US Code Title 7 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 &Quot;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 &Quot;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
Last modified: October 26, 2015