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The Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) regulates the trading of commodity futures in the United States. Passed in 1936, it has been amended several times since then. The CEA establishes the statutory framework under which the CFTC operates.
numbers in brackets refer to section numbers in title 7, United States Code. COMMODITY EXCHANGE ACT [As Amended Through P.L. 117–286, Enacted December 27, 2022] øCurrency: This publication is a compilation of the text of Chapter 369 of the 67th Congress. It was last amended by the public law listed in the As Amended
(i)For the purposes of this paragraph, the term “financial entity” means— (I)a swap dealer; (II)a security-based swap dealer; (III)a major swap participant; (IV)a major security-based swap participant; (V)a commodity pool; (VI)a private fund as defined insection 80b–2(a) of title 15; (VII)an employee benefit plan as defined in ...
Requirements of Secretary of the Treasury regarding exemption of foreign exchange swaps and foreign exchange forwards from definition of the term “swap” § 2. Jurisdiction of Commission; liability of principal for act of agent; Commodity Futures Trading Commission; transaction in interstate commerce. §§ 2a to 4a. Transferred. § 5.
The Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) is codified at 7 USC 1, et seq. Since the CEA sections do not always correspond numerically to the U.S. Code sections, we have provided a chart, which lists the sections of the CEA and their corresponding sections in the United States Code.
The Division of Clearing and Risk published a letter interpreting Section 2 (h) (7) (C) (iii) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
Swaps that have the following specifications are required to be cleared under section 2 (h) (1) of the Act, and shall be cleared pursuant to the rules of any derivatives clearing organization eligible to clear such swaps under § 39.5 (a) of this chapter. 1. Currency. Swedish Krona (SEK). 2. Floating Rate Indexes. STIBOR. 3.
