US Code

Public Law 119-88 (05/04/2026)

Chapter 2B Securities Exchanges

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Sections in Chapter 2B

§ 78a Short title § 78b Necessity for regulation § 78c Definitions and application § 78c–1 Swap agreements § 78c–2 Securities-related derivatives § 78c–3 Clearing for security-based swaps § 78c–4 Security-based swap execution facilities § 78c–5 Segregation of assets held as collateral in security-based swap transactions § 78d Securities and Exchange Commission § 78d–1 Delegation of functions by Commission § 78d–2 Transfer of functions with respect to assignment of personnel to chairman § 78d–3 Appearance and practice before the Commission § 78d–4 Additional duties of Inspector General § 78d–5 Deadline for completing enforcement investigations and compliance examinations and inspections § 78d–6 Report and certification of internal supervisory controls § 78d–7 Triennial report on personnel management § 78d–8 Annual financial controls audit § 78d–9 Report on oversight of national securities associations § 78e Transactions on unregistered exchanges § 78f National securities exchanges § 78g Margin requirements § 78h Restrictions on borrowing and lending by members, brokers, and dealers § 78i Manipulation of security prices § 78j Manipulative and deceptive devices § 78j–1 Audit requirements § 78j–2 Position limits and position accountability for security-based swaps and large trader reporting § 78j–3 Compensation committees § 78j–4 Recovery of erroneously awarded compensation policy § 78k Trading by members of exchanges, brokers, and dealers § 78k–1 National market system for securities; securities information processors § 78l Registration requirements for securities § 78l–1 Applications for unlisted trading privileges deemed filed under section 78l of this title § 78m Periodical and other reports § 78m–1 Reporting and recordkeeping for certain security-based swaps § 78m–2 Reporting requirements regarding coal or other mine safety § 78n Proxies § 78n–1 Shareholder approval of executive compensation § 78n–2 Corporate governance § 78o Registration and regulation of brokers and dealers § 78o–1 Brokers deemed to be registered § 78o–2 Liabilities arising prior to amendment unaffected § 78o–3 Registered securities associations § 78o–4 Municipal securities § 78o–4a Commission Office of Municipal Securities § 78o–5 Government securities brokers and dealers § 78o–6 Securities analysts and research reports § 78o–7 Registration of nationally recognized statistical rating organizations § 78o–8 Universal ratings symbols § 78o–9 Study and rulemaking on assigned credit ratings § 78o–10 Registration and regulation of security-based swap dealers and major security-based swap participants § 78o–11 Credit risk retention § 78p Directors, officers, and principal stockholders § 78q Records and reports § 78q–1 National system for clearance and settlement of securities transactions § 78q–2 Automated quotation systems for penny stocks § 78r Liability for misleading statements § 78s Registration, responsibilities, and oversight of self-regulatory organizations § 78t Liability of controlling persons and persons who aid and abet violations § 78t–1 Liability to contemporaneous traders for insider trading § 78u Investigations and actions § 78u–1 Civil penalties for insider trading § 78u–2 Civil remedies in administrative proceedings § 78u–3 Cease-and-desist proceedings § 78u–4 Private securities litigation § 78u–5 Application of safe harbor for forward-looking statements § 78u–6 Securities whistleblower incentives and protection § 78u–7 Implementation and transition provisions for whistleblower protection § 78v Hearings by Commission § 78w Rules, regulations, and orders; annual reports § 78x Public availability of information § 78y Court review of orders and rules § 78z Unlawful representations § 78aa Jurisdiction of offenses and suits § 78aa–1 Special provision relating to statute of limitations on private causes of action § 78bb Effect on existing law § 78cc Validity of contracts § 78dd Foreign securities exchanges § 78dd–1 Prohibited foreign trade practices by issuers § 78dd–2 Prohibited foreign trade practices by domestic concerns § 78dd–3 Prohibited foreign trade practices by persons other than issuers or domestic concerns § 78ee Transaction fees § 78ff Penalties § 78gg Separability § 78hh Effective date § 78hh–1 Effective date of certain sections § 78ii Omitted § 78jj Repealed. Pub. L. 100–181, title III, § 330, Dec. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 1259 § 78kk Authorization of appropriations § 78ll Requirements for the EDGAR system § 78mm General exemptive authority § 78nn Tennessee Valley Authority § 78oo Federal National Mortgage Association, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Home Loan Banks § 78pp Investor Advisory Committee § 78qq Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee § 78rr Data standards for security-based swap reporting