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This subchapter may be cited as the “Investment Advisers Act of 1940”.
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For purposes of this subchapter: (1) The terms “employee welfare benefit plan” and “welfare plan” mean any plan, fund, or program which was heretofore or is hereafter established or maintained by an employer or by an employee organization, or by both, to the extent that such plan, fund, or program was established or is maintained for the purpose of providing for its participants or their beneficiaries, through the purchase of insurance or otherwise, (A) medical, surgical, or hospital care or benefits, or benefits in the event of sickness, accident, disability, death or unemployment, or vacation benefits, apprenticeship or other training programs, or day care centers, scholarship funds, or prepaid legal services, or (B) any benefit described in [section 186(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section186/c&num=0&edition=prelim) (other than pensions on retirement or death, and insurance to provide such pensions). (2) (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the terms “employee pension benefit plan” and “pension plan” mean any plan, fund, or program which was heretofore or is hereafter established or maintained by an employer or by an employee organization, or by both, to the extent that by its express terms or as a result of surrounding circumstances such plan, fund, or program— (i) provides retirement income to employees, or (ii) results in a deferral of income by employees for periods extending to the termination of covered employment or beyond, regardless of the method of calculating the contributions made to the plan, the method of calculating the benefits under the plan or the method of distributing benefits from the plan. A distribution from a plan, fund, or program shall not be treated as made
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**(a) Ownership or control of voting shares of any company not a bank; engagement in activities other than banking** Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no bank holding company shall— (1) after May 9, 1956, acquire direct or indirect ownership or control of any voting shares of any company which is not a bank, or (2) after two years from the date as of which it becomes a bank holding company, or in the case of a company which has been continuously affiliated since May 15, 1955, with a company which was registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 [[15 U.S.C. 80a–1](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section80a–1&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], prior to May 15, 1955, in such a manner as to constitute an affiliated company within the meaning of that Act, after December 31, 1978, or, in the case of any company which becomes, as a result of the enactment of the Bank Holding Company Act Amendments of 1970, a bank holding company on December 31, 1970, after December 31, 1980, retain direct or indirect ownership or control of any voting shares of any company which is not a bank or bank holding company or engage in any activities other than (A) those of banking or of managing or controlling banks and other subsidiaries authorized under this chapter or of furnishing services to or performing services for its subsidiaries, and (B) those permitted under paragraph (8) of subsection (c) of this section subject to all the conditions specified in such paragraph or in any order or regulation issued by the Board under such paragraph: Provided, That a company covered in 1970 may also engage in those activities in which directly or through a subsidiary (i) it was lawfully engaged on June 30, 1968 (or on a date subsequent to June 30, 196
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**(a) Registration of bank holding company** Within one hundred and eighty days after May 9, 1956, or within one hundred and eighty days after becoming a bank holding company, whichever is later, each bank holding company shall register with the Board on forms prescribed by the Board, which shall include such information with respect to the financial condition and operations, management, and intercompany relationships of the bank holding company and its subsidiaries, and related matters, as the Board may deem necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this chapter. The Board may, in its discretion, extend the time within which a bank holding company shall register and file the requisite information. A declaration filed in accordance with section 1843(l)(1)(C) 11 See References in Text note below. of this title shall satisfy the requirements of this subsection with regard to the registration of a bank holding company but not any requirement to file an application to acquire a bank pursuant to [section 1842 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section1842&num=0&edition=prelim). **(b) Regulations and orders** The Board is authorized to issue such regulations and orders, including regulations and orders relating to the capital requirements for bank holding companies, as may be necessary to enable it to administer and carry out the purposes of this chapter and prevent evasions thereof. In establishing capital regulations pursuant to this subsection, the Board shall seek to make such requirements countercyclical, so that the amount of capital required to be maintained by a company increases in times of economic expansion and decreases in times of economic contraction, consistent with the safety and soundness of the co
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As used in this Act, the following definitions shall apply, except as the context otherwise requires or as otherwise specifically provided in this Act: (1) **Affiliate** — The term “affiliate” has the same meaning as in [section 1813 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section1813&num=0&edition=prelim). (2) **Appropriate Federal banking agency** — On and after the transfer date, the term “appropriate Federal banking agency” has the same meaning as in [section 1813(q) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section1813/q&num=0&edition=prelim), as amended by title III.11 See References in Text note below. (3) **Board of Governors** — The term “Board of Governors” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. (4) **Bureau** — The term “Bureau” means the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection established under title X.1 (5) **Commission** — The term “Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, except in the context of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. (6) **Commodity futures terms** — The terms “futures commission merchant”, “swap”, “swap dealer”, “swap execution facility”, “derivatives clearing organization”, “board of trade”, “commodity trading advisor”, “commodity pool”, and “commodity pool operator” have the same meanings as given the terms in section 1a of the Commodity Exchange Act ([7 U.S.C. 1](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) [[7 U.S.C. 1a](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1a&num=0&edition=prelim)]. (7) **Corporation** — The term “Corporation” means the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. (8) **Council** — The ter
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Except as otherwise provided in this title,11 See References in Text note below. for purposes of this title,1 the following definitions shall apply: (1) **Affiliate** — The term “affiliate” means any person that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with another person. (2) **Bureau** — The term “Bureau” means the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection. (3) **Business of insurance** — The term “business of insurance” means the writing of insurance or the reinsuring of risks by an insurer, including all acts necessary to such writing or reinsuring and the activities relating to the writing of insurance or the reinsuring of risks conducted by persons who act as, or are, officers, directors, agents, or employees of insurers or who are other persons authorized to act on behalf of such persons. (4) **Consumer** — The term “consumer” means an individual or an agent, trustee, or representative acting on behalf of an individual. (5) **Consumer financial product or service** — The term “consumer financial product or service” means any financial product or service that is described in one or more categories under— (A) paragraph (15) and is offered or provided for use by consumers primarily for personal, family, or household purposes; or (B) clause (i), (iii), (ix), or (x) of paragraph (15)(A), and is delivered, offered, or provided in connection with a consumer financial product or service referred to in subparagraph (A). (6) **Covered person** — The term “covered person” means— (A) any person that engages in offering or providing a consumer financial product or service; and (B) any affiliate of a person described in subparagraph (A) if such affiliate acts as a service provider to such person. (7) **Credit** — The term “credit” means the right
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**(a) Initial taxes on disqualified person** There is hereby imposed a tax on each prohibited transaction. The rate of tax shall be equal to 15 percent of the amount involved with respect to the prohibited transaction for each year (or part thereof) in the taxable period. The tax imposed by this subsection shall be paid by any disqualified person who participates in the prohibited transaction (other than a fiduciary acting only as such). **(b) Additional taxes on disqualified person** In any case in which an initial tax is imposed by subsection (a) on a prohibited transaction and the transaction is not corrected within the taxable period, there is hereby imposed a tax equal to 100 percent of the amount involved. The tax imposed by this subsection shall be paid by any disqualified person who participated in the prohibited transaction (other than a fiduciary acting only as such). **(c) Prohibited transaction** (1) **General rule** — For purposes of this section, the term “prohibited transaction” means any direct or indirect— (A) sale or exchange, or leasing, of any property between a plan and a disqualified person; (B) lending of money or other extension of credit between a plan and a disqualified person; (C) furnishing of goods, services, or facilities between a plan and a disqualified person; (D) transfer to, or use by or for the benefit of, a disqualified person of the income or assets of a plan; (E) act by a disqualified person who is a fiduciary whereby he deals with the income or assets of a plan in his own interest or for his own account; or (F) receipt of any consideration for his own personal account by any disqualified person who is a fiduciary from any party dealing with the plan in connection with a transaction involving the income or asse
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**(a) Grant of exemptions** The Secretary shall establish an exemption procedure for purposes of this subsection. Pursuant to such procedure, he may grant a conditional or unconditional exemption of any fiduciary or transaction, or class of fiduciaries or transactions, from all or part of the restrictions imposed by sections 1106 and 1107(a) of this title. Action under this subsection may be taken only after consultation and coordination with the Secretary of the Treasury. An exemption granted under this section shall not relieve a fiduciary from any other applicable provision of this chapter. The Secretary may not grant an exemption under this subsection unless he finds that such exemption is— (1) administratively feasible, (2) in the interests of the plan and of its participants and beneficiaries, and (3) protective of the rights of participants and beneficiaries of such plan. Before granting an exemption under this subsection from section 1106(a) or 1107(a) of this title, the Secretary shall publish notice in the Federal Register of the pendency of the exemption, shall require that adequate notice be given to interested persons, and shall afford interested persons opportunity to present views. The Secretary may not grant an exemption under this subsection from [section 1106(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section1106/b&num=0&edition=prelim) unless he affords an opportunity for a hearing and makes a determination on the record with respect to the findings required by paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of this subsection. **(b) Enumeration of transactions exempted from section 1106 prohibitions** The prohibitions provided in [section 1106 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-tit
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The Commission is authorized— (1) to register futures commission merchants, associated persons of futures commission merchants, introducing brokers, associated persons of introducing brokers, commodity trading advisors, associated persons of commodity trading advisors, commodity pool operators, associated persons of commodity pool operators, floor brokers, and floor traders upon application in accordance with rules and regulations and in the form and manner to be prescribed by the Commission, which may require the applicant, and such persons associated with the applicant as the Commission may specify, to be fingerprinted and to submit, or cause to be submitted, such fingerprints to the Attorney General for identification and appropriate processing, and in connection therewith to fix and establish from time to time reasonable fees and charges for registrations and renewals thereof: Provided, That notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, the Commission may grant a temporary license to any applicant for registration with the Commission pursuant to such rules, regulations, or orders as the Commission may adopt, except that the term of any such temporary license shall not exceed six months from the date of its issuance; (2) upon notice, but without a hearing and pursuant to such rules, regulations, or orders as the Commission may adopt, to refuse to register, to register conditionally, or to suspend or place restrictions upon the registration of, any person and with such a hearing as may be appropriate to revoke the registration of any person— Provided, That such person may appeal from a decision to refuse registration, condition registration, suspend, revoke or to place restrictions upon registration made pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph in the manner pr
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As used in this chapter: (1) **Alternative trading system** — The term “alternative trading system” means an organization, association, or group of persons that— (A) is registered as a broker or dealer pursuant to section 15(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 [[15 U.S.C. 78](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section78&num=0&edition=prelim)o(b)] (except paragraph (11) thereof); (B) performs the functions commonly performed by an exchange (as defined in section 3(a)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 [[15 U.S.C. 78c(a)(1)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section78c/a/1&num=0&edition=prelim)]); (C) does not— (i) set rules governing the conduct of subscribers other than the conduct of such subscribers’ trading on the alternative trading system; or (ii) discipline subscribers other than by exclusion from trading; and (D) is exempt from the definition of the term “exchange” under such section 3(a)(1) [[15 U.S.C. 78c(a)(1)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section78c/a/1&num=0&edition=prelim)] by rule or regulation of the Securities and Exchange Commission on terms that require compliance with regulations of its trading functions. (2) **Appropriate Federal banking agency** — The term “appropriate Federal banking agency”— (A) has the meaning given the term in [section 1813 of title 12](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section1813&num=0&edition=prelim); (B) means the Board in the case of a noninsured State bank; and (C) is the Farm Credit Administration for farm credit system institutions. (3) **Associated person of a security-based swap dealer or major security-based swap participant** — T
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**(a) Restriction on futures trading** Unless exempted by the Commission pursuant to subsection (c) or by subsection (e), it shall be unlawful for any person to offer to enter into, to enter into, to execute, to confirm the execution of, or to conduct any office or business anywhere in the United States, its territories or possessions, for the purpose of soliciting or accepting any order for, or otherwise dealing in, any transaction in, or in connection with, a contract for the purchase or sale of a commodity for future delivery (other than a contract which is made on or subject to the rules of a board of trade, exchange, or market located outside the United States, its territories or possessions) unless— (1) such transaction is conducted on or subject to the rules of a board of trade which has been designated or registered by the Commission as a contract market or derivatives transaction execution facility for such commodity; (2) such contract is executed or consummated by or through a contract market; and (3) such contract is evidenced by a record in writing which shows the date, the parties to such contract and their addresses, the property covered and its price, and the terms of delivery: Provided, That each contract market or derivatives transaction execution facility member shall keep such record for a period of three years from the date thereof, or for a longer period if the Commission shall so direct, which record shall at all times be open to the inspection of any representative of the Commission or the Department of Justice. **(b) Regulation of foreign transactions by United States persons** (1) **Foreign boards of trade** (A) *Registration* — The Commission may adopt rules and regulations requiring registration with the Commission for a foreign board
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