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Bills/119th Congress · House

H.R. 8148

Introduced

Prediction Market RISK Act

Sponsor
DSeth Moulton· Massachusetts
Introduced
March 27, 2026
Policy area
Finance and Financial Sector
Latest action
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.March 27, 2026

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8148 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8148 To reaffirm the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's authority to enforce prohibited activity on prediction markets. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 27, 2026 Mr. Moulton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To reaffirm the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's authority to enforce prohibited activity on prediction markets. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Prediction Market Restrictions on Insider Speculation and Knowledge-Trading Act'' or the ``Prediction Market RISK Act''. SEC. 2. DEFINITION. The term ``prediction market contract'' means any financial instrument, contract, or derivative listed on or offered by a platform engaged in interstate commerce and tied to the occurrence or non- occurrence of a future event, including market-based event contracts. SEC. 3. CFTC AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE PROHIBITED TRANSACTIONS OCCURRING IN RELATION TO A PREDICTION MARKET CONTRACT. Section 4(c) and section 6(c) of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 7a-2(c)) apply to illegal trading practices occurring with relation to a prediction market contract. <all>

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