DEATH BETS Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4035 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4035 To amend the Commodity Exchange Act to prohibit the listing of contracts relating to war, death, and similar activities. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 10, 2026 Mr. Schiff introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Commodity Exchange Act to prohibit the listing of contracts relating to war, death, and similar activities. 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 ``Discouraging Exploitative Assassination, Tragedy, and Harm Betting in Event Trading Systems Act'' or the ``DEATH BETS Act''. SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON LISTING OF CONTRACTS RELATING TO WAR, DEATH, AND SIMILAR ACTIVITIES. Section 5c of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 7a-2) is amended by inser…