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Commodity Delivery Relief Act

H.R. 4267 · 113th Congress · Mar 14, 2014 · Lineage

A BILL

To amend the Commodity Exchange Act to provide relief for end users who use physical contracts with volumetric optionality.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Commodity Delivery Relief Act”.

Sec. 2 Relief for end users who use physical contracts with volumetric optionality

Section 1a(47)(B)(ii) of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1a(47)(B)(ii)) is amended to read as follows:

“(ii) any purchase or sale of a nonfinancial commodity or security for deferred shipment or delivery, so long as the transaction is intended to be physically settled, including any stand-alone or embedded option for which exercise results in a physical delivery obligation;”