The Commodity Exchange Act, 7 U.S.C. § 1, et seq., provides for the federal regulation of commodity futures and options trading. See Commodity Futures Modernization Act.

Federal act passed in 1936 establishing the Commodity Exchange Authority and placing futures trading in a wide range of commodities under the regulation of the government.

Commodity Exchange Act is a federal act passed in 1936 by the U.S. Government (replacing the Grain Futures Act of 1922). The act provides federal regulation of all commodities and futures trading activities and requires all futures and commodity options to be traded on organized exchanges.