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[USC02] 7 USC 6a: Excessive speculation
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7 USC 6a: Excessive speculation Text contains those laws in effect on February 24, 2020
§6a. Excessive speculation
(A)(i) represents a substitute for transactions made or to be made or positions taken or to be taken at a later time in a physical marketing channel;
Nothing in this section shall prohibit or impair the adoption by any contract market, derivatives transaction execution facility, or by any other board of trade licensed, designated, or registered by the Commission or by any electronic trading facility of any bylaw, rule, regulation, or resolution fixing limits on the amount of trading which may be done or positions which may be held by any person under contracts of sale of any commodity for future delivery traded on or subject to the rules of such contract market or derivatives transaction execution facility or on an electronic trading facility, or under options on such contracts or commodities traded on or subject to the rules of such contract market, derivatives transaction execution facility, or electronic trading facility or such board of trade: Provided, That if the Commission shall have fixed limits under this section for any contract or under section 6c of this title for any commodity option, then the limits fixed by the bylaws, rules, regulations, and resolutions adopted by such contract market, derivatives transaction execution facility, or electronic trading facility or such board of trade shall not be higher than the limits fixed by the Commission. It shall be a violation of this chapter for any person to violate any bylaw, rule, regulation, or resolution of any contract market, derivatives transaction execution facility, or other board of trade licensed, designated, or registered by the Commission or electronic trading facility with respect to a significant price discovery contract fixing limits on the amount of trading which may be done or positions which may be held by any person under contracts of sale of any commodity for future delivery or under options on such contracts or commodities, if such bylaw, rule, regulation, or resolution has been approved by the Commission or certified by a registered entity pursuant to section 7a–2(c)(1) of this title: Provided, That the provisions of section 13(a)(5) of this title shall apply only to those who knowingly violate such limits.
(Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 369, §4a, as added June 15, 1936, ch. 545, §5, 49 Stat. 1492 ; amended July 24, 1956, ch. 690, §1, 70 Stat. 630 ; Pub. L. 90–258, §§2–4, Feb. 19, 1968, 82 Stat. 26 , 27; Pub. L. 93–463, title IV, §§403, 404, Oct. 23, 1974, 88 Stat. 1413 ; Pub. L. 94–16, §4, Apr. 16, 1975, 89 Stat. 78 ; Pub. L. 97–444, title II, §205, Jan. 11, 1983, 96 Stat. 2299 ; Pub. L. 102–546, title IV, §402(1)(A), (2), Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3624 ; Pub. L. 106–554, §1(a)(5) [title I, §123(a)(4)], Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat. 2763 , 2763A-407; Pub. L. 110–234, title XIII, §§13105(a), 13203(g), May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1434 , 1439; Pub. L. 110–246, §4(a), title XIII, §§13105(a), 13203(g), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664 , 2196, 2201; Pub. L. 111–203, title VII, §737(a)–(c), July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 1722 , 1725.)
2010-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 111–203, §737(a)(1)–(3), designated existing provisions as par. (1), inserted heading, substituted "swaps that perform or affect a significant price discovery function with respect to registered entities" for "on electronic trading facilities with respect to a significant price discovery contract", inserted ", including any group or class of traders," after "held by any person", and substituted "swaps traded on or subject to the rules of a designated contract market or a swap execution facility, or swaps not traded on or subject to the rules of a designated contract market or a swap execution facility that performs a significant price discovery function with respect to a registered entity," for "on an electronic trading facility with respect to a significant price discovery contract,".
Subsec. (a)(2) to (7). Pub. L. 111–203, §737(a)(4), added pars. (2) to (7).
Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 111–203, §737(b)(1), substituted "or swap execution facility or facilities" for "or derivatives transaction execution facility or facilities or electronic trading facility".
Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 111–203, §737(b)(2), which directed substitution of "or swap execution facility" for "or derivatives transaction execution facility or facilities or electronic trading facility", was executed by making the substitution for "or derivatives transaction execution facility or electronic trading facility" to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 111–203, §737(c), designated existing provisions as par. (1) and added par. (2).
2008-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 110–246, §13203(g)(1), inserted ", or on electronic trading facilities with respect to a significant price discovery contract" after "execution facilities" in first sentence and ", or on an electronic trading facility with respect to a significant price discovery contract," after "execution facility" in second sentence.
Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 110–246, §13203(g)(2)(A), inserted "or electronic trading facility with respect to a significant price discovery contract" after "facility or facilities".
Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 110–246, §13203(g)(2)(B), inserted "or electronic trading facility with respect to a significant price discovery contract" after "execution facility".
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 110–246, §13203(g)(3), in first sentence, inserted "or by any electronic trading facility" after "registered by the Commission", inserted "or on an electronic trading facility" after "derivatives transaction execution facility" the second place it appeared, and inserted "or electronic trading facility" before "or such board of trade" in two places, and, in second sentence, inserted "or electronic trading facility with respect to a significant price discovery contract" after "registered by the Commission".
Pub. L. 110–246, §13105(a), inserted "or certified by a registered entity pursuant to section 7a–2(c)(1) of this title" after "approved by the Commission" and substituted "section 13(a)(5)" for "section 13(c)".
2000-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106–554, §1(a)(5) [title I, §123(a)(4)(A)], inserted "or derivatives transaction execution facilities" after "contract markets" in first sentence and "or derivatives transaction execution facility" after "contract market" in second sentence.
Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 106–554, §1(a)(5) [title I, §123(a)(4)(B)(i)], inserted ", or derivatives transaction execution facility or facilities," after "markets".
Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 106–554, §1(a)(5) [title I, §123(a)(4)(B)(ii)], inserted "or derivatives transaction execution facility" after "contract market".
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 106–554, §1(a)(5) [title I, §123(a)(4)(C)], substituted "contract market, derivatives transaction execution facility, or" for "contract market or" wherever appearing, "licensed, designated, or registered" for "licensed or designated" in two places, and "contract market or derivatives transaction execution facility, or" for "contract market, or".
1992-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–546, §402(1)(A), (2)(A), (C), redesignated par. (1) as subsec. (a), substituted "Commission" for "commission" wherever appearing except in last sentence, and substituted "paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b) of this section" for "subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (2)".
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102–546, §402(1)(A), (2)(C), (D), redesignated par. (2) as subsec. (b) and subpars. (A) and (B) as pars. (1) and (2), respectively, and substituted "Commission" for "commission" wherever appearing.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 102–546, §402(2)(B), (C), redesignated par. (3) as subsec. (c) and substituted "subsection (a)" for "paragraph (1)".
Subsecs. (d), (e). Pub. L. 102–546, §402(2)(C), redesignated pars. (4) and (5) as subsecs. (d) and (e), respectively.
1983-Par. (1). Pub. L. 97–444, §205(1), (2), substituted "by rule, regulation, or order, proclaim" for "by order, proclaim" and inserted "or for different number of days remaining until the last day of trading in a contract," after "delivery months".
Par. (2). Pub. L. 97–444, §205(1), (3), substituted "after the promulgation of the rule, regulation, or order" for "after the order's promulgation" in provisions before subpar. (A) and substituted "rule, regulation, or order" for "order" in provisions before subpar. (A) and in subpars. (A) and (B).
Par. (3). Pub. L. 97–444, §205(4), substituted "No rule, regulation, or order issued under paragraph (1) of this section shall apply to transactions or positions which are shown to be bona fide hedging transactions or positions as such terms shall be defined by the Commission by rule, regulation, or order consistent with the purposes of this chapter" for "No order issued under paragraph (1) of this section shall apply to transactions or positions which are shown to be bona fide hedging transactions or positions as such terms shall be defined by the Commission within one hundred and eighty days after the effective date of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Act of 1974 by order consistent with the purposes of this chapter" and inserted "Such terms may be defined to permit producers, purchasers, sellers, middlemen, and users of a commodity or a product derived therefrom to hedge their legitimate anticipated business needs for that period of time into the future for which an appropriate futures contract is open and available on an exchange. To determine the adequacy of this chapter and the powers of the Commission acting thereunder to prevent unwarranted price pressures by large hedgers, the Commission shall monitor and analyze the trading activities of the largest hedgers, as determined by the Commission, operating in the cattle, hog, or pork belly markets and shall report its findings and recommendations to the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and the House Committee on Agriculture in its annual reports for at least two years following January 11, 1983."
Par. (4). Pub. L. 97–444, §205(5), substituted "a futures commission merchant, an introducing broker, or a floor broker" for "a futures commission merchant or as floor broker".
Par. (5). Pub. L. 97–444, §205(6), added par. (5).
1975-Par. (3). Pub. L. 94–16 substituted "one hundred and eighty days" for "ninety days".
1974-Par. (1). Pub. L. 93–463, §403, inserted "or 'arbitrage' " after "or 'straddles' ", inserted definition of "arbitrage", and authorized Commission to define "international arbitrage".
Par. (3). Pub. L. 93–463, §404, directed Commission to define "bona fide hedging transactions or positions" within 90 days after the effective date of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Act of 1974 and struck out provisions which enumerated the factors to be taken into account in determining whether a hedging transaction or position was a bona fide transaction or position.
1968-Par. (1). Pub. L. 90–258, §2, substituted in second sentence "amounts of trading" for "amount of trading", inserted "which may be done or positions which may be held by any person" before "under contracts of sale", and struck out "which may be done" after "rules of any contract market", inserted third sentence providing for inclusion of controlled positions and trading in determining whether prescribed position or trading limits have been exceeded and for application of such position and trading limits to activities of two or more persons acting pursuant to agreement or understanding as if the activities of a single person, and included in fourth, formerly third, sentence references to position limits and to positions, substituted "normally" for "commonly", and struck out "trading" from "from fixing trading limits" and "from trading limits".
Par. (2)(B). Pub. L. 90–258, §3, substituted prohibition against holding of net long or net short positions in excess of any position limit fixed by the Commission for former prohibition of purchases or sales which result in net long or net short positions in excess of trading limits fixed by the Commission and provided that the position limit shall not apply to a position acquired in good faith prior to the effective date of the order.
Par. (3). Pub. L. 90–258, §4, included references to positions, made hedging applicable to short and long positions, substituted "contract market" for "board of trade", and required the activities to be those of the same person to constitute hedging.
1956-Par. (3)(C). Act July 24, 1956, added subpar. (C).
Pub. L. 111–203, title VII, §737(d), July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 1725 , provided that: "This section [amending this section] and the amendments made by this section shall become effective on the date of the enactment of this section [July 21, 2010]."
Amendment by section 13203(g) of Pub. L. 110–246 effective June 18, 2008, see section 13204(a) of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as a note under section 2 of this title.
Pub. L. 93–463, title IV, §404, Oct. 23, 1974, 88 Stat. 1413 , provided that the amendment of par. (3) which struck out provisions that enumerated the factors to be taken into account in determining whether a hedging transaction or position was a bona fide transaction or position, was effective immediately upon the enactment of Pub. L. 93–463, which was approved Oct. 23, 1974.
Amendment by Pub. L. 93–463 of par. (1) and that part of par. (3) directing the Commission to define "bona fide hedging transactions or positions" effective so as to allow implementation of all changes effected by this amendment to be carried out after Oct. 23, 1974, and before as well as after the 180th day thereafter, see section 418 of Pub. L. 93–463, set out as a note under section 2 of this title.
Act July 24, 1956, ch. 690, §2, 70 Stat. 630 , provided that: "This Act [amending this section] shall take effect sixty days after the date of its enactment [July 24, 1956]."
Pub. L. 93–463, title IV, §404, Oct. 23, 1974, 88 Stat. 1413 , provided in part: "That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Agriculture, immediately upon the enactment of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Act of 1974 [which was approved on Oct. 23, 1974], is authorized and directed to promulgate regulations defining bona fide hedging transactions and positions: And provided further, That until the Secretary issues such regulations defining bona fide hedging transactions and positions and such regulations are in full force and effect, such terms shall continue to be defined as set forth in the Commodity Exchange Act [par. (3) of this section] prior to its amendment by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Act of 1974 [Pub. L. 93–463]."