7 U.S.C. § 22
Section 22 · Research and information programs; reports to Congress
Amended 2 times on record
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Stevenson v. J.C. Bradford & Co. (In Re Cannon) (1999)
Most recently applied in 931 F. Supp. 2d 478 - Starshinova v. Batratchenko (March 2013)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
(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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Effective Date
For effective date of section, see section 418 of Pub. L. 93–463, set out as an Effective Date of 1974 Amendment note under section 2 of this title.