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Title 7, AgricultureRelease 119-102

§22 Research and Information Programs; Reports to Congress

Title 7 › CHAPTER 1 — COMMODITY EXCHANGES › § 22

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Commission must run research and information programs as part of its regular work. The programs must study whether computer trading and other modern technology (like electronic data processing and new communication systems) can be used by commodity exchanges, boards of trade, and the Commission to improve, strengthen, make easier, or better regulate futures trading; help create educational and informational materials about futures trading for producers, market users, and the public; and support the chapter’s overall goals. Each year, the Commission must include in its report to Congress its plans and findings about how it is carrying out these programs.

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Title 7, §22

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(a)The Commission shall establish and maintain, as part of its ongoing operations, research and information programs to (1) determine the feasibility of trading by computer, and the expanded use of modern information system technology, electronic data processing, and modern communication systems by commodity exchanges, boards of trade, and by the Commission itself for purposes of improving, strengthening, facilitating, or regulating futures trading operations; (2) assist in the development of educational and other informational materials regarding futures trading for dissemination and use among producers, market users, and the general public; and (3) carry out the general purposes of this chapter.
(b)The Commission shall include in its annual reports to Congress plans and findings with respect to implementing this section.

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of section, see section 418 of Pub. L. 93–463, set out as an

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of 1974 Amendment note under section 2 of this title.

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7 U.S.C. § 22

Title 7, Agriculture

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102