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The FAST Act repealed CEA section 21(d)(2), added to the CEA by Dodd-Frank section 728, which provided that domestic and foreign regulators that are otherwise eligible to, and that do, request data from an SDR (collectively, Regulators) agree to indemnify the SDR and the CFTC for expenses resulting from litigation relating to the information provided. When considered in light of the CFTC’s current regulations addressing Regulators’ access to SDR data, the removal of the indemnification requirement presented a number of issues, primarily related to the scope of Regulators’ access to SDR data, and maintaining the confidentiality of such data consistent with CEA section 8. The Commission addressed these issues in a final rule that, among other things, revise the current approach to Regulators’ access to SDRs’ swap data and sets forth more information regarding the confidentiality agreement that is required by CEA section 21(d).