Congress·In Committee·H.R. 8125

CFTC Proprietary Information Act of 2026

CFTC: Protecting Private Business Information

Mar 26·View on Congress.gov·Read full text

Next up: A house committee

This bill is currently sitting in the House Committee on Agriculture where it was sent on March 25, 2026. No action has been taken on the bill since that date, which means it has been stalled for about three months. The committee members must decide whether to move the bill forward for a vote.

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Could go either way

This bill has support from the top Republican and Democrat on the House Agriculture Committee, which makes it much more likely to move forward than most bills.

Key Points

This bill tells the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to create strict rules for handling private business information. The agency would have to explain how it asks for this data and how it keeps it safe from being leaked or used illegally.
The new rules would limit who can see sensitive information. Only specific staff members who need the data for their jobs would be allowed to access it, which helps prevent trade secrets from being shared with the wrong people.
If the agency wants to share this private data with other parts of the government, it must get a promise that the other group will keep it just as safe. This prevents sensitive information from being exposed when it moves between different government offices.

Impact Analysis

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Milestones

2 milestones2 actions

Mar 26, 2026House

Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Mar 26, 2026

Introduced in House

The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.

No votes, news coverage, or related bills recorded for this bill yet.

Source Information

Document Type

Congressional Bill

Official Title

CFTC Proprietary Information Act of 2026

Bill NumberHR 8125

Congress119th Congress

ChamberHouse of Representatives

Latest ActionReferred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Data Sources

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