A bill to amend the Commodity Exchange Act to ban certain Government officials from trading event contracts, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4017 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4017 To amend the Commodity Exchange Act to ban certain Government officials from trading event contracts, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 5, 2026 Mr. Merkley (for himself, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Schiff, and Mrs. Gillibrand) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Commodity Exchange Act to ban certain Government officials from trading event contracts, and for other purposes. 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 ``End Prediction Market Corruption Act''. SEC. 2. BAN ON TRADING EVENT CONTRACTS BY CERTAIN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS. Section 5c of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 7a-2) is amended by inserting after subsection (c) the following: ``(d) Ban on Trading Event Contracts by Certain Government Officials.-- ``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection: ``(A) Covered individual.--The term `covered individual' means-- ``(i) the President; ``(ii) the Vice President; and ``(iii) a Member of Congress. ``(B) Event contract.--The term `event contract' means an agreement, contract, transaction, or swap in an excluded commodity that is based on an occurrence, extent of an occurrence of, or contingency. ``(C) Material nonpublic information.--The term `material nonpublic information' means information-- ``(i) that a reasonable investor would consider important in making a decision regarding purchasing, selling, or otherwise exchanging an agreement or contract in a commodity or a commodity for future delivery; and ``(ii)