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7 U.S. Code § 26. Commodity whistleblower incentives and protection
(a) DefinitionsIn this section:
(1) Covered judicial or administrative action
The term “covered judicial or administrative action” means any judicial or administrative action brought by the Commission under this chapter that results in monetary sanctions exceeding $1,000,000.
(2) Fund
The term “Fund” means the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Customer Protection Fund established under subsection (g).
(3) Monetary sanctionsThe term “monetary sanctions”, when used with respect to any judicial or administrative action means—
(A)
any monies, including penalties, disgorgement, restitution, and interest ordered to be paid; and
(B)
any monies deposited into a disgorgement fund or other fund pursuant to section 7246(b) of title 15, as a result of such action or any settlement of such action.
(4) Original informationThe term “original information” means information that—
(A)
is derived from the independent knowledge or analysis of a whistleblower;
(B)
is not known to the Commission from any other source, unless the whistleblower is the original source of the information; and
(C)
is not exclusively derived from an allegation made in a judicial or administrative hearing, in a governmental report, hearing, audit, or investigation, or from the news media, unless the whistleblower is a source of the information.
(5) Related action
The term “related action”, when used with respect to any judicial or administrative action brought by the Commission under this chapter, means any judicial or administrative action brought by an entity described in subclauses (I) through (VI) of subsection (h)(2)(C) that is based upon the original information provided by a whistleblower pursuant to subsection (a) that led to the successful enforcement of the Commission action.
(6) Successful resolution
The term “successful resolution”, when used with respect to any judicial or administrative action brought by the Commission under this chapter, includes any settlement of such action.
(7) Whistleblower
The term “whistleblower” means any individual, or 2 or more individuals acting jointly, who provides information relating to a violation of this chapter to the Commission, in a manner established by rule or regulation by the Commission.