DEATH BETS Act

119 HR 7942 IH: Discouraging Exploitative Assassination, Tragedy, and Harm Betting in Event Trading Systems Act U.S. House of Representatives 2026-03-16 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. I 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7942 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 16, 2026 Mr. Levin introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To amend the Commodity Exchange Act to prohibit the listing of contracts relating to war, death, and similar activities. 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 . 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 inserting after subsection (c) the following: (d) Prohibition on listing of contracts relating to war, death, and similar activities A registered entity shall not list for trading or accept for clearing on or through the registered entity any of the following: (1) An agreement, contract, transaction, or swap based on an excluded commodity (as defined in section 1a(19)(iv)) that involves, relates to, or references terrorism, assassination, war, or any similar activity, as determined by the Commission. (2) An agreement, contract, transaction, or swap based on an excluded commodity (as defined in section 1a(19)(iv)) that involves, relates to, or references an individual’s death or could otherwise be construed as correlating closely to an individual’s death. .