Regulations last checked for updates: Nov 25, 2024

Title 17 - Commodity and Securities Exchanges last revised: Nov 19, 2024
§ 147.2 - Definitions.

For purposes of this part:

(a) Agency includes the Commodity Futures Trading Commission;

(b) Commission means the Commodity Futures Trading Commission;

(c) Commissioner means a member of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission duly appointed as a Commissioner in accordance with section 2(a)(2) of the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended, 7 U.S.C. 4a(a);

(d) Meeting means the deliberations of a quorum of Commissioners that determine or result in the joint conduct or disposition of official Commission business, but does not include deliberations required or permitted by § 147.4, § 147.5 or § 147.6;

(e) Person includes an individual, partnership, corporation, association, exchange or other entity or organization;

(f) Quorum means at least the minimum number of Commissioners required to take action on behalf of the Commission;

(g) The term FOIA Compliance staff refers to the Freedom of Information Act Compliance Staff assigned to respond to requests for information under the Freedom of Information Act.

[42 FR 13704, Mar. 11, 1977, as amended at 45 FR 26955, Apr. 22, 1980; 89 FR 71819, Sept. 4, 2024]
authority: Sec. 3(a), Pub. L. 94-409, 90 Stat. 1241 (5 U.S.C. 552b); sec. 101(a)(11), Pub. L. 93-463, 88 Stat. 1391 (7 U.S.C. 4a(j) (Supp. V, 1975)), unless otherwise noted
source: 42 FR 13704, Mar. 11, 1977, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 17 CFR 147.2