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The United States Code on COSMOS is current through Public Law 118-34 (12/26/2023), except for Public Law 118-31.
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CHAPTER 1-COMMODITY EXCHANGES
- §1 Short title
- §1a Definitions
- §1b Requirements of Secretary of the Treasury regarding exemption of foreign exchange swaps and foreign exchange forwards from definition of the term "swap"
- §2 Jurisdiction of Commission; liability of principal for act of agent; Commodity Futures Trading Commission; transaction in interstate commerce
- §2a to 4a Transferred
- §5 Findings and purpose
- §6 Regulation of futures trading and foreign transactions
- §6a Excessive speculation
- §6b Contracts designed to defraud or mislead
- §6b-1 Enforcement authority
- §6c Prohibited transactions
- §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
- §6e Dealings by unregistered floor trader or broker prohibited
- §6f Registration and financial requirements; risk assessment
- §6g Reporting and recordkeeping
- §6h False self-representation as registered entity member prohibited
- §6i Reports of deals equal to or in excess of trading limits; books and records; cash and controlled transactions
- §6j Restrictions on dual trading in security futures products on designated contract markets and registered derivatives transaction execution facilities
- §6k Registration of associates of futures commission merchants, commodity pool operators, and commodity trading advisors; required disclosure of disqualifications; exemptions for associated persons
- §6l Commodity trading advisors and commodity pool operators; Congressional finding
- §6m Use of mails or other means or instrumentalities of interstate commerce by commodity trading advisors and commodity pool operators; relation to other law
- §6n Registration of commodity trading advisors and commodity pool operators; application; expiration and renewal; record keeping and reports; disclosure; statements of account
- §6o Fraud and misrepresentation by commodity trading advisors, commodity pool operators, and associated persons
- §6o-1 Transferred
- §6p Standards and examinations
- §6q Special procedures to encourage and facilitate bona fide hedging by agricultural producers
- §6r Reporting and recordkeeping for uncleared swaps
- §6s Registration and regulation of swap dealers and major swap participants
- §6t Large swap trader reporting
- §7 Designation of boards of trade as contract markets
- §7a Repealed. Pub. L. 111-203, title VII, § 734(a), July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 1718
- §7a-1 Derivatives clearing organizations
- §7a-2 Common provisions applicable to registered entities
- §7a-3 Repealed. Pub. L. 111-203, title VII, § 734(a), July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 1718
- §7b Suspension or revocation of designation as registered entity
- §7b-1 Designation of securities exchanges and associations as contract markets
- §7b-2 Privacy
- §7b-3 Swap execution facilities
- §8 Application for designation as contract market or derivatives transaction execution facility; time; suspension or revocation of designation; hearing; review by court of appeals
- §9 Prohibition regarding manipulation and false information
- §9a Assessment of money penalties
- §9b Rules prohibiting deceptive and other abusive telemarketing acts or practices
- §9c Notice of investigations and enforcement actions
- §10 Repealed. June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 39, 62 Stat. 992, eff. Sept. 1, 1948
- §10a Cooperative associations and corporations, exclusion from board of trade; rules of board inapplicable to payment of compensation by association
- §11 Vacation on request of designation or registration as "registered entity"; redesignation or reregistration
- §12 Public disclosure
- §12-1 to 12-3 Omitted
- §12a Registration of commodity dealers and associated persons; regulation of registered entities
- §12b Trading ban violations; prohibition
- §12c Disciplinary actions
- §12d Commission action for noncompliance with export sales reporting requirements
- §12e Repealed. Pub. L. 106-554, § 1(a)(5) [title I, § 123(a)(21)], Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat. 2763, 2763A-410
- §13 Violations generally; punishment; costs of prosecution
- §13-1 Violations, prohibition against dealings in motion picture box office receipts or onion futures; punishment
- §13a Nonenforcement of rules of government or other violations; cease and desist orders; fines and penalties; imprisonment; misdemeanor; separate offenses
- §13a-1 Enjoining or restraining violations
- §13a-2 Jurisdiction of States
- §13b Manipulations or other violations; cease and desist orders against persons other than registered entities; punishment
- §13c Responsibility as principal; minor violations
- §14 Repealed. Pub. L. 99-641, title I, § 110(5), Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3561
- §15 Omitted
- §15a Repealed. Pub. L. 95-405, § 24, Sept. 30, 1978, 92 Stat. 877
- §15b Cotton futures contracts
- §16 Commission operations
- §16a Service fees and National Futures Association study
- §17 Separability
- §17a Separability of 1936 amendment
- §17b Separability of 1968 amendment
- §18 Complaints against registered persons
- §19 Consideration of costs and benefits and antitrust laws
- §20 Market reports
- §21 Registered futures associations
- §22 Research and information programs; reports to Congress
- §23 Standardized contracts for certain commodities
- §24 Customer property with respect to commodity broker debtors; definitions
- §24a Swap data repositories
- §25 Private rights of action
- §26 Commodity whistleblower incentives and protection
- §27 Definitions
- §27a Exclusion of identified banking product
- §27b Repealed. Pub. L. 111-203, title VII, § 725(g)(1)(A), July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 1694
- §27c Exclusion of certain other identified banking products
- §27d Administration of the predominance test
- §27e Repealed. Pub. L. 111-203, title VII, § 725(g)(1)(A), July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 1694
- §27f Contract enforcement
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Americans with Disabilities Act 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq.
Anti-Kickback Statute 42 U.S.C. § 1320a–7b(b)
Clayton Act 15 U.S.C. § 12 et seq.
Clean Air Act 42 U.S.C. § 7401 et seq.
Commodity Exchange Act 7 U.S.C. § 1
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq.
Controlled Substances Act 21 U.S.C. § 801 et seq.
Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) 42 U.S.C. § 1395dd
Fair Credit Reporting Act 15 U.S.C. § 1681
False Claims Act 31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq.
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 21 U.S.C. § 301 et seq.
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 7 U.S.C. § 136 et seq.
Federal Trade Commission Act 15 U.S.C. § 41 et seq.
Foreign corrupt Practices Act 15 U.S.C. § 78dd-1 et seq.
Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009 (FERA) 18 U.S.C. § 27
Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) 42 U.S.C. § 300jj et seq., 42 U.S.C. § 17901 et seq.
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) 42 U.S.C. § 201
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 42 U.S.C. § 4321 et seq.
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 42 U.S.C. § 18001 et seq.
Physician Payments Sunshine Act 42 U.S.C. § 1320a–7h
Public Health Service Act 42 U.S.C. § 201 et seq.
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) 42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq.
Robinson–Patman Act 15 U.S.C. § 13
Sarbanes-Oxley Act 15 U.S.C. § 7201 et seq.
Securities Act of 1933 15 U.S.C. § 77a et seq.
Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 18 U.S.C. § 3551 et seq.
Sherman Act 15 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.
Social Security Act 42 U.S.C. § 301 et seq.
Stark Law 42 U.S.C. § 1395nn
Toxic Substances Control Act 15 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq.