Sen. Richard Lugar's statement on his Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000

Excerpt from Sen. Lugar's statement, with links to section-by-section analysis, and the full-text of the bill

"Mr. President, I rise today with Senator Gramm, distinguished Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, and Senator Fitzgerald, distinguished Chairman of the Subcommittee on Research, Nutrition and General Legislation of the Senate Agriculture Committee, to introduce legislation to reauthorize the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA), which lapses on September 30th of this year. The Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 would reauthorize the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) for five additional years and would reform the Commodity Exchange Act in three primary ways.