135 STAT. 297 PUBLIC LAW 117–25—JULY 6, 2021 Public Law 117–25 117th Congress An Act To provide for the availability of amounts for customer education initiatives and non-awards expenses of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Whistle- blower Program, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION WHISTLE- BLOWER PROGRAM. (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, there is established in the Treasury a separate account (referred to in this section as the ‘‘account’’), the amounts in which shall be available for the sole purposes of— (1) carrying out the activities described in section 23(g)(2)(B) of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 26(g)(2)(B)) (referred to in this section as ‘‘customer education initiatives’’); and (2) funding the administrative, programmatic, and per- sonnel expenses of the Whistleblower Office and the Office of Customer Education and Outreach of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Commis- sion’’) in carrying out section 23 of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 26) (referred to in this section as ‘‘non-awards expenses’’). (b) TRANSFERS FROM FUND INTO ACCOUNT.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Commission shall transfer up to $10,000,000 from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Customer Protec- tion Fund established under section 23(g)(1) of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 26(g)(1)) (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Fund’’) into the account. (2) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts transferred under paragraph (1) shall be available for obligation without further appropria- tion and remain available until October 1, 2022. (3) REMAINING AMOUNTS.—Amounts remaining in the account that are unobligated on October 1, 2022, shall be returned to the Fund. (c) REQUIREMENT FOR OBLIGATIONS.—The Commission may make obligations from the account only when the unobligated bal- ance of the Fund is insufficient to pay non-awards expenses and expenses for customer education initiatives due to awards that the Commission has ordered under section 23(b) of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 26(b)). (d) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—The Commission shall include in each report required under section 23(g)(5) of the Commodity July 6, 2021 [S. 409] VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:38 Jul 08, 2021 Jkt 019139 PO 00025 Frm 00001 Fmt 6580 Sfmt 6581 E:\PUBLAW\PUBL025.117 PUBL025 kcroghan on LAP7511N33PROD with PUBLAWS 135 STAT. 298 PUBLIC LAW 117–25—JULY 6, 2021 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 409: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 167 (2021): May 28, considered and passed Senate. June 22, considered in House. June 23, prior proceedings vacated; considered and passed House. Æ Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 26(g)(5)) the same information with respect to the account as the Commission includes in the report with respect to the Fund, to the extent the information is relevant to the account. Approved July 6, 2021. VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:38 Jul 08, 2021 Jkt 019139 PO 00025 Frm 00002 Fmt 6580 Sfmt 6580 E:\PUBLAW\PUBL025.117 PUBL025 kcroghan on LAP7511N33PROD with PUBLAWS