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7 U.S.C. 24: Customer property with respect to commodity broker debtors; definitions

Created in 1978 by Public Law 95-598. Changed by 2 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

2 parts of federal rules cite it as their authority, written by Commodity Futures Trading Commission (2).

This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

    How it got here

    2010

    • Pub. L. 111–203 added subsec. (c). (Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act) Law text · (c)

    1982

    • Pub. L. 97–222, §20(b), inserted ", including the payment and allocation of margin with respect to commodity contracts not specifically identifiable to a particular customer pending their orderly liquidation". · (a)

    Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.