US Code

Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

15 U.S.C. § 80b–2

Definitions

(a)

In general

When used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions shall apply:
(1)
“Assignment” includes any direct or indirect transfer or hypothecation of an investment advisory contract by the assignor or of a controlling block of the assignor’s outstanding voting securities by a security holder of the assignor; but if the investment adviser is a partnership, no assignment of an investment advisory contract shall be deemed to result from the death or withdrawal of a minority of the members of the investment adviser having only a minority interest in the business of the investment adviser, or from the admission to the investment adviser of one or more members who, after such admission, shall be only a minority of the members and shall have only a minority interest in the business.
(2)
section 1462(5) of title 12section 1462(4) of title 12 “Bank” means (A) a banking institution organized under the laws of the United States or a Federal savings association, as defined in , (B) a member bank of the Federal Reserve System, (C) any other banking institution, savings association, as defined in , or trust company, whether incorporated or not, doing business under the laws of any State or of the United States, a substantial portion of the business of which consists of receiving deposits or exercising fiduciary powers similar to those permitted to national banks under the authority of the Comptroller of the Currency, and which is supervised and examined by State or Federal authority having supervision over banks or savings associations, and which is not operated for the purpose of evading the provisions of this subchapter, and (D) a receiver, conservator, or other liquidating agent of any institution or firm included in clauses (A), (B), or (C) of this paragraph.
(3)
15 U.S.C. 78c The term “broker” has the same meaning as given in section 3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 [].
(4)
“Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
(5)
“Company” means a corporation, a partnership, an association, a joint-stock company, a trust, or any organized group of persons, whether incorporated or not; or any receiver, trustee in a case under title 11, or similar official, or any liquidating agent for any of the foregoing, in his capacity as such.
(6)
“Convicted” includes a verdict, judgment, or plea of guilty, or a finding of guilt on a plea of nolo contendere, if such verdict, judgment, plea, or finding has not been reversed, set aside, or withdrawn, whether or not sentence has been imposed.
(7)
15 U.S.C. 78c The term “dealer” has the same meaning as given in section 3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 [], but does not include an insurance company or investment company.
(8)
“Director” means any director of a corporation or any person performing similar functions with respect to any organization, whether incorporated or unincorporated.
(9)
“Exchange” means any organization, association, or group of persons, whether incorporated or unincorporated, which constitutes, maintains, or provides a market place or facilities for bringing together purchasers and sellers of securities or for otherwise performing with respect to securities the functions commonly performed by a stock exchange as that term is generally understood, and includes the market place and the market facilities maintained by such exchange.
(10)
“Interstate commerce” means trade, commerce, transportation, or communication among the several States, or between any foreign country and any State, or between any State and any place or ship outside thereof.
(11)
12 U.S.C. 184115 U.S.C. 78c(a)(12)15 U.S.C. 78a15 U.S.C. 78c(a)(62)1
1 So in original.
“Investment adviser” means any person who, for compensation, engages in the business of advising others, either directly or through publications or writings, as to the value of securities or as to the advisability of investing in, purchasing, or selling securities, or who, for compensation and as part of a regular business, issues or promulgates analyses or reports concerning securities; but does not include (A) a bank, or any bank holding company as defined in the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 [ et seq.] which is not an investment company, except that the term “investment adviser” includes any bank or bank holding company to the extent that such bank or bank holding company serves or acts as an investment adviser to a registered investment company, but if, in the case of a bank, such services or actions are performed through a separately identifiable department or division, the department or division, and not the bank itself, shall be deemed to be the investment adviser; (B) any lawyer, accountant, engineer, or teacher whose performance of such services is solely incidental to the practice of his profession; (C) any broker or dealer whose performance of such services is solely incidental to the conduct of his business as a broker or dealer and who receives no special compensation therefor; (D) the publisher of any bona fide newspaper, news magazine or business or financial publication of general and regular circulation; (E) any person whose advice, analyses or reports relate to no securities other than securities which are direct obligations of or obligations guaranteed as to principal or interest by the United States, or securities issued or guaranteed by corporations in which the United States has a direct or indirect interest which shall have been designated by the Secretary of the Treasury, pursuant to section 3(a)(12) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 [], as exempted securities for the purposes of that Act [ et seq.]; (F) any nationally recognized statistical rating organization, as that term is defined in section 3(a)(62) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 [], unless such organization engages in issuing recommendations as to purchasing, selling, or holding securities or in managing assets, consisting in whole or in part of securities, on behalf of others;;  (G) any family office, as defined by rule, regulation, or order of the Commission, in accordance with the purposes of this subchapter; or (H) such other persons not within the intent of this paragraph, as the Commission may designate by rules and regulations or order.
(12)
15 U.S.C. 80a–1 “Investment company”, affiliated person, and “insurance company” have the same meanings as in the Investment Company Act of 1940 [ et seq.]. “Control” means the power to exercise a controlling influence over the management or policies of a company, unless such power is solely the result of an official position with such company.
(13)
“Investment supervisory services” means the giving of continuous advice as to the investment of funds on the basis of the individual needs of each client.
(14)
“Means or instrumentality of interstate commerce” includes any facility of a national securities exchange.
(15)
15 U.S.C. 78f “National securities exchange” means an exchange registered under section 6 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 [].
(16)
“Person” means a natural person or a company.
(17)
section 80b–3 of this title The term “person associated with an investment adviser” means any partner, officer, or director of such investment adviser (or any person performing similar functions), or any person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by such investment adviser, including any employee of such investment adviser, except that for the purposes of (other than subsection (f) thereof), persons associated with an investment adviser whose functions are clerical or ministerial shall not be included in the meaning of such term. The Commission may by rules and regulations classify, for the purposes of any portion of portions of this subchapter, persons, including employees controlled by an investment adviser.
(18)
“Security” means any note, stock, treasury stock, security future, bond, debenture, evidence of indebtedness, certificate of interest or participation in any profit-sharing agreement, collateral-trust certificate, preorganization certificate or subscription, transferable share, investment contract, voting-trust certificate, certificate of deposit for a security, fractional undivided interest in oil, gas, or other mineral rights, any put, call, straddle, option, or privilege on any security (including a certificate of deposit) or on any group or index of securities (including any interest therein or based on the value thereof), or any put, call, straddle, option, or privilege entered into on a national securities exchange relating to foreign currency, or, in general, any interest or instrument commonly known as a “security”, or any certificate of interest or participation in, temporary or interim certificate for, receipt for, guaranty of, or warrant or right to subscribe to or purchase any of the foregoing.
(19)
“State” means any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, or any other possession of the United States.
(20)
“Underwriter” means any person who has purchased from an issuer with a view to, or sells for an issuer in connection with, the distribution of any security, or participates or has a direct or indirect participation in any such undertaking, or participates or has a participation in the direct or indirect underwriting of any such undertaking; but such term shall not include a person whose interest is limited to a commission from an underwriter or dealer not in excess of the usual and customary distributor’s or seller’s commission. As used in this paragraph the term “issuer” shall include in addition to an issuer, any person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by the issuer, or any person under direct or indirect common control with the issuer.
(21)
15 U.S.C. 77a15 U.S.C. 78a15 U.S.C. 77aaa “Securities Act of 1933” [ et seq.], “Securities Exchange Act of 1934” [ et seq.], and “Trust Indenture Act of 1939” [ et seq.], mean those Acts, respectively, as heretofore or hereafter amended.
(22)
section 80a–2(a)(48) of this titlesection 80a–54 of this title “Business development company” means any company which is a business development company as defined in and which complies with , except that—
(A)
the 70 per centum of the value of the total assets condition referred to in sections 80a–2(a)(48) and 80a–54 of this title shall be 60 per centum for purposes of determining compliance therewith;
(B)
such company need not be a closed-end company and need not elect to be subject to the provisions of sections 80a–54 through 80a–64 of this title; and
(C)
section 80a–54(a) of this title the securities which may be purchased pursuant to may be purchased from any person.
For purposes of this paragraph, all terms in sections 80a–2(a)(48) and 80a–54 of this title shall have the same meaning set forth in subchapter I as if such company were a registered closed-end investment company, except that the value of the assets of a business development company which is not subject to the provisions of sections 80a–54 through 80a–64 of this title shall be determined as of the date of the most recent financial statements which it furnished to all holders of its securities, and shall be determined no less frequently than annually.
(23)
“Foreign securities authority” means any foreign government, or any governmental body or regulatory organization empowered by a foreign government to administer or enforce its laws as they relate to securities matters.
(24)
“Foreign financial regulatory authority” means any (A) foreign securities authority, (B) other governmental body or foreign equivalent of a self-regulatory organization empowered by a foreign government to administer or enforce its laws relating to the regulation of fiduciaries, trusts, commercial lending, insurance, trading in contracts of sale of a commodity for future delivery, or other instruments traded on or subject to the rules of a contract market, board of trade or foreign equivalent, or other financial activities, or (C) membership organization a function of which is to regulate the participation of its members in activities listed above.
(25)
“Supervised person” means any partner, officer, director (or other person occupying a similar status or performing similar functions), or employee of an investment adviser, or other person who provides investment advice on behalf of the investment adviser and is subject to the supervision and control of the investment adviser.
(26)
The term “separately identifiable department or division” of a bank means a unit—
(A)
that is under the direct supervision of an officer or officers designated by the board of directors of the bank as responsible for the day-to-day conduct of the bank’s investment adviser activities for one or more investment companies, including the supervision of all bank employees engaged in the performance of such activities; and
(B)
15 U.S.C. 80a–1 for which all of the records relating to its investment adviser activities are separately maintained in or extractable from such unit’s own facilities or the facilities of the bank, and such records are so maintained or otherwise accessible as to permit independent examination and enforcement by the Commission of this subchapter or the Investment Company Act of 1940 [ et seq.] and rules and regulations promulgated under this subchapter or the Investment Company Act of 1940.
(27)
15 U.S.C. 78c(a)(55) The terms “security future” and “narrow-based security index” have the same meanings as provided in section 3(a)(55) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 [].
(28)
15 U.S.C. 78c The term “credit rating agency” has the same meaning as in section 3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 [].
(29)
2
2 So in original. Another par. (29) is set out after par. (30).
15 U.S.C. 80a–3  The term “private fund” means an issuer that would be an investment company, as defined in section 3 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (), but for section 3(c)(1) or 3(c)(7) of that Act.
(30)
The term “foreign private adviser” means any investment adviser who—
(A)
has no place of business in the United States;
(B)
has, in total, fewer than 15 clients and investors in the United States in private funds advised by the investment adviser;
(C)
has aggregate assets under management attributable to clients in the United States and investors in the United States in private funds advised by the investment adviser of less than $25,000,000, or such higher amount as the Commission may, by rule, deem appropriate in accordance with the purposes of this subchapter; and
(D)
neither—
(i)
holds itself out generally to the public in the United States as an investment adviser; nor
(ii)
acts as—
(I)
15 U.S.C. 80a–1 an investment adviser to any investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 [ et seq.]; or
(II)
15 U.S.C. 80a–53 a company that has elected to be a business development company pursuant to section 54 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (), and has not withdrawn its election.
(29)
3
3 So in original. Another par. (29) is set out preceding par. (30).
section 1a of title 7  The terms “commodity pool”, “commodity pool operator”, “commodity trading advisor”, “major swap participant”, “swap”, “swap dealer”, and “swap execution facility” have the same meanings as in .
(b)

Applicability to Federal or State government, agency, or instrumentality, or to officers, agents, or employees thereof

No provision in this subchapter shall apply to, or be deemed to include, the United States, a State, or any political subdivision of a State, or any agency, authority, or instrumentality of any one or more of the foregoing, or any corporation which is wholly owned directly or indirectly by any one or more of the foregoing, or any officer, agent, or employee of any of the foregoing acting as such in the course of his official duty, unless such provision makes specific reference thereto.

(c)

Consideration of promotion of efficiency, competition, and capital formation

Whenever pursuant to this subchapter the Commission is engaged in rulemaking and is required to consider or determine whether an action is necessary or appropriate in the public interest, the Commission shall also consider, in addition to the protection of investors, whether the action will promote efficiency, competition, and capital formation.

Aug. 22, 1940, ch. 68654 Stat. 847Pub. L. 86–70, § 12(c)73 Stat. 143Pub. L. 86–624, § 7(d)74 Stat. 412Pub. L. 86–750, § 174 Stat. 885Pub. L. 89–485, § 13(j)80 Stat. 243Pub. L. 91–547, § 2384 Stat. 1430Pub. L. 95–598, title III, § 31192 Stat. 2676Pub. L. 96–477, title II, § 20194 Stat. 2289Pub. L. 97–303, § 696 Stat. 1410Pub. L. 100–181, title VII, § 701101 Stat. 1263Pub. L. 101–550, title II, § 206(b)104 Stat. 2720Pub. L. 104–290, title III, § 303(c)110 Stat. 3438Pub. L. 106–102, title II113 Stat. 1399Pub. L. 106–554, § 1(a)(5) [title II, § 209(a)(2), (4)]114 Stat. 2763Pub. L. 109–291, § 4(b)(3)(A)120 Stat. 1337Pub. L. 109–351, title IV, § 401(b)(1)120 Stat. 1973Pub. L. 111–203, title IV124 Stat. 1570Pub. L. 119–27, § 17(a)139 Stat. 462(, title II, § 202, ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , §§ 217–219, 224, , , 1400, 1402; , , , 2763A–435, 2763A–436; , (B), , ; , , ; , §§ 402(a), 409(a), title VII, § 770, title IX, § 986(d), , , 1575, 1801, 1936; , , .)

Amendment of Subsection (a)(18)

Pub. L. 119–27139 Stat. 462Pub. L. 119–27

section 5901 of title 12“The term ‘security’ does not include a payment stablecoin issued by a permitted payment stablecoin issuer, as such terms are defined in .”
, §§ 17(a), 20, , , 466, provided that, effective on the earlier of the date that is 18 months after , or the date that is 120 days after the date on which the primary Federal payment stablecoin regulators issue any final regulations implementing , subsection (a)(18) of this section is amended by adding at the end the following: See 2025 Amendment note below.

Editorial Notes

References in Text

act May 9, 1956, ch. 24070 Stat. 133section 1841 of Title 12The Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, referred to in subsec. (a)(11)(A), is , , which is classified principally to chapter 17 (§ 1841 et seq.) of Title 12, Banks and Banking. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under and Tables.

act Aug. 22, 1940, ch. 68654 Stat. 789section 80a–51 of this titleThe Investment Company Act of 1940, referred to in subsec. (a)(12), (26)(B), (30)(D)(ii)(I), is title I of , , which is classified generally to subchapter I (§ 80a–1 et seq.) of this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see and Tables.

act May 27, 1933, ch. 38, title I48 Stat. 74section 77a of this titleThe Securities Act of 1933, referred to in subsec. (a)(21), is , , which is classified generally to subchapter I (§ 77a et seq.) of chapter 2A of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see and Tables.

act June 6, 1934, ch. 40448 Stat. 881section 78a of this titleThe Securities Exchange Act of 1934, referred to in subsec. (a)(21), is , , which is classified principally to chapter 2B (§ 78a et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see and Tables.

act May 27, 1933, ch. 38Aug. 3, 1939, ch. 41153 Stat. 1149section 77aaa of this titleThe Trust Indenture Act of 1939, referred to in subsec. (a)(21), is title III of , as added , , which is classified generally to subchapter III (§ 77aaa et seq.) of chapter 2A of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see and Tables.

act Aug. 22, 1940, ch. 686This subchapter, referred to in subsec. (a)(26)(B), was in the original “this Act” and was translated as reading “this title”, meaning title II of , known as the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.

Amendments

Pub. L. 119–27section 5901 of title 122025—Subsec. (a)(18). inserted at end “The term ‘security’ does not include a payment stablecoin issued by a permitted payment stablecoin issuer, as such terms are defined in .”

Pub. L. 111–203, § 409(a)2010—Subsec. (a)(11)(G), (H). , added subpar. (G) and redesignated former subpar. (G) as (H).

Pub. L. 111–203, § 986(d)Subsec. (a)(21). , struck out “ ‘Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935’,” after “ ‘Securities Exchange Act of 1934’,”.

Pub. L. 111–203, § 770section 1a of title 7Subsec. (a)(29). , added par. (29) relating to certain terms having the same meanings as in .

Pub. L. 111–203, § 402(a), added par. (29) defining the term “private fund”.

Pub. L. 111–203, § 402(a)Subsec. (a)(30). , added par. (30).

Pub. L. 109–351, § 401(b)(1)(A)section 1462(5) of title 122006—Subsec. (a)(2)(A). , inserted “or a Federal savings association, as defined in ” after “a banking institution organized under the laws of the United States”.

Pub. L. 109–351, § 401(b)(1)(B)section 1462(4) of title 12Subsec. (a)(2)(C). , inserted “, savings association, as defined in ,” after “other banking institution” and “or savings associations” after “having supervision over banks”.

Pub. L. 109–291, § 4(b)(3)(B)Subsec. (a)(11)(F), (G). , added subpar. (F) and redesignated former subpar. (F) as (G).

Pub. L. 109–291, § 4(b)(3)(A)Subsec. (a)(28). , added par. (28).

Pub. L. 106–554, § 1(a)(5) [title II, § 209(a)(2)]2000—Subsec. (a)(18). , inserted “security future,” after “treasury stock,”.

Pub. L. 106–554, § 1(a)(5) [title II, § 209(a)(4)]Subsec. (a)(27). , added par. (27).

Pub. L. 106–102, § 2181999—Subsec. (a)(3). , amended par. (3) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (3) read as follows: “ ‘Broker’ means any person engaged in the business of effecting transactions in securities for the account of others, but does not include a bank.”

Pub. L. 106–102, § 219Subsec. (a)(7). , amended par. (7) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (7) read as follows: “ ‘Dealer’ means any person regularly engaged in the business of buying and selling securities for his own account, through a broker or otherwise, but does not include a bank, insurance company, or investment company, or any person insofar as he is engaged in investing, reinvesting or trading in securities, or in owning or holding securities, for his own account, either individually or in some fiduciary capacity, but not as a part of a regular business.”

Pub. L. 106–102, § 217(a)Subsec. (a)(11)(A). , substituted “investment company, except that the term ‘investment adviser’ includes any bank or bank holding company to the extent that such bank or bank holding company serves or acts as an investment adviser to a registered investment company, but if, in the case of a bank, such services or actions are performed through a separately identifiable department or division, the department or division, and not the bank itself, shall be deemed to be the investment adviser” for “investment company”.

Pub. L. 106–102, § 217(b)Subsec. (a)(26). , added par. (26).

Pub. L. 106–102, § 224Subsec. (c). , added subsec. (c).

Pub. L. 104–290, § 303(c)(1)1996—Subsec. (a). , substituted “requires, the following definitions shall apply:” for “requires—” in introductory provisions.

Pub. L. 104–290, § 303(c)(2)Subsec. (a)(25). , added par. (25).

Pub. L. 101–5501990—Subsec. (a)(23), (24). added pars. (23) and (24).

Pub. L. 100–1811987—Subsec. (a)(19). struck out reference to Canal Zone.

Pub. L. 97–3031982—Subsec. (a)(18). inserted “any put, call, straddle, option, or privilege on any security (including a certificate of deposit) or on any group or index of securities (including any interest therein or based on the value thereof), or any put, call, straddle, option, or privilege entered into on a national securities exchange relating to foreign currency,” after “mineral rights,”.

Pub. L. 96–4771980—Subsec. (a)(22). added par. (22).

Pub. L. 95–5981978—Subsec. (a)(5). substituted “a case under title 11” for “bankruptcy”.

Pub. L. 91–547, § 23(1)section 248(k) of Title 121970—Subsec. (a)(2). , substituted “under the authority of the Comptroller of the Currency” for “under ”.

Pub. L. 91–547, § 23(2)Subsec. (a)(17) to (21). , added par. (17) and redesignated former pars. (17) to (20) as (18) to (21), respectively.

Pub. L. 89–4851966—Subsec. (a)(11)(A). substituted “bank holding company as defined in the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956” for “holding company affiliate, as defined in the Banking Act of 1933”.

Pub. L. 86–750, § 1(a)1960—Subsec. (a)(12). , substituted definition of “control” as “the power to exercise a controlling influence over the management or policies of a company, unless such power is solely the result of an official position with such company” for its prior definition which was the same as in the Investment Company Act of 1940.

Pub. L. 86–750, § 1(b)Subsec. (a)(18). , struck out reference to Philippine Islands, which change was previously executed in the codification of this section pursuant to Proc. No. 2695 that granted independence to the Philippine Islands.

Pub. L. 86–624 struck out reference to Hawaii.

Pub. L. 86–701959—Subsec. (a)(18). struck out reference to Alaska.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2025 Amendment

Pub. L. 119–27Pub. L. 119–27section 20 of Pub. L. 119–27section 5901 of Title 12Amendment by effective on the earlier of the date that is 18 months after , or the date that is 120 days after the date on which the primary Federal payment stablecoin regulators issue any final regulations implementing , see , set out as an Effective Date note under , Banks and Banking.

Effective Date of 2010 Amendment

section 986(d) of Pub. L. 111–203section 4 of Pub. L. 111–203section 5301 of Title 12Amendment by effective 1 day after , except as otherwise provided, see , set out as an Effective Date note under , Banks and Banking.

Pub. L. 111–203, title IV, § 419124 Stat. 1580

15 U.S.C. 80b–1“Except as otherwise provided in this title [enacting sections 80b–18b and 80b–18c of this title, amending this section and sections 80b–3, 80b–3a, 80b–4, 80b–5, 80b–10, and 80b–11 of this title, and enacting provisions set out as notes under this section and sections 77b and 80b–20 of this title], this title and the amendments made by this title shall become effective 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act [], except that any investment adviser may, at the discretion of the investment adviser, register with the Commission under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 [ et seq.] during that 1-year period, subject to the rules of the Commission.”
, , , provided that:

section 419 of Pub. L. 111–203section 402(b) of Pub. L. 111–203section 5301 of Title 12[For definitions of “investment adviser” and “Commission” as used in , set out above, see , set out below, and , Banks and Banking, respectively.]

section 770 of Pub. L. 111–203Pub. L. 111–203section 774 of Pub. L. 111–203section 77b of this titleAmendment by effective on the later of 360 days after , or, to the extent a provision of subtitle B (§§ 761–774) of title VII of requires a rulemaking, not less than 60 days after publication of the final rule or regulation implementing such provision of subtitle B, see , set out as a note under .

Effective Date of 1999 Amendment

Pub. L. 106–102section 225 of Pub. L. 106–102section 77c of this titleAmendment by effective 18 months after , see , set out as a note under .

Effective Date of 1996 Amendment

Section 308(a) of title III of Pub. L. 104–290Pub. L. 105–8, § 1111 Stat. 15

section 80b–3a of this titlesection 1002 of Title 29section 1002 of Title 29“This title [enacting , amending this section, sections 80b–3 and 80b–18a of this title, and , Labor, and enacting provisions set out as notes under sections 80b–3a, 80b–10, and 80b–20 of this title and ] and the amendments made by this title shall take effect 270 days after the date of enactment of this Act [].”
, as amended by , , , provided that:

Effective Date of 1978 Amendment

Pub. L. 95–598section 402(a) of Pub. L. 95–598section 101 of Title 11Amendment by effective , see , set out as an Effective Date note preceding , Bankruptcy.

Effective Date of 1970 Amendment

Pub. L. 91–547section 30 of Pub. L. 91–547section 80a–52 of this titleAmendment by effective , see , set out as a note under .

Regulations; Construction

Pub. L. 111–203, title IV, § 409(b)124 Stat. 1575

“(b)

Rulemaking .—

15 U.S.C. 80b–2(a)(11)(G)The rules, regulations, or orders issued by the Commission pursuant to section 202(a)(11)(G) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 [], as added by this section, regarding the definition of the term ‘family office’ shall provide for an exemption that—
“(1)
is consistent with the previous exemptive policy of the Commission, as reflected in exemptive orders for family offices in effect on the date of enactment of this Act [], and the grandfathering provisions in paragraph (3);
“(2)
recognizes the range of organizational, management, and employment structures and arrangements employed by family offices; and
“(3)
15 U.S.C. 80b–1 does not exclude any person who was not registered or required to be registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 [ et seq.] on from the definition of the term ‘family office’, solely because such person provides investment advice to, and was engaged before in providing investment advice to—
“(A)
natural persons who, at the time of their applicable investment, are officers, directors, or employees of the family office who—
“(i)
have invested with the family office before ; and
“(ii)
15 U.S.C. 77a are accredited investors, as defined in Regulation D of the Commission (or any successor thereto) under the Securities Act of 1933 [ et seq.], or, as the Commission may prescribe by rule, the successors-in-interest thereto;
“(B)
any company owned exclusively and controlled by members of the family of the family office, or as the Commission may prescribe by rule;
“(C)
15 U.S.C. 80b–1 any investment adviser registered under the Investment Adviser[s] Act of 1940 [ et seq.] that provides investment advice to the family office and who identifies investment opportunities to the family office, and invests in such transactions on substantially the same terms as the family office invests, but does not invest in other funds advised by the family office, and whose assets as to which the family office directly or indirectly provides investment advice represent, in the aggregate, not more than 5 percent of the value of the total assets as to which the family office provides investment advice.
“(c)

Antifraud Authority .—

15 U.S.C. 80b–6A family office that would not be a family office, but for subsection (b)(3), shall be deemed to be an investment adviser for the purposes of paragraphs (1), (2) and (4) of section 206 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 [].”
, (c), , , provided that:

Pub. L. 111–203section 5301 of Title 12section 402(b) of Pub. L. 111–203[For definitions of “Commission” and “investment adviser” as used in section 409(b), (c) of , set out above, see , Banks and Banking, and , set out below, respectively.]

Definitions

Pub. L. 111–203, title IV, § 402(b)124 Stat. 1570

15 U.S.C. 80b–2“As used in this title [enacting sections 80b–18b and 80b–18c of this title, amending this section and sections 80b–3, 80b–3a, 80b–4, 80b–5, 80b–10, and 80b–11 of this title, and enacting provisions set out as notes under this section and sections 77b and 80b–20 of this title], the terms ‘investment adviser’ and ‘private fund’ have the same meanings as in section 202 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 [], as amended by this title.”
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Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

64 Stat. 1265section 78d of this titleFor transfer of functions of Securities and Exchange Commission, with certain exceptions, to Chairman of such Commission, see Reorg. Plan No. 10 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. , 15 F.R. 3175, , set out under .