U.S. House lawmakers advanced legislation that would ease Dodd-Frank Act derivatives rules and give banks greater ability to trade swaps overseas.

The House Agriculture Committee voted today to move seven measures, including one to allow trading of almost all types of derivatives by units of banks that hold government-insured deposits — such as JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Citigroup Inc. A separate bill would restrict U.S. regulators' ability to apply rules to overseas transactions.

The measures, which would need approval from the House and Senate before heading to President Barack Obama, are part of an effort to amend or limit the regulatory overhaul the president signed into law less than three years ago. Dodd-Frank requires the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and Securities and Exchange Commission to create swap-market rules after largely unregulated trades helped fuel the 2008 credit crisis.