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<span style="font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;">7 U.S.C. </span><br/>
<span style="font-size:10pt">United States Code, 2011 Edition</span><br/>
<span style="font-size:10pt">Title 7 - AGRICULTURE</span><br/>
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<div><div class="analysis-head-left">Chap.</div><div class="analysis-head-right">Sec.</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">1.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Commodity Exchanges</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">2.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Cotton Standards</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">51</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">3.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Grain Standards</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">71</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">4.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Naval Stores</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">91</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">5.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center" id="wide">Importation of Adulterated Seeds [Repealed]</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">111</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">6.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Insecticides and Environmental Pesticide Control</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">121</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">6A.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">National Laboratory Accreditation</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">138</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">7.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center" id="wide">Insect Pests Generally [Repealed, Omitted, or Transferred]</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">141</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">7A.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center" id="wide">Golden Nematode [Repealed]</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">150</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">7B.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center" id="wide">Plant Pests [Repealed]</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">150aa</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">8.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center" id="wide">Nursery Stock and Other Plants and Plant Products [Repealed, Omitted, or Transferred]</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">151</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">8A.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Rubber and Other Critical Agricultural Materials</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">171</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">9.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Packers and Stockyards</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">181</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">10.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Warehouses</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">241</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">11.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Honeybees</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">281</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">12.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Associations of Agricultural Products Producers</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">291</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">13.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">301</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">14.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Agricultural Experiment Stations</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">361</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">15.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Bureau of Animal Industry</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">391</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">16.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Bureau of Dairy Industry</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">401</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">17.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Miscellaneous Matters</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">411</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">18.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Cooperative Marketing</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">451</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">19.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Cotton Statistics and Estimates</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">471</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">20.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Dumping or Destruction of Interstate Produce</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">491</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">20A.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Perishable Agricultural Commodities</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">499a</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">21.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Tobacco Statistics</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">501</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">21A.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Tobacco Inspection</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">511</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">21B.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center" id="wide">Tobacco Control [Repealed]</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">515</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">21C.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Tobacco Reform</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">518</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">22.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center" id="wide">Agricultural Marketing [Omitted or Transferred]</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">521</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">23.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center" id="wide">Foreign Agricultural Service [Repealed]</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">541</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">24.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Perishable Agricultural Commodities [Transferred to Chapter 20A]</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">551</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">25.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Export Standards for Apples</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">581</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">25A.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Export Standards for Grapes and Plums</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">591</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">26.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Agricultural Adjustment</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">601</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">26A.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Agricultural Marketing Agreements</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">671</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">27.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center" id="wide">Cotton Marketing [Repealed or Omitted]</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">701</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">28.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center" id="wide">Tobacco Industry [Repealed]</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">751</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">29.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center" id="wide">Potato Act of 1935 [Repealed]</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">801</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">30.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Anti-Hog-Cholera Serum and Hog-Cholera Virus</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">851</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">31.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Rural Electrification and Telephone Service</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">901</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">31A.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Telemedicine and Distance Learning Services in Rural Areas</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">950aaa</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">32.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Peanut Statistics</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">951</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">33.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Farm Tenancy</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1000</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">34.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center" id="wide">Sugar Production and Control [Omitted or Repealed]</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1100</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">35.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1281</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">35A.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Price Support of Agricultural Commodities</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1421</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">36.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Crop Insurance</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1501</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">37.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Seeds</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1551</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">38.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Distribution and Marketing of Agricultural Products</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1621</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">39.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Stabilization of International Wheat Market</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1641</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">40.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center" id="wide">Halogeton Glomeratus Control [Repealed]</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1651</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">41.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Food for Peace</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1691</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">42.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Agricultural Commodity Set-Aside</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1741</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">43.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Foreign Market Development</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1761</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">44.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center" id="wide">Wool Program [Repealed]</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1781</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">45.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Soil Bank Program</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1801</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">46.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Surplus Disposal of Agricultural Commodities</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1851</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">47.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center" id="wide">Interchange of Department of Agriculture and State Employees [Repealed]</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1881</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">48.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Humane Methods of Livestock Slaughter</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1901</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">49.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Consultation on Agricultural Programs</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1911</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">50.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Agricultural Credit</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">1921</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">51.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">2011</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">52.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center" id="wide">Farm Labor Contractor Registration [Repealed]</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">2041</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">53.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Cotton Research and Promotion</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">2101</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">54.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Transportation, Sale, and Handling of Certain Animals</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">2131</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">55.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Department of Agriculture</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">2201</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">55A.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Department of Agriculture Advisory Committees</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">2281</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">56.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Unfair Trade Practices Affecting Producers of Agricultural Products</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">2301</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">57.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Plant Variety Protection</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">2321</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">58.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Potato Research and Promotion</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">2611</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">59.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Rural Fire Protection, Development, and Small Farm Research and Education</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">2651</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">60.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Egg Research and Consumer Information</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">2701</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">61.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Noxious Weeds</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">2801</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">62.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Beef Research and Information</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">2901<!-- PDFPage:2 --></div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">63.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Farmer-to-Consumer Direct Marketing</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">3001</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">64.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">3101</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">65.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Wheat and Wheat Foods Research and Nutrition Education</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">3401</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">66.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">3501</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">67.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Implementation of International Sugar Agreement, 1977</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">3601</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">68.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Agricultural Subterminal Facilities</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">3701</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">69.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Swine Health Protection</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">3801</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">70.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Animal Cancer Research</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">3901</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">71.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Agricultural Trade Suspension Adjustment</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">4001</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">72.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center" id="wide">National Agricultural Cost of Production Standards Review Board [Omitted]</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">4101</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">73.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Farmland Protection Policy</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">4201</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">74.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Floral Research and Consumer Information</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">4301</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">75.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">4401</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">76.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Dairy Research and Promotion</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">4501</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">77.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Honey Research, Promotion, and Consumer Information</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">4601</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">78.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center" id="wide">Agricultural Productivity Research [Repealed]</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">4701</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">79.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Pork Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">4801</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">80.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Watermelon Research and Promotion</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">4901</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">81.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center" id="wide">National Commission on Agriculture and Rural Development Policy [Omitted]</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">5001</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">82.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">State Agricultural Loan Mediation Programs</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">5101</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">83.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Agricultural Competitiveness and Trade</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">5201</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">84.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">5301</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">85.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Administration of Environmental Programs</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">5401</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">86.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Water Quality Research, Education, and Coordination</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">5501</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">87.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Export Promotion</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">5601</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">88.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Research</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">5801</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">89.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Pecan Promotion and Research</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">6001</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">90.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Mushroom Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">6101</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">91.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Lime Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">6201</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">92.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Soybean Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">6301</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">93.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Processor-Funded Milk Promotion Program</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">6401</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">94.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Organic Certification</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">6501</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">95.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Rural Revitalization Through Forestry</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">6601</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">96.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Global Climate Change</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">6701</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">97.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Fresh Cut Flowers and Fresh Cut Greens Promotion and Information</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">6801</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">98.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Department of Agriculture Reorganization</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">6901</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">99.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Sheep Promotion, Research, and Information</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">7101</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">100.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Agricultural Market Transition</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">7201</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">101.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Agricultural Promotion</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">7401</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">102.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Emergency Food Assistance</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">7501</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">103.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">7601</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">104.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Plant Protection</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">7701</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">105.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Hass Avocado Promotion, Research, and Information</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">7801</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">106.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Commodity Programs</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">7901</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">107.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Renewable Energy Research and Development</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">8101</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">108.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Tree Assistance Program</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">8201</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">109.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Animal Health Protection</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">8301</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">110.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Enhancing Controls on Dangerous Biological Agents and Toxins</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">8401</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">111.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Brown Tree Snake Control and Eradication</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">8501</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">112.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center" id="wide">Biomass Research and Development [Repealed]</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">8601</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">113.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Agricultural Commodity Support Programs</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">8701</div></div>
<div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-left">114.</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-center">Agricultural Security</div><div class="three-column-analysis-style-content-right">8901</div></div>
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<div><div class="analysis-head-left">Sec.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">1.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Short title.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">1a.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Definitions.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">1b.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Requirements of Secretary of the Treasury regarding exemption of foreign exchange swaps and foreign exchange forwards from definition of the term “swap”.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">2.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Jurisdiction of Commission; liability of principal for act of agent; Commodity Futures Trading Commission; transaction in interstate commerce.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">2a to 4a.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Transferred.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">5.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Findings and purpose.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">6.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Regulation of futures trading and foreign transactions.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">6a.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Excessive speculation.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">6b.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Contracts designed to defraud or mislead.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">6b–1.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Enforcement authority.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">6c.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Prohibited transactions.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">6d.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">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.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">6e.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Dealings by unregistered floor trader or broker prohibited.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">6f.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Registration and financial requirements; risk assessment.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">6g.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Reporting and recordkeeping.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">6h.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">False self-representation as registered entity member prohibited.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">6i.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Reports of deals equal to or in excess of trading limits; books and records; cash and controlled transactions.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">6j.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Restrictions on dual trading in security futures products on designated contract markets and registered derivatives transaction execution facilities.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">6k</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Registration of associates of futures commission merchants, commodity pool operators, and commodity trading advisors; required disclosure of disqualifications; exemptions for associated persons.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">6<em>l.</em></div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Commodity trading advisors and commodity pool operators; Congressional finding.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">6m.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Use of mails or other means or instrumentalities of interstate commerce by commodity trading advisors and commodity pool operators; relation to other law.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">6n.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Registration of commodity trading advisors and commodity pool operators; application; expiration and renewal; record keeping and reports; disclosure; statements of account.<!-- PDFPage:3 --></div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">6<em>o.</em></div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Fraud and misrepresentation by commodity trading advisors, commodity pool operators, and associated persons.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">6<em>o</em>–1.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Transferred.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">6p.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Standards and examinations.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">6q.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Special procedures to encourage and facilitate bona fide hedging by agricultural producers.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">6r.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Reporting and recordkeeping for uncleared swaps.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">6s.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Registration and regulation of swap dealers and major swap participants.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">6t.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Large swap trader reporting.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">7.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Designation of boards of trade as contract markets.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">7a.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right" id="wide">Repealed.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">7a–1.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Derivatives clearing organizations.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">7a–2.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Common provisions applicable to registered entities.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">7a–3.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right" id="wide">Repealed.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">7b.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Suspension or revocation of designation as registered entity.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">7b–1.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Designation of securities exchanges and associations as contract markets.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">7b–2.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Privacy.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">7b–3.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Swap execution facilities.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">8.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Application for designation as contract market or derivatives transaction execution facility; time; suspension or revocation of designation; hearing; review by court of appeals.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">9.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Prohibition regarding manipulation and false information.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">9a.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Assessment of money penalties.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">9b.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Rules prohibiting deceptive and other abusive telemarketing acts or practices.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">9c.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Notice of investigations and enforcement actions.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">10.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right" id="wide">Repealed.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">10a.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Cooperative associations and corporations, exclusion from board of trade; rules of board inapplicable to payment of compensation by association.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">11.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Vacation on request of designation or registration as “registered entity”; redesignation or reregistration.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">12.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Public disclosure.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left" id="wide">12–1 to 12–3. Omitted.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">12a.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Registration of commodity dealers and associated persons; regulation of registered entities.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">12b.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Trading ban violations; prohibition.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">12c.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Disciplinary actions.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">12d.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Commission action for noncompliance with export sales reporting requirements.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">12e.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right" id="wide">Repealed.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">13.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Violations generally; punishment; costs of prosecution.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">13–1.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Violations, prohibition against dealings in motion picture box office receipts or onion futures; punishment.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">13a.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Nonenforcement of rules of government or other violations; cease and desist orders; fines and penalties; imprisonment; misdemeanor; separate offenses.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">13a–1.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Enjoining or restraining violations.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">13a–2.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Jurisdiction of States.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">13b.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Manipulations or other violations; cease and desist orders against persons other than registered entities; punishment.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">13c.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Responsibility as principal; minor violations.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">14.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right" id="wide">Repealed.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left" id="wide">15, 15a. Omitted or Repealed.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">15b.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Cotton futures contracts.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">16.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Commission operations.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">16a.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Service fees and National Futures Association study.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">17.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Separability.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">17a.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Separability of 1936 amendment.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">17b.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Separability of 1968 amendment.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">18.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Complaints against registered persons.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">19.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Consideration of costs and benefits and antitrust laws.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">20.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Market reports.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">21.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Registered futures associations.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">22.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Research and information programs; reports to Congress.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">23.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Standardized contracts for certain commodities.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">24.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Customer property with respect to commodity broker debtors; definitions.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">24a.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Swap data repositories.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">25.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Private rights of action.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">26.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Commodity whistleblower incentives and protection.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">27.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Definitions.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">27a.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Exclusion of identified banking product.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">27b.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right" id="wide">Repealed.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">27c.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Exclusion of certain other identified banking products.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">27d.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Administration of the predominance test.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">27e.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right" id="wide">Repealed.</div></div>
<div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-left">27f.</div><div class="two-column-analysis-style-content-right">Contract enforcement.</div></div>
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<p class="source-credit">(Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 369, §1, 42 Stat. 998; June 15, 1936, ch. 545, §1, 49 Stat. 1491.)</p>
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<h4 class="note-head">Prior Provisions</h4>
<p class="note-body">This chapter superseded act Aug. 24, 1921, ch. 86, 42 Stat. 187, known as “The Future Trading Act,” which act was declared unconstitutional, at least in part, in <em>Hill v. Wallace</em>, Ill. 1922, 42 S.Ct. 453, 259 U.S. 44, 66 L.Ed. 822. Section 3 of that act was found unconstituti…
