A BILL 
To provide end user exemptions from certain provisions of 
the Commodity Exchange Act and the Securities Ex-
change Act of 1934, and for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Business Risk Mitiga-
tion and Price Stabilization Act of 2013’’. 
SEC. 2. MARGIN REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) COMMODITY EXCHANGE ACT AMENDMENT.— 
Section 4s(e) of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 
6s(e)), as added by section 731 of the Dodd-Frank Wall 
Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, is amended 
by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) 
APPLICABILITY
WITH
RESPECT
TO 
COUNTERPARTIES.—The requirements of paragraphs 
(2)(A)(ii) and (2)(B)(ii) shall not apply to a swap in 
which a counterparty qualifies for an exception 
under section 2(h)(7)(A) or satisfies the criteria in 
section 2(h)(7)(D).’’. 
(b) SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT AMENDMENT.— 
Section 15F(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 
(15 U.S.C. 78o–10(e)), as added by section 764(a) of the 
Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protec-
tion Act, is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) 
APPLICABILITY
WITH
RESPECT
TO 
COUNTERPARTIES.—The requirements of paragraphs 
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(2)(A)(ii) and (2)(B)(ii) shall not apply to a secu-
rity-based swap in which a counterparty qualifies for 
an exception under section 3C(g)(1) or satisfies the 
criteria in section 3C(g)(4).’’. 
SEC. 3. IMPLEMENTATION. 
The amendments made by this Act to the Commodity 
Exchange Act shall be implemented— 
(1) without regard to— 
(A) chapter 35 of title 44, United States 
Code; and 
(B) the notice and comment provisions of 
section 553 of title 5, United States Code; 
(2) through the promulgation of an interim 
final rule, pursuant to which public comment will be 
sought before a final rule is issued; and 
(3) such that paragraph (1) shall apply solely 
to changes to rules and regulations, or proposed 
rules and regulations, that are limited to and di-
rectly a consequence of such amendments. 
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Union Calendar No. 74 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 634 
[Report No. 113–105, Parts I and II] 
A BILL 
To provide end user exemptions from certain provi-
sions of the Commodity Exchange Act and the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and for other 
purposes. 
JUNE 12, 2013 
Reported from the Committee on Financial Services 
JUNE 12, 2013 
Reported from the Committee on Agriculture; committed 
to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of 
the Union and ordered to be printed 
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