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US CodeTitle 15Chapter 2B

Chapter 2B

SECURITIES EXCHANGES

Title 15 - Commerce and Trade

93 sections

Sections

§ 78a

Short title

Very short

§ 78aa

Jurisdiction of offenses and suits

Medium

§ 78aa–1

Special provision relating to statute of limitations on private causes of action

Short

§ 78b

Necessity for regulation

Medium

§ 78bb

Effect on existing law

Long

§ 78c

Definitions and application

Very long

§ 78c–1

Repealed

Swap agreements

Short

§ 78c–2

Securities-related derivatives

Short

§ 78c–3

Clearing for security-based swaps

Very long

§ 78c–4

Security-based swap execution facilities

Long

§ 78c–5

Segregation of assets held as collateral in security-based swap transactions

Long

§ 78cc

Validity of contracts

Medium

§ 78d

Securities and Exchange Commission

Very long

§ 78d–1

Delegation of functions by Commission

Medium

§ 78d–2

Transfer of functions with respect to assignment of personnel to chairman

Very short

§ 78d–3

Appearance and practice before the Commission

Short

§ 78d–4

Additional duties of Inspector General

Medium

§ 78d–5

Deadline for completing enforcement investigations and compliance examinations and inspections

Medium

§ 78d–6

Report and certification of internal supervisory controls

Medium

§ 78d–7

Triennial report on personnel management

Medium

§ 78d–8

Annual financial controls audit

Short

§ 78d–9

Report on oversight of national securities associations

Medium

§ 78dd

Foreign securities exchanges

Short

§ 78dd–1

Prohibited foreign trade practices by issuers

Long

§ 78dd–2

Prohibited foreign trade practices by domestic concerns

Very long

§ 78dd–3

Prohibited foreign trade practices by persons other than issuers or domestic concerns

Long

§ 78e

Transactions on unregistered exchanges

Short

§ 78ee

Transaction fees

Long

§ 78f

National securities exchanges

Very long

§ 78ff

Penalties

Medium

§ 78g

Margin requirements

Long

§ 78gg

Separability

Very short

§ 78h

Restrictions on borrowing and lending by members, brokers, and dealers

Short

§ 78hh

Effective date

Very short

§ 78hh–1

Effective date of certain sections

Very short

§ 78i

Manipulation of security prices

Long

§ 78j

Manipulative and deceptive devices

Short

§ 78j–1

Audit requirements

Long

§ 78j–2

Position limits and position accountability for security-based swaps and large trader reporting

Medium

§ 78j–3

Compensation committees

Long

§ 78j–4

Recovery of erroneously awarded compensation policy

Short

§ 78k

Trading by members of exchanges, brokers, and dealers

Long

§ 78k–1

National market system for securities; securities information processors

Very long

§ 78kk

Authorization of appropriations

Very short

§ 78l

Registration requirements for securities

Very long

§ 78l–1

Applications for unlisted trading privileges deemed filed under

Very short

§ 78ll

Requirements for the EDGAR system

Short

§ 78m

Periodical and other reports

Very long

§ 78m–1

Reporting and recordkeeping for certain security-based swaps

Medium

§ 78m–2

Reporting requirements regarding coal or other mine safety

Medium

§ 78mm

General exemptive authority

Medium

§ 78n

Proxies

Very long

§ 78n–1

Shareholder approval of executive compensation

Long

§ 78n–2

Corporate governance

Very short

§ 78nn

Tennessee Valley Authority

Short

§ 78o

Registration and regulation of brokers and dealers

Very long

§ 78o–1

Brokers deemed to be registered

Very short

§ 78o–10

Registration and regulation of security-based swap dealers and major security-based swap participants

Very long

§ 78o–11

Credit risk retention

Long

§ 78o–2

Liabilities arising prior to amendment unaffected

Very short

§ 78o–3

Registered securities associations

Very long

§ 78o–4

Municipal securities

Very long

§ 78o–4a

Commission Office of Municipal Securities

Short

§ 78o–5

Government securities brokers and dealers

Very long

§ 78o–6

Securities analysts and research reports

Long

§ 78o–7

Registration of nationally recognized statistical rating organizations

Very long

§ 78o–8

Universal ratings symbols

Short

§ 78o–9

Study and rulemaking on assigned credit ratings

Medium

§ 78oo

Federal National Mortgage Association, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Home Loan Banks

Short

§ 78p

Directors, officers, and principal stockholders

Long

§ 78pp

Investor Advisory Committee

Medium

§ 78q

Records and reports

Very long

§ 78q–1

National system for clearance and settlement of securities transactions

Very long

§ 78q–2

Automated quotation systems for penny stocks

Medium

§ 78qq

Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee

Long

§ 78r

Liability for misleading statements

Short

§ 78rr

Data standards for security-based swap reporting

Short

§ 78s

Registration, responsibilities, and oversight of self-regulatory organizations

Very long

§ 78t

Liability of controlling persons and persons who aid and abet violations

Medium

§ 78t–1

Liability to contemporaneous traders for insider trading

Medium

§ 78u

Repealed

Investigations and actions

Very long

§ 78u–1

Civil penalties for insider trading

Long

§ 78u–2

Civil remedies in administrative proceedings

Long

§ 78u–3

Cease-and-desist proceedings

Long

§ 78u–4

Private securities litigation

Very long

§ 78u–5

Application of safe harbor for forward-looking statements

Long

§ 78u–6

Securities whistleblower incentives and protection

Very long

§ 78u–7

Implementation and transition provisions for whistleblower protection

Short

§ 78v

Hearings by Commission

Very short

§ 78w

Rules, regulations, and orders; annual reports

Long

§ 78x

Public availability of information

Long

§ 78y

Court review of orders and rules

Long

§ 78z

Unlawful representations

Short