of manipulation of, or an attempt to manipulate, the 
price of any commodity, a civil penalty of not more 
than $1,000,000 for each such violation’’; and 
(2) in the second sentence, by inserting before 
the period at the end the following: ‘‘, except that 
if the failure or refusal to obey or comply with the 
order involved any offense under section 9(f), the 
registered entity, director, officer, agent, or employee 
shall be guilty of a felony and, on conviction, shall 
be subject to penalties under section 9(f)’’. 
(d) ACTION TO ENJOIN OR RESTRAIN VIOLATIONS.— 
Section 6c(d) of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 
13a–1(d)) is amended by striking ‘‘(d)’’ and all that fol-
lows through the end of paragraph (1) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(d) CIVIL PENALTIES.—(1) In any action brought 
under this section, the Commission may seek and the 
court shall have jurisdiction to impose, on a proper show-
ing, on any person found in the action to have committed 
any violation— 
‘‘(A) a civil penalty in the amount of not more 
than the greater of $100,000 or triple the monetary 
gain to the person for each violation; or 
‘‘(B) in any case of manipulation of, or an at-
tempt to manipulate, the price of any commodity, a 
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civil penalty in the amount of not more than the 
greater of $1,000,000 or triple the monetary gain to 
the person for each violation.’’. 
(e) VIOLATIONS GENERALLY.—Section 9(a) of the 
Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 13) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(or $500,000 in the case of a 
person who is an individual)’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘five years’’ and inserting ‘‘10 
years’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘false or mis-
leading or knowingly inaccurate reports’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘knowingly false, misleading, or inaccurate re-
ports’’. 
SEC. 7. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
(a) Section 2 of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 
U.S.C. 2) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘section 
5b’’ and inserting ‘‘section 5a(g), 5b,’’; 
(2) in subsection (e)(1), by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after 
‘‘(g)’’; and 
(3) in subsection (i)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘No provision’’ and in-
serting ‘‘IN
GENERAL.—Subject to sub-
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sections (g)(2) and (h)(7), no provision’’; 
and 
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 
‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘2(g)’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘No pro-
vision’’ and inserting ‘‘IN GENERAL.—Subject 
to subsections (g)(2) and (h)(7), no provision’’. 
(b) Section 4i of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 
U.S.C. 6i) is amended in the first sentence by inserting 
‘‘, or pursuant to an exemption under section 4(c)’’ after 
‘‘transaction execution facility’’. 
(c) Section 8a(9) of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 
U.S.C. 12a(9)) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘or an electronic energy trad-
ing facility’’ after ‘‘direct the contract market’’; 
(2) by inserting after ‘‘liquidation of any fu-
tures contract’’ the following: ‘‘or included energy 
transaction’’; and 
(3) by inserting ‘‘or an electronic energy trad-
ing facility’’ after ‘‘given by a contract market’’. 
Æ 
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