Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

Every section of Title 15 of the United States Code, commerce and trade — 2,668 sections, full text, with the cases that cite each one.

• 15 U.S.C. § 77rrr — Effect of prescribed indenture provisions
• 15 U.S.C. § 77s — Special powers of Commission
• 15 U.S.C. § 77sss — Rules, regulations, and orders
• 15 U.S.C. § 77t — Injunctions and prosecution of offenses
• 15 U.S.C. § 77ttt — Hearings by Commission
• 15 U.S.C. § 77u — Hearings by Commission
• 15 U.S.C. § 77uuu — Special powers of the Commission
• 15 U.S.C. § 77v — Jurisdiction of offenses and suits
• 15 U.S.C. § 77vvv — Judicial review
• 15 U.S.C. § 77w — Unlawful representations
• 15 U.S.C. § 77www — Liability for misleading statements
• 15 U.S.C. § 77x — Penalties
• 15 U.S.C. § 77xxx — Unlawful representations
• 15 U.S.C. § 77y — Jurisdiction of other Government agencies over securities
• 15 U.S.C. § 77yyy — Penalties
• 15 U.S.C. § 77z — Separability
• 15 U.S.C. § 77z-1 — Private securities litigation
• 15 U.S.C. § 77z-2 — Application of safe harbor for forward-looking statements
• 15 U.S.C. § 77z-2a — Conflicts of interest relating to certain securitizations
• 15 U.S.C. § 77z-3 — General exemptive authority
• 15 U.S.C. § 77z-4 — Data standards
• 15 U.S.C. § 77zzz — Effect on existing law
• 15 U.S.C. § 78a — Short title
• 15 U.S.C. § 78aa — Jurisdiction of offenses and suits
• 15 U.S.C. § 78aa-1 — Special provision relating to statute of limitations on private causes of action
• 15 U.S.C. § 78aaa — Short title
• 15 U.S.C. § 78b — Necessity for regulation
• 15 U.S.C. § 78bb — Effect on existing law
• 15 U.S.C. § 78bbb — Application of Securities Exchange Act of 1934
• 15 U.S.C. § 78c — Definitions and application
• 15 U.S.C. § 78c-1 — Swap agreements
• 15 U.S.C. § 78c-2 — Securities-related derivatives
• 15 U.S.C. § 78c-3 — Clearing for security-based swaps
• 15 U.S.C. § 78c-4 — Security-based swap execution facilities
• 15 U.S.C. § 78c-5 — Segregation of assets held as collateral in security-based swap transactions
• 15 U.S.C. § 78cc — Validity of contracts
• 15 U.S.C. § 78ccc — Securities Investor Protection Corporation
• 15 U.S.C. § 78d — Securities and Exchange Commission
• 15 U.S.C. § 78d-1 — Delegation of functions by Commission
• 15 U.S.C. § 78d-2 — Transfer of functions with respect to assignment of personnel to chairman
• 15 U.S.C. § 78d-3 — Appearance and practice before the Commission
• 15 U.S.C. § 78d-4 — Additional duties of Inspector General
• 15 U.S.C. § 78d-5 — Deadline for completing enforcement investigations and compliance examinations and inspections
• 15 U.S.C. § 78d-6 — Report and certification of internal supervisory controls
• 15 U.S.C. § 78d-7 — Triennial report on personnel management
• 15 U.S.C. § 78d-8 — Annual financial controls audit
• 15 U.S.C. § 78d-9 — Report on oversight of national securities associations
• 15 U.S.C. § 78dd — Foreign securities exchanges
• 15 U.S.C. § 78dd-1 — Prohibited foreign trade practices by issuers
• 15 U.S.C. § 78dd-2 — Prohibited foreign trade practices by domestic concerns
• 15 U.S.C. § 78dd-3 — Prohibited foreign trade practices by persons other than issuers or domestic concerns
• 15 U.S.C. § 78ddd — SIPC Fund
• 15 U.S.C. § 78e — Transactions on unregistered exchanges
• 15 U.S.C. § 78ee — Transaction fees
• 15 U.S.C. § 78eee — Protection of customers
• 15 U.S.C. § 78f — National securities exchanges
• 15 U.S.C. § 78ff — Penalties
• 15 U.S.C. § 78fff — General provisions of a liquidation proceeding
• 15 U.S.C. § 78fff-1 — Powers and duties of a trustee
• 15 U.S.C. § 78fff-2 — Special provisions of a liquidation proceeding
• 15 U.S.C. § 78fff-3 — SIPC advances
• 15 U.S.C. § 78fff-4 — Direct payment procedure
• 15 U.S.C. § 78g — Margin requirements
• 15 U.S.C. § 78gg — Separability
• 15 U.S.C. § 78ggg — SEC functions
• 15 U.S.C. § 78h — Restrictions on borrowing and lending by members, brokers, and dealers
• 15 U.S.C. § 78hh — Effective date
• 15 U.S.C. § 78hh-1 — Effective date of certain sections
• 15 U.S.C. § 78hhh — Examining authority functions
• 15 U.S.C. § 78i — Manipulation of security prices
• 15 U.S.C. § 78iii — Functions of self-regulatory organizations
• 15 U.S.C. § 78j — Manipulative and deceptive devices
• 15 U.S.C. § 78j-1 — Audit requirements
• 15 U.S.C. § 78j-2 — Position limits and position accountability for security-based swaps and large trader reporting
• 15 U.S.C. § 78j-3 — Compensation committees
• 15 U.S.C. § 78j-4 — Recovery of erroneously awarded compensation policy
• 15 U.S.C. § 78jj — Repealed. Pub. L. 100–181, title III, §330, Dec. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 1259
• 15 U.S.C. § 78jjj — Prohibited acts
• 15 U.S.C. § 78k — Trading by members of exchanges, brokers, and dealers
• 15 U.S.C. § 78k-1 — National market system for securities; securities information processors
• 15 U.S.C. § 78kk — Authorization of appropriations
• 15 U.S.C. § 78kkk — Miscellaneous provisions
• 15 U.S.C. § 78l — Registration requirements for securities
• 15 U.S.C. § 78l-1 — Applications for unlisted trading privileges deemed filed under section 78l of this title
• 15 U.S.C. § 78ll — Requirements for the EDGAR system
• 15 U.S.C. § 78lll — Definitions
• 15 U.S.C. § 78m — Periodical and other reports
• 15 U.S.C. § 78m-1 — Reporting and recordkeeping for certain security-based swaps
• 15 U.S.C. § 78m-2 — Reporting requirements regarding coal or other mine safety
• 15 U.S.C. § 78mm — General exemptive authority
• 15 U.S.C. § 78n — Proxies
• 15 U.S.C. § 78n-1 — Shareholder approval of executive compensation
• 15 U.S.C. § 78n-2 — Corporate governance
• 15 U.S.C. § 78nn — Tennessee Valley Authority
• 15 U.S.C. § 78o — Registration and regulation of brokers and dealers
• 15 U.S.C. § 78o-1 — Brokers deemed to be registered
• 15 U.S.C. § 78o-10 — Registration and regulation of security-based swap dealers and major security-based swap participants
• 15 U.S.C. § 78o-11 — Credit risk retention
• 15 U.S.C. § 78o-2 — Liabilities arising prior to amendment unaffected
• 15 U.S.C. § 78o-3 — Registered securities associations
• 15 U.S.C. § 78o-4 — Municipal securities
• 15 U.S.C. § 78o-4a — Commission Office of Municipal Securities
• 15 U.S.C. § 78o-5 — Government securities brokers and dealers
• 15 U.S.C. § 78o-6 — Securities analysts and research reports
• 15 U.S.C. § 78o-7 — Registration of nationally recognized statistical rating organizations
• 15 U.S.C. § 78o-8 — Universal ratings symbols
• 15 U.S.C. § 78o-9 — Study and rulemaking on assigned credit ratings
• 15 U.S.C. § 78oo — Federal National Mortgage Association, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Home Loan Banks
• 15 U.S.C. § 78p — Directors, officers, and principal stockholders
• 15 U.S.C. § 78pp — Investor Advisory Committee
• 15 U.S.C. § 78q — Records and reports
• 15 U.S.C. § 78q-1 — National system for clearance and settlement of securities transactions
• 15 U.S.C. § 78q-2 — Automated quotation systems for penny stocks
• 15 U.S.C. § 78qq — Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee
• 15 U.S.C. § 78r — Liability for misleading statements
• 15 U.S.C. § 78rr — Data standards for security-based swap reporting
• 15 U.S.C. § 78s — Registration, responsibilities, and oversight of self-regulatory organizations
• 15 U.S.C. § 78t — Liability of controlling persons and persons who aid and abet violations
• 15 U.S.C. § 78t-1 — Liability to contemporaneous traders for insider trading
• 15 U.S.C. § 78u — Investigations and actions
• 15 U.S.C. § 78u-1 — Civil penalties for insider trading
• 15 U.S.C. § 78u-2 — Civil remedies in administrative proceedings
• 15 U.S.C. § 78u-3 — Cease-and-desist proceedings
• 15 U.S.C. § 78u-4 — Private securities litigation
• 15 U.S.C. § 78u-5 — Application of safe harbor for forward-looking statements
• 15 U.S.C. § 78u-6 — Securities whistleblower incentives and protection
• 15 U.S.C. § 78u-7 — Implementation and transition provisions for whistleblower protection
• 15 U.S.C. § 78v — Hearings by Commission
• 15 U.S.C. § 78w — Rules, regulations, and orders; annual reports
• 15 U.S.C. § 78x — Public availability of information
• 15 U.S.C. § 78y — Court review of orders and rules
• 15 U.S.C. § 78z — Unlawful representations
• 15 U.S.C. § 79_to_79z-6 — Repealed. Pub. L. 109–58, title XII, §1263, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 974
• 15 U.S.C. § 80a-1 — Findings and declaration of policy
• 15 U.S.C. § 80a-10 — Affiliations or interest of directors, officers, and employees
• 15 U.S.C. § 80a-11 — Offers to exchange securities
• 15 U.S.C. § 80a-12 — Functions and activities of investment companies
• 15 U.S.C. § 80a-13 — Changes in investment policy
• 15 U.S.C. § 80a-14 — Size of investment companies
• 15 U.S.C. § 80a-15 — Contracts of advisers and underwriters
• 15 U.S.C. § 80a-16 — Board of directors
• 15 U.S.C. § 80a-17 — Transactions of certain affiliated persons and underwriters
• 15 U.S.C. § 80a-18 — Capital structure of investment companies
• 15 U.S.C. § 80a-19 — Payments or distributions
• 15 U.S.C. § 80a-2 — Definitions; applicability; rulemaking considerations
• 15 U.S.C. § 80a-20 — Proxies; voting trusts; circular ownership
• 15 U.S.C. § 80a-21 — Loans by management companies
• 15 U.S.C. § 80a-22 — Distribution, redemption, and repurchase of securities; regulations by securities associations
• 15 U.S.C. § 80a-23 — Closed-end companies
• 15 U.S.C. § 80a-24 — Registration of securities under Securities Act of 1933
• 15 U.S.C. § 80a-25 — Reorganization plans; reports by Commission
• 15 U.S.C. § 80a-26 — Unit investment trusts
• 15 U.S.C. § 80a-27 — Periodic payment plans
• 15 U.S.C. § 80a-28 — Face-amount certificate companies
• 15 U.S.C. § 80a-29 — Reports and financial statements of investment companies and affiliated persons
• 15 U.S.C. § 80a-3 — Definition of investment company
• 15 U.S.C. § 80a-30 — Accounts and records
• 15 U.S.C. § 80a-31 — Accountants and auditors
• 15 U.S.C. § 80a-32 — Filing of documents with Commission in civil actions
• 15 U.S.C. § 80a-33 — Destruction and falsification of reports and records
• 15 U.S.C. § 80a-34 — Unlawful representations and names
• 15 U.S.C. § 80a-35 — Breach of fiduciary duty
• 15 U.S.C. § 80a-36 — Larceny and embezzlement
• 15 U.S.C. § 80a-37 — Rules, regulations, and orders
• 15 U.S.C. § 80a-38 — Procedure for issuance of rules and regulations
• 15 U.S.C. § 80a-39 — Procedure for issuance of orders
• 15 U.S.C. § 80a-3a — Protection of philanthropy under State law
• 15 U.S.C. § 80a-4 — Classification of investment companies
• 15 U.S.C. § 80a-40 — Hearings by Commission
• 15 U.S.C. § 80a-41 — Enforcement of subchapter
• 15 U.S.C. § 80a-42 — Court review of orders
• 15 U.S.C. § 80a-43 — Jurisdiction of offenses and suits
• 15 U.S.C. § 80a-44 — Disclosure of information filed with Commission; copies
• 15 U.S.C. § 80a-45 — Reports by Commission; hiring and leasing authority
• 15 U.S.C. § 80a-46 — Validity of contracts
• 15 U.S.C. § 80a-47 — Liability of controlling persons; preventing compliance with subchapter
• 15 U.S.C. § 80a-48 — Penalties
• 15 U.S.C. § 80a-49 — Construction with other laws
• 15 U.S.C. § 80a-5 — Subclassification of management companies
• 15 U.S.C. § 80a-50 — Separability
• 15 U.S.C. § 80a-51 — Short title
• 15 U.S.C. § 80a-52 — Effective date
• 15 U.S.C. § 80a-53 — Election to be regulated as business development company
• 15 U.S.C. § 80a-54 — Acquisition of assets by business development companies
• 15 U.S.C. § 80a-55 — Qualifications of directors
• 15 U.S.C. § 80a-56 — Transactions with certain affiliates
• 15 U.S.C. § 80a-57 — Changes in investment policy
• 15 U.S.C. § 80a-58 — Incorporation of subchapter provisions
• 15 U.S.C. § 80a-59 — Functions and activities of business development companies
• 15 U.S.C. § 80a-6 — Exemptions
• 15 U.S.C. § 80a-60 — Capital structure
• 15 U.S.C. § 80a-61 — Loans
• 15 U.S.C. § 80a-62 — Distribution and repurchase of securities
• 15 U.S.C. § 80a-63 — Accounts and records
• 15 U.S.C. § 80a-64 — Preventing compliance with subchapter; liability of controlling persons
• 15 U.S.C. § 80a-7 — Transactions by unregistered investment companies
• 15 U.S.C. § 80a-8 — Registration of investment companies
• 15 U.S.C. § 80a-9 — Ineligibility of certain affiliated persons and underwriters
• 15 U.S.C. § 80b-1 — Findings
• 15 U.S.C. § 80b-10 — Disclosure of information by Commission