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  • Sec.  1. Short title.
  • Sec.  1a. Definitions.
  • Sec.  2. Jurisdiction of Commission; liability of principal for act of agent; Commodity Futures Trading Commission; transaction in interstate commerce.
  • Sec.  2a to 4a. Transferred.
  • Sec.  5. Findings and purpose.
  • Sec.  6. Regulation of futures trading and foreign transactions.
  • Sec.  6a. Excessive speculation.
  • Sec.  6b. Fraud, false reporting, or deception prohibited.
  • Sec.  6c. Prohibited transactions.
  • Sec.  6d. Dealing by unregistered futures commission merchants or introducing brokers prohibited; duties in handling customer receipts; rules to avoid duplicative regulations.
  • Sec.  6e. Dealings by unregistered floor trader or broker prohibited.
  • Sec.  6f. Registration and financial requirements; risk assessment.
  • Sec.  6g. Reporting and recordkeeping.
  • Sec.  6h. False self-representation as registered entity member prohibited.
  • Sec.  6i. Reports of deals equal to or in excess of trading limits; books and records; cash and controlled transactions.
  • Sec.  6j. Restrictions on dual trading in security futures products on designated contract markets and registered derivatives transaction execution facilities.
  • Sec.  6k Registration of associates of futures commission merchants, commodity pool operators, and commodity trading advisors; required disclosure of disqualifications; exemptions for associated persons.
  • Sec.  6l. Commodity trading advisors and commodity pool operators; Congressional finding.
  • Sec.  6m. Use of mails or other means or instrumentalities of interstate commerce by commodity trading advisors and commodity pool operators; relation to other law.
  • Sec.  6n. Registration of commodity trading advisors and commodity pool operators; application; expiration and renewal; record keeping and reports; disclosure; statements of account.
  • Sec.  6o. Fraud and misrepresentation by commodity trading advisors, commodity pool operators, and associated persons.
  • Sec.  6o-1. Special procedures to encourage and facilitate bona fide hedging by agricultural producers.
  • Sec.  6p. Standards and examinations.
  • Sec.  7. Designation of boards of trade as contract markets.
  • Sec.  7a. Derivatives transaction execution facilities.
  • Sec.  7a-1. Derivatives clearing organizations.
  • Sec.  7a-2. Common provisions applicable to registered entities.
  • Sec.  7a-3. Exempt boards of trade.
  • Sec.  7b. Suspension or revocation of designation as registered entity.
  • Sec.  7b-1. Designation of securities exchanges and associations as contract markets.
  • Sec.  7b-2. Privacy.
  • Sec.  8. Application for designation as contract market or derivatives transaction execution facility; time; suspension or revocation of designation; hearing; review by court of appeals.
  • Sec.  9. Exclusion of persons from privilege of "registered entities"; procedure for exclusion; review by court of appeals.
  • Sec.  9a. Assessment of money penalties.
  • Sec.  9b. Rules prohibiting deceptive and other abusive telemarketing acts or practices.
  • Sec.  9c. Notice of investigations and enforcement actions.
  • Sec.  10. Repealed.
  • Sec.  10a. Cooperative associations and corporations, exclusion from board of trade; rules of board inapplicable to payment of compensation by association.
  • Sec.  11. Vacation on request of designation or registration as "registered entity"; redesignation or reregistration.
  • Sec.  12. Public disclosure.
  • Sec.  12-1 to 12-3. Omitted.
  • Sec.  12a. Registration of commodity dealers and associated persons; regulation of registered entities.
  • Sec.  12b. Trading ban violations; prohibition.
  • Sec.  12c. Disciplinary actions.
  • Sec.  12d. Commission action for noncompliance with export sales reporting requirements.
  • Sec.  12e. Repealed.
  • Sec.  13. Violations generally; punishment; costs of prosecution.
  • Sec.  13-1. Violations, prohibition against dealings in onion futures; punishment.
  • Sec.  13a. Nonenforcement of rules of government or other violations; cease and desist orders; fines and penalties; imprisonment; misdemeanor; separate offenses.
  • Sec.  13a-1. Enjoining or restraining violations.
  • Sec.  13a-2. Jurisdiction of States.
  • Sec.  13b. Manipulations or other violations; cease and desist orders against persons other than registered entities; punishment; misdemeanor or felony; separate offenses.
  • Sec.  13c. Responsibility as principal; minor violations.
  • Sec.  14. Repealed.
  • Sec.  15. Enforcement powers of Commission.
  • Sec.  15a. Repealed.
  • Sec.  15b. Cotton futures contracts.
  • Sec.  16. Commission operations.
  • Sec.  16a. Service fees and National Futures Association study.
  • Sec.  17. Separability.
  • Sec.  17a. Separability of 1936 amendment.
  • Sec.  17b. Separability of 1968 amendment.
  • Sec.  18. Complaints against registered persons.
  • Sec.  19. Consideration of costs and benefits and antitrust laws.
  • Sec.  20. Market reports.
  • Sec.  21. Registered futures associations.
  • Sec.  22. Research and information programs; reports to Congress.
  • Sec.  23. Standardized contracts for certain commodities.
  • Sec.  24. Regulations respecting commodity broker debtors; definitions.
  • Sec.  25. Private rights of action.
  • Sec.  26. Repealed.
  • Sec.  27. Definitions.
  • Sec.  27a. Exclusion of identified banking products commonly offered on or before December 5, 2000.
  • Sec.  27b. Exclusion of certain identified banking products offered by banks after December 5, 2000.
  • Sec.  27c. Exclusion of certain other identified banking products.
  • Sec.  27d. Administration of the predominance test.
  • Sec.  27e. Exclusion of covered swap agreements.
  • Sec.  27f. Contract enforcement.
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