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3 [Explanation: Listed below are instances where the Senate Bill, as passed, provides inconsistent
4 treatment in parallel provisions ofthe Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) Subtitle and the
5 Securities Subtitle ofthe bill. Page and line references refer to the Senate Bill, as passed J
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8 • The Senate Bill provides for SEC participation in prescribing minimum capital and initial
9 and variation margin requirements for CFTC-registered swap dealers and major swap
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14 • The parallel provisions in the Senate Bill do not provide for CFTC participation in
15 prescribing minimum capital and initial and variation margin requirements for SEC-
16 registered security-based swap dealers and major security-based swap participants that
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23 • The Senate Bill provides for "backstop" enforcement authority whereby the CFTC or a
24 prudential regulator may bring an enforcement action against certain swap dealers and
25 major swap participants if the other does not act in response to a request to do so. See
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2 • The securities subtitle does not contain parallel "backstop" enforcement authority
3 provisions with respect to the SEC and prudential regulators, which presumably would
8 • The Senate Bill provides for segregating funds for uncleared swaps at page 583, line 23,
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11 • The securities subtitle does not contain parallel provisions for segregating funds for
12 uncleared security-based swaps, which presumably would appear after page 827, line 18.
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16 • On page 531, lines 8-13, the third prong of the definition of a "major swap
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1 • The bracketed language does not appear in the parallel definition of a "major
2 security-based swap participant" on page 766, lines 15-18, which reads as follows:
10 • On page 547, lines 12-18, the definition ofa "swap execution facility" in the Senate
11 Bill reads as follows: "... by accepting bids and offers made by other participants
12 that are open to multiple participants in the facility or system, [through any means of
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15 • The parallel definition of a "swap execution facility" in the securities subtitle (which,
17 term "security-based swap execution facility") on page 774, lines 11-17, does not
19 facility." It reads as follows: "... by accepting bids and offers made by other
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23 The definition ofsecurity-based swap execution facility in the securities subtitle should be
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1 F. Core Principle (13) for Security-Based Swap Execution Facilities
2 • A portion of this Core Principle on Financial Resources - on page 819, lines 12-18-
3 appears to be derived from Core Principle (B) for derivatives clearing organizations (see
4 page 593, line 19 through page 594, line 2), but is inapplicable in this context of a
5 security-based swap execution facility. Note that Core Principle (13) for swap execution
6 facilities - on page 669, lines 6-18) in the CEA subtitle does not contain this language.
7 Core Principle (13) for security-based swap execution facilities should delete the
8 language drawn from a Core Principle for clearinghouses, and should otherwise be
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13 • The definition of a "commercial end user" in the CEA subtitle of the Senate Bill on page
14 571, lines 7-20, refers, among other things, to a person who owns, uses, etc., [goods,]
15 services or commodities (which shall include [but not be limited to] coal, natural gas,
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18 • The parallel definition in the securities subtitle on page 794, lines 11-23, is slightly
19 different in that it omits the bracketed words, referring instead to a person who owns,
20 uses, etc., "services or commodities (which shall include coal, natural gas, electricity,
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