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{{Short description|1936 federal law regulating commidities trading}}
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| shorttitle        = Commodity Exchange Act
| othershorttitles  = Commodity Exchange Act of 1936
| longtitle         = An Act to amend the grain futures act to prevent and remove obstructions and burdens upon interstate commerce in grains and other commodities by regulating transactions therein on commodity futures exchanges, to limit or abolish short selling, to curb manipulation, and for other purposes.
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| enacted by        = 74th
| effective date    = June 15, 1936
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| cite public law   = 74-675
| cite statutes at large = {{usstat|49|1491}}
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| title amended   = [[Title 7 of the United States Code|7 U.S.C.: Agriculture]]
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| committees      = [[United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry|Senate Agriculture and Forestry Committee]]
| passedbody1     = Senate
| passeddate1     = May 29, 1936
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| signedpresident = [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]
| signeddate      = June 15, 1936
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| amendments      = {{plainlist|
*[[Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act]]
*[[Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act]]}}
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'''Commodity Exchange Act''' (ch. 545, {{USStat|49|1491}}, enacted June 15, 1936) is a federal act enacted in 1936 by the U.S. Government, with some of its provisions amending the [[Grain Futures Act]] of 1922.

The Act provides federal regulation of all commodities and [[futures trading]] activities and requires all futures and commodity options to be traded on organized exchanges. In 1974, the [[Commodity Futures Trading Commission]] (CFTC) was created as a result of the Commodity Exchange Act, and in 1982 the [[National Futures Association]] (NFA) was created by CFTC.

==See also==
*[[Grain Futures Act]]
*[[National Futures Association]]
*[[Commodity Futures Trading Commission]]
*[[Futures exchange]]
*[[Futures contract]]
*[[Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000]]

==External links==
* [https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/7/chapter-1 7 U.S. Code Chapter 1—Commodity Exchanges]
* {{OCLC search link|78227086}}
* [https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/1096 Public Law 74-675, 74th Congress, H. R. 6772: Commodity Exchange Act]

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[[Category:Commodity markets in the United States]]
[[Category:United States federal commodity and futures legislation]]
[[Category:1936 in American law]]