Commodity Exchange Act (NOTE: Section numbers are traditional CEA section reference numbers; parallel official United States Code section numbers are provided in brackets)
Section 1 [1] – Short title.
This chapter may be cited as the “Commodity Exchange Act.”
Section 1a [1a] – Definitions.
Section 1b [1b] – Requirements of Secretary of the Treasury regarding exemption of foreign exchange swaps and foreign exchange forwards from definition of the term ‘‘swap’’.
Section 2(a)(1)(A) [2] – Jurisdiction of Commission; liability of principal for act of agent; Commodity Futures Trading Commission; transaction in interstate
commerce.
Section 2(a)(1)(C) [2] – Designation of boards of trade as contract markets.
Section 2(a)(2) [2] – Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
Section 2(b) [2] – Transaction in interstate commerce.
Section 2(c) [2] – Agreements, contracts, and transactions in foreign currency, government securities, and certain other commodities.
Section 2(d) [2] – Swaps.
Section 2(e) [2] – Limitation on participation.
Section 2(f) [2] – Exclusion for qualifying hybrid instruments.
Section 2(g) [2] – Application of commodity futures laws.
Section 2(h) [2] – Clearing requirement.
Section 2(i) [2] – Applicability.
Section 2(j) [2] – Committee approval by Board.
Section 3 [5] – Findings and purpose.
Section 4 [6] – Restriction of futures trading to contract markets or derivatives transaction execution facilities.
Section 4a [6a] – Excessive speculation as burden on interstate commerce.
Section 4b [6b] – Contacts designed to defraud or mislead.
Section 4b-1 [6b-1] – Enforcement authority.
Section 4c [6c] – Prohibited transactions.
Section 4d [6d] – Dealing by unregistered futures commission merchants or introducing merchants prohibited.
Section 4e [6e] – Required registration of floor traders and floor brokers.
Section 4f [6f] – Registration of futures commission merchants, introducing brokers, and floor brokers.