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7 U.S.C. 6m: Use of mails or other means or instrumentalities of interstate commerce by commodity trading advisors and commodity pool operators; relation to other law

Created in 1974 by Public Law 93-463. Changed by 4 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

11 parts of federal rules cite it as their authority, written by Commodity Futures Trading Commission (11).

This Congress

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

    How it got here

    2010

    • Pub. L. 111–203, §749(b), inserted heading, designated existing provisions as subpar. (A) and inserted heading, substituted "Paragraph (1)" for "Subsection (1) of this section" and "to any commodity pool that is engaged primarily in trading commodity interests." for "to any investment tru… (Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act) Law text · (3)
    • Pub. L. 111–203, §721(e)(2), substituted "section 1a" for "section 1a(6)". (Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act) Law text · (3)

    2000

    • Pub. L. 106–554 added par. (3). (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001) Law text · (3)

    1983

    • Pub. L. 97–444 designated existing provisions as par. (1) and added par. (2).

    1978

    • Pub. L. 95–405 inserted provisions relating to applicability of this section to commodity trading advisors who are dealers, processors, brokers, or sellers in cash market transactions of specifically listed commodities or nonprofit, voluntary membership, general farm organizations who provide advic…

    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.