H.R. 5447 · 97th Congress · enacted
Futures Trading Act of 1982
Became Public Law No: 97-444.
Latest official action 1983-01-11 · Enacted
The bill, briefly
Futures Trading Act of 1982 - Amends the Commodity Exchange Act to limit the definition of "commodity trading advisor" to persons offering advice on trading in contracts executed on a contract market and on certain option and leverage transactions. Includes persons using electronic media in such definition. Authorizes the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) to include by regulation other persons within such definition. Limits the jurisdiction of the Commission with respect to securities (and grants it exclusive jurisdiction in this respect) to accounts, agreements, and transactions involving sales contracts for future delivery of a group or index of securities which meet specified criteria. Eliminates the one year post-government employment bar against appearances before the Commission by former Commissioners and senior employees. (Such appearances are also barred by the Ethics in Government Act of 1978.) Authorizes the Commission to regulate the offer and sale by persons in the United States of commodity futures contracts executed on foreign markets. States that the Commission may set speculative limits by rule, regulation, or order. Authorizes the Commission to enforce speculative limits set by contract markets if such limits have been approved by the Commission. Makes it unlawful to violate such limits. States that such Act does not apply to foreign currency o…
Congressional Research Service · 1982-02-03
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