Public Law 119-88 (05/04/2026)
Chapter 1 Commodity Exchanges
Browse 0 units and 86 sections in Chapter 1 Commodity Exchanges of Title 7.
Sections in Chapter 1
§ 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