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Timestamp: 2020-08-07 22:32:09
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 26', '§23', '§748', '§23', '§236', '§402']

[USC02] 7 USC 26: Commodity whistleblower incentives and protection
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7 USC 26: Commodity whistleblower incentives and protection Text contains those laws in effect on August 6, 2020
The term "monetary sanctions", when used with respect to any judicial or administrative action means-
The term "original information" means information that-
In any covered judicial or administrative action, or related action, the Commission, under regulations prescribed by the Commission and subject to subsection (c), shall pay an award or awards to 1 or more whistleblowers who voluntarily provided original information to the Commission that led to the successful enforcement of the covered judicial or administrative action, or related action, in an aggregate amount equal to-
In determining the amount of an award made under subsection (b), the Commission-
(i) shall take into consideration-
No award under subsection (b) shall be made-
(A) to any whistleblower who is, or was at the time the whistleblower acquired the original information submitted to the Commission, a member, officer, or employee of-
The Fund shall be available to the Commission, without further appropriation or fiscal year limitation, for-
Not later than October 30 of each year, the Commission shall transmit to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate, and the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives a report on-
Relief for an individual prevailing in an action brought under subparagraph (B) shall include-
Without the loss of its status as confidential in the hands of the Commission, all information referred to in subparagraph (A) may, in the discretion of the Commission, when determined by the Commission to be necessary or appropriate to accomplish the purposes of this chapter and protect customers and in accordance with clause (ii), be made available to-
The Inspector General of the Commission shall conduct a study-
Not later than 30 months after July 21, 2010, the Inspector General shall-
(Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 369, §23, as added Pub. L. 111–203, title VII, §748, July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 1739 .)
A prior section 26, act Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 369, §23, as added Jan. 11, 1983, Pub. L. 97–444, title II, §236, 96 Stat. 2324 , provided for special studies to be conducted by Commission, Board of Governors of Federal Reserve System, and Securities and Exchange Commission, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 102–546, title IV, §402(15), Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3625 .