7 USC 16a - Service fees and National Futures Association study

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§ 16a.

Service fees and National Futures Association study

(a)

Development and implementation of plan for user fees; report to and approval by Congressional committees

(b)

National Futures Association regulatory experience; report; contents

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission shall submit to Congress a report containing the results of a study of the regulatory experience of the National Futures Association for the period beginning January 1, 1983 and ending September 30, 1985. The report shall be submitted not later than January 1, 1986. The report shall include (but not to be limited to) the following—

(1)

the extent to which the National Futures Association has fully implemented the program provided in the rules approved by the Commission under section 17(p) and (q) of the Commodity Exchange Act [7 U.S.C. 21(p), (q)] and the effectiveness of the operation of such program;

(2)

the actual and projected cost savings to the Federal Government, if any, resulting from operations of the National Futures Association;

(3)

the actual and projected costs which the Commission and the public would have incurred if the Association had not undertaken self-regulatory responsibility for certain areas under the Commission’s jurisdiction;

(4)

problem areas, if any, encountered by the Association;

(5)

the nature of the working relationship between the Association and the Commission;

(6)

an assessment of the actual and projected efficiencies the Commission has achieved or expects to be achieved as a result of the continuing regulatory activities of the Association; and

(7)

the immediate and projected capabilities of the Commission at the time of submission of the study to turn its attention to more immediate problems of regulation, as a result of the activities of the Association.

(c)

Schedule of fees for services, activities and functions; notice and hearing; actual cost standard

(Pub. L. 95–405, § 26, Sept. 30, 1978, 92 Stat. 877; Pub. L. 97–444, title II, § 237, Jan. 11, 1983, 96 Stat. 2325.)

cite as: 7 USC 16a