SILVER Act

Russ Fulcher

Republican · ID · Representative

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• Mark Harris (R-NC-8)Original· 2026-03-19

Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

2026-03-19

Source: Congress.gov

The SILVER Act would likely establish new financial regulations or programs related to the agriculture sector, though the specific details depend on the bill's full text. Based on its referral to the House Agriculture Committee, it probably affects farmers, agricultural businesses, or rural financial institutions by changing how they access credit, manage finances, or comply with banking rules. The bill is currently under review and has not yet been debated or voted on.

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8007 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8007 To amend the Commodity Exchange Act to reduce systemic risk while increasing geographical diversity and competition with respect to depositories for the storage of precious metals, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 19, 2026 Mr. Fulcher (for himself and Mr. Harris of North Carolina) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Commodity Exchange Act to reduce systemic risk while increasing geographical diversity and competition with respect to depositories for the storage of precious metals, 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. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``System Integrity through Licensed Vault Expansion and Resilience Act'' or the ``SILVER Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) Precious metals exchanges currently require physically traded metals to be stored within close proximity to New York City. (2) Geographic concentration creates systemic risk vulnerabilities, reduces available liquidity, and increases the cost to market participants. (3) Recent liquidity events in global metals markets underscore the need to minimize regulatory barriers that reduce the available supply of metals to the publicly traded marketplace. (4) Notwithstanding the current limited supply, the security standards of existing vaults supporting publicly traded exchanges are outstanding and have enhanced the confidence of market participants. (5) Market liquidity and participant confidence will be enhanced by the addition of storage vaults of relative scale and commercial importance in the marketplace. (6) Additional supply in lower-cost markets, especially markets that are near hubs of precious metals activity and interstate transportation networks, would also reduce storage costs, enhance competition in the storage marketplace, and promote greater market access to investors. (7) It is in the public interest for systemically important financial market utilities to provide a clear and transparent selection process for precious metals storage facilities within their network. SEC. 3. PRECIOUS METALS DEPOSITORIES USED IN CONNECTION WITH FUTURES CONTRACTS. Section 5b(c)(2) of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 7a- 1(c)(2)) is amended-- (1) in subparagraph (E)(vii), by inserting ``, including risks related to the geographic concentration of depositories for the storage of gold, silver, platinum, and palladium (referred to in this paragraph as `precious metals'),'' after ``clause (vi)''; (2) in subparagraph (F)-- (A) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (iv); and (B) by inserting after clause (ii) the following: ``(iii) Approval of precious metals depositories.-- ``(I) In general.--A derivatives clearing organization shall-- ``(aa) develop, publish, and employ objective and transparent criteria in evaluating and selecting depositories for the storage of precious metals used in connection with a contract of sale of a commodity for future delivery; and ``(bb) provide a formal process for those depositories to apply for that selection. ``(II) Selection factors.--In selecting depositories under subclause (I), a derivatives clearing organization shall-- ``(aa) assess and account for, among other factors, geographic diversity, competition, risk management, storage costs to members and participants, and systemic risk implications; and ``(bb) approve new depositories in the context of a public interest in increased geographic diversity, increased liquidity, market resiliency, market access, competition, and cost efficiency, consistent with appropriate security and quality standards. ``(III) Geographical requirement.-- ``(aa) In general.--A derivatives clearing organization shall select at least 2 depositories described in subclause (I) in each time zone described in item (bb). ``(bb) Time zone.--A time zone referred to in item (aa) is each of the…

following: ``(AA) Eastern time. ``(BB) Central time. ``(CC) Mountain time. ``(DD) Pacific time.''; (3) in subparagraph (I)-- (A) in clause (ii)(II), by striking ``and'' at the end; (B) in clause (iii), by striking the period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and (C) by adding at the end the following: ``(iv) periodically assess the ease of access for market participants with respect to the physical settlement of any commodity, regardless of the geographic location within the United States, to ensure system availability and resiliency.''; (4) in subparagraph (L)(iii)-- (A) in subclause (IV), by striking ``and'' at the end; (B) by redesignating subclause (V) as subclause (VI); and (C) by inserting after subclause (IV) the following: ``(V) conditions for applying to, and receiving approval from, the derivatives clearing organization as a metal service provider, such as a depository for the storage of precious metals; and''; and (5) in subparagraph (N)(i), by inserting ``, including with respect to the approval of a metal service provider, such as a depository for the storage of precious metals'' after ``trade''. <all>

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