7 USC Chapter 1
COMMODITY EXCHANGES
through Pub. L. 116-216 (December 11, 2020)
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1
Short title
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1a
Definitions
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1b
Requirements of Secretary of the Treasury regarding exemption of foreign exchange swaps and foreign exchange forwards from definition of the term "swap"
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2
Jurisdiction of Commission; liability of principal for act of agent; Commodity Futures Trading Commission; transaction in interstate commerce
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2a to 4a
to 4a. Transferred
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5
Findings and purpose
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6
Regulation of futures trading and foreign transactions
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6a
Excessive speculation
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6b
Contracts designed to defraud or mislead
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6b-1
Enforcement authority
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6c
Prohibited transactions
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6d
Dealing by unregistered futures commission merchants or introducing brokers prohibited; duties in handling customer receipts; conflict-of-interest systems and procedures; Chief Compliance Officer; rules to avoid duplicative regulations; swap requirements; portfolio margining accounts
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6e
Dealings by unregistered floor trader or broker prohibited
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6f
Registration and financial requirements; risk assessment
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6g
Reporting and recordkeeping
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6h
False self-representation as registered entity member prohibited
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6i
Reports of deals equal to or in excess of trading limits; books and records; cash and controlled transactions
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6j
Restrictions on dual trading in security futures products on designated contract markets and registered derivatives transaction execution facilities
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6k
Registration of associates of futures commission merchants, commodity pool operators, and commodity trading advisors; required disclosure of disqualifications; exemptions for associated persons
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6l
Commodity trading advisors and commodity pool operators; Congressional finding
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6m
Use of mails or other means or instrumentalities of interstate commerce by commodity trading advisors and commodity pool operators; relation to other law
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6n
Registration of commodity trading advisors and commodity pool operators; application; expiration and renewal; record keeping and reports; disclosure; statements of account
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6o
Fraud and misrepresentation by commodity trading advisors, commodity pool operators, and associated persons
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6o-1
Transferred
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6p
Standards and examinations
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6q
Special procedures to encourage and facilitate bona fide hedging by agricultural producers
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6r
Reporting and recordkeeping for uncleared swaps
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6s
Registration and regulation of swap dealers and major swap participants
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6t
Large swap trader reporting
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7
Designation of boards of trade as contract markets
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7a
Repealed. Pub. L. 111–203, title VII, §734(a), July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 1718
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7a-1
Derivatives clearing organizations
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7a-2
Common provisions applicable to registered entities
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7a-3
Repealed. Pub. L. 111–203, title VII, §734(a), July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 1718
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7b
Suspension or revocation of designation as registered entity
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7b-1
Designation of securities exchanges and associations as contract markets
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7b-2
Privacy
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7b-3
Swap execution facilities
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8
Application for designation as contract market or derivatives transaction execution facility; time; suspension or revocation of designation; hearing; review by court of appeals
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9
Prohibition regarding manipulation and false information
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9a
Assessment of money penalties
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9b
Rules prohibiting deceptive and other abusive telemarketing acts or practices
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9c
Notice of investigations and enforcement actions
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10
Repealed. June 25, 1948, ch. 646, §39, 62 Stat. 992, eff. Sept. 1, 1948
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10a
Cooperative associations and corporations, exclusion from board of trade; rules of board inapplicable to payment of compensation by association
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11
Vacation on request of designation or registration as "registered entity"; redesignation or reregistration
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12
Public disclosure
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12-1 to 12-3
Ommitted
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12a
Registration of commodity dealers and associated persons; regulation of registered entities
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12b
Trading ban violations; prohibition
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12c
Disciplinary actions
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12d
Commission action for noncompliance with export sales reporting requirements
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12e
Repealed. Pub. L. 106–554, §1(a)(5) [title I, §123(a)(21)], Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat. 2763, 2763A-410
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13
Violations generally; punishment; costs of prosecution
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13-1
Violations, prohibition against dealings in motion picture box office receipts or onion futures; punishment
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13a
Nonenforcement of rules of government or other violations; cease and desist orders; fines and penalties; imprisonment; misdemeanor; separate offenses
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13a-1
Enjoining or restraining violations
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13a-2
Jurisdiction of States
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13b
Manipulations or other violations; cease and desist orders against persons other than registered entities; punishment
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13c
Responsibility as principal; minor violations
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14
Repealed. Pub. L. 99–641, title I, §110(5), Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3561
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15
Ommitted
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15a
Repealed. Pub. L. 95–405, §24, Sept. 30, 1978, 92 Stat. 877
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15b
Cotton futures contracts
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16
Commission operations
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16a
Service fees and National Futures Association study
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17
Separability
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17a
Separability of 1936 amendment
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17b
Separability of 1968 amendment
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18
Complaints against registered persons
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19
Consideration of costs and benefits and antitrust laws
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20
Market reports
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21
Registered futures associations
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22
Research and information programs; reports to Congress
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23
Standardized contracts for certain commodities
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24
Customer property with respect to commodity broker debtors; definitions
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24a
Swap data repositories
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25
Private rights of action
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26
Commodity whistleblower incentives and protection
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27
Definitions
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27a
Exclusion of identified banking product
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27b
Repealed. Pub. L. 111–203, title VII, §725(g)(1)(A), July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 1694
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27c
Exclusion of certain other identified banking products
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27d
Administration of the predominance test
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27e
Repealed. Pub. L. 111–203, title VII, §725(g)(1)(A), July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 1694
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27f
Contract enforcement

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