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7 U.S.C. 6f: Registration and financial requirements; risk assessment

Created in 1968 by Public Law 90-258. Changed by 7 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

13 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 7 U.S.C. 2, 7 U.S.C. 6d, 7 U.S.C. 6k, 7 U.S.C. 6s, 7 U.S.C. 7a–2.

14 parts of federal rules cite it as their authority, written by Commodity Futures Trading Commission (14).

This Congress

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

    How it got here

    2008

    • Pub. L. 110–246, §13105(b), substituted "complied" for "compiled". (Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008) Law text · (c)

    2000

    • Pub. L. 106–554, §1(a)(5) [title II, §252(b)], designated existing provisions as par. (1) and added pars. (2) and (3). (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001) Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 106–554, §1(a)(5) [title II, §252(c)], added par. (4). (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001) Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 106–554, §1(a)(5) [title I, §123(a)(6)], inserted "or derivatives transaction execution facility" after "contract market" wherever appearing. (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001) Law text · (b), (c)

    1992

    • Pub. L. 102–546, §§207(b)(1), 229(1), redesignated par. (1) as subsec. (a) and substituted "floor broker, or floor trader" for "or floor broker". · (a)
    • Pub. L. 102–546, §229(1), (2), redesignated par. (2) as subsec. (b) and substituted "this subsection" for "this paragraph (2)". · (b)
    • Pub. L. 102–546, §229(3), added subsec. (c). · (c)

    1983

    • Pub. L. 97–444, §208(1), made grammatical changes, made registration provisions applicable to introducing brokers, and substituted "revoked pursuant to the provisions of this chapter" for "revoked after notice and hearing as prescribed in this chapter". · (1)
    • Pub. L. 97–444, §208(2), made financial requirements applicable to introducing brokers. · (2)

    1978

    • Pub. L. 95–405 substituted "Each registration shall expire on December 31 of the year for which issued or at such other time, not less than one year from the date of issuance, as the Commission may by rule, regulation, or order prescribe" for "All registrations shall expire on the 31st da… · (1)

    1974

    • Pub. L. 93–463 substituted "Commission" for "Secretary of Agriculture".

    1968

    • Pub. L. 90–258, §7(a), substituted "this chapter" for "section 6g of this title". · (1)
    • Pub. L. 90–258, §7(b), substituted provisions that prescribed financial requirements for registration as futures commission merchant be met and continued at all times and that such requirements will be considered met by membership in a contract market and compliance with its minimum finan… · (2)

    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.