volunteer of such a charitable organization acting within the scope of the employment or duties of the person with the organization, whose advisory or pool activities are conducted only on behalf of, or with respect to, 1 or more of—
“(i) any such charitable organization; or
“(ii) an investment trust, syndicate, or similar form of enterprise excluded from the definition of ‘investment company’ pursuant to section 3(c)(10) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-3(c)(10)), or the trustees, administrators, settlors (or potential settlors), or beneficiaries of the foregoing; or
“(B) any plan, company, or account described in section 3(c)(14) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-3(c)(14)), any person or entity who establishes or maintains such a plan, company, or account, or any trustee, director, officer, employee, or volunteer for any of the foregoing plans, persons, or entities acting within the scope of the employment or duties of the person with the organization, whose advisory or pool activities are conducted only on behalf of, or with respect to, any investment trust, syndicate, or similar form of enterprise excluded from the definition of ‘investment company’ pursuant to section 3(c)(14) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-3(c)(14)).
“(3) Small commodity trading advisors.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to any commodity trading advisor who, during the course of the preceding 12 months, has not furnished commodity trading advice to more than 15 persons and who does not hold themselves out generally to the public as a commodity trading advisor.
“(4) SEC-registered.—
“(A) In general.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to any commodity trading advisor that is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an investment adviser whose business does not consist primarily of acting as a commodity trading advisor and that does not act as a commodity trading advisor to any commodity pool that is primarily engaged in trading commodity interests.
“(B) Engaged primarily.—For purposes of this paragraph, a commodity trading advisor or a commodity pool shall be considered to be ‘engaged primarily’ in the business of being a commodity trading advisor or commodity pool if it is or holds itself out to the public as being engaged primarily, or proposes to engage primarily, in the business of advising on commodity interests or investing, reinvesting, owning, holding, or trading in commodity interests, respectively.
“(C) Commodity interests.—For purposes of this paragraph, commodity interests shall include contracts of sale of a commodity for future delivery, options on such contracts, security futures, swaps, leverage contracts, foreign exchange, spot and forward contracts on physical commodities, and any monies held in an account used for trading commodity interests.
“(5) Subject to proceedings.—A person described in paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be subject to proceedings under section 14.
“(c) Relationship to Other Law.—Nothing in this Act shall relieve any person of any obligation or duty, or affect the availability of any right or remedy available to the Securities and Exchange Commission or any private party arising under the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77a et seq.) or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.) governing the issuance, offer, purchase, or sale of securities of a commodity pool, or of persons engaged in transactions with respect to the securities, or reporting by a commodity pool.
“(d) Disclosure Concerning Exempted Charitable Organizations.—A commodity trading advisor or commodity pool operator that is an organization or person described in subsection (b)(2)(A) of this section to or of any investment trust, syndicate, or similar form of enterprise excluded from the definition of ‘investment company’ pursuant to section 3(c)(10)(B) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-3(c)(10)(B)) shall provide disclosure in accordance with section 7(e) of that Act (15 U.S.C. 80a-7(e)).”. <all>
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