‘‘(D) be consistent with and implement ap-
plicable accounting and reporting principles. 
‘‘(3) 
INCORPORATION
OF
STANDARDS.—In 
adopting data standards under this subsection, the 
Board of Governors shall incorporate all applicable 
data standards promulgated by the Office of Finan-
cial Research.’’. 
SEC. 602. OPEN DATA PUBLICATION BY THE BOARD OF 
GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYS-
TEM. 
The Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 226 et seq.) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 32 OPEN DATA PUBLICATION BY THE BOARD OF GOV-
ERNORS. 
‘‘All public information published by the Board of 
Governors under this Act, the Bank Holding Company Act 
of 1956, the Financial Stability Act of 2010, the Home 
Owners’ Loan Act, the Payment, Clearing, and Settlement 
Supervision Act of 2010, or the Enhancing Financial In-
stitution Safety and Soundness Act of 2010 shall be pub-
lished as open data, freely available for download in bulk, 
accessible via application programming interface where 
appropriate, and offered without any registration require-
ment or reuse restriction.’’. 
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SEC. 603. RULEMAKING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than the end of the 2- 
year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Sys-
tem shall issue the regulations required under the amend-
ments made by this title. 
(b) SCALING OF REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS.—In 
issuing the regulations required under the amendments 
made by this title, the Board of Governors of the Federal 
Reserve System may scale data reporting requirements in 
order to reduce any unjustified burden on smaller regu-
lated entities. 
(c) MINIMIZING DISRUPTION.—In issuing the regula-
tions required under the amendments made by this title, 
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System 
shall seek to minimize disruptive changes to the persons 
affected by such regulations. 
SEC. 604. NO NEW DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS. 
Nothing in this title or the amendments made by this 
title shall be construed to require the Board of Governors 
of the Federal Reserve System to collect additional infor-
mation under the statutes amended by this title, beyond 
information that was collected under such statutes before 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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TITLE 
VII—COMMODITY 
FU-
TURES 
TRADING 
COMMIS-
SION 
SEC. 701. DATA STANDARDS. 
The Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 24. DATA STANDARDS. 
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT.—The Commission shall, by rule, 
adopt data standards for all information that is regularly 
filed with or submitted to the Commission under this Act, 
all information that is required to be reported to a reg-
istered swap data repository under this Act, and all infor-
mation that is required to be publicly disclosed by parties 
to a swap under this Act. 
‘‘(b) CHARACTERISTICS.—The data standards re-
quired by subsection (a) shall, to the extent practicable— 
‘‘(1) render information fully searchable and 
machine-readable; 
‘‘(2) be nonproprietary; 
‘‘(3) incorporate standards developed and main-
tained by voluntary consensus standards bodies; and 
‘‘(4) be consistent with and implement applica-
ble accounting and reporting principles. 
‘‘(c) INCORPORATION OF STANDARDS.—In adopting 
data standards by rule under this section, the Commission 
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shall incorporate all applicable data standards promul-
gated by the Office of Financial Research.’’. 
SEC. 702. OPEN DATA PUBLICATION BY THE COMMODITY 
FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION. 
The Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), 
as amended by section 701, is further amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 25. OPEN DATA PUBLICATION. 
‘‘All public information published by the Commission 
under this Act shall be published as open data, freely 
available for download in bulk, accessible via application 
programming interface where appropriate, and offered 
without any registration requirement or reuse restric-
tion.’’. 
SEC. 703. RULEMAKING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than the end of the 2- 
year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission shall 
issue the regulations required under the amendments 
made by this title. 
(b) SCALING OF REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS.—In 
issuing the regulations required under the amendments 
made by this title, the Commodity Futures Trading Com-
mission may scale data reporting requirements in order 
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to reduce any unjustified burden on smaller regulated en-
tities. 
(c) MINIMIZING DISRUPTION.—In issuing the regula-
tions required under the amendments made by this title, 
the Commodity Futures Trading Commission shall seek 
to minimize disruptive changes to the persons affected by 
such regulations. 
SEC. 704. NO NEW DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS. 
Nothing in this title or the amendments made by this 
title shall be construed to require the Commodity Futures 
Trading Commission to collect additional information 
under the statutes amended by this title, beyond informa-
tion that was collected under such statutes before the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
TITLE VIII—NATIONAL CREDIT 
UNION ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 801. DATA STANDARDS. 
Title I of the Federal Credit Union Act (12 U.S.C. 
1752 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘SEC. 132. DATA STANDARDS. 
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT.—The Board shall, by rule, 
adopt data standards for all information and reports regu-
larly filed with or submitted to the Administration under 
this Act. 
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