Title 7 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - COMMODITY EXCHANGES › § 27
Gives simple meanings for key words used in sections 27 to 27f. "Bank" means several kinds of financial firms: depository institutions (see section 1813(c) of title 12); foreign banks, branches, or agencies (see section 3101 of title 12); Federal or State credit unions (see section 1752 of title 12); corporations under sections 25A or 25 of the Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 611 et seq. and 601 et seq.); trust companies; and subsidiaries of any of these if the subsidiary is treated as part of the main firm and is not a broker, dealer (see section 78c of title 15), or futures commission merchant (see section 1a of this title). "Identified banking product" means what paragraphs (1)–(5) of section 206(a) of the Gramm‑Leach‑Bliley Act describe, but with "bank" as defined above and with "qualified investor" meaning an eligible contract participant as defined in section 1a of this title (as of December 21, 2000). "Hybrid instrument" means an identified banking product (not excluded by section 27a) sold by a bank that has one or more payments tied to the value, level, or rate of, or that requires delivery of, one or more commodities (as defined in section 1a of this title).
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7 U.S.C. § 27
Title 7 — Agriculture
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Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73