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PUBLIC LAW 97-000—MMMM. DD, 1982

96 STAT. 2306

PUBLIC LAW 97-444—JAN. 11, 1983 (1) striking out in the first sentence "futures commission merchants, floor brokers, and those persons associated with futures commission merchants or floor brokers" and inserting in lieu thereof "persons required to be registered with the Commission"; (2) striking out in the second and third sentences "as futures commission merchants, floor brokers, and those persons associated with futures commission merchants or floor brokers,"; and (3) striking out in the last sentence "the customers of futures commission merchants and floor brokers" and inserting in lieu thereof "customers, clients, pool participants, or other members of the public with whom such individuals deal". CONTRACT MARKET RULES

SEC. 216. Section 5a of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 7a) is amended by— (1) amending paragraph (8) to read as follows: "(8) enforce all bylaws, rules, regulations, and resolutions, made or issued by it or by the governing board thereof or any committee, that (i) have been approved by the Commission pursuemt to paragraph (12) of this section, (ii) have become effective under such paragraph, or (iii) must be enforced pursuant to any Commission rule, regulation, or order; and revoke and not enforce any bylaw, rule, regulation, or resolution, made, issued, or proposed by it or by the governing board thereof or any committee, that has been disapproved by the Commission;"; (2) amending paragraph (12) to read as follows: "(12) except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, submit to the Commission for its prior approval all bylaws, rules, regulations, and resolutions ('rules') made or issued by such contract market, or by the governing board thereof or any committee thereof, that relate to terms and conditions in contracts of sale to be executed on or subject to the rules of such contract market, as such terms and conditions are defined by the Commission by rule or regulation, except those rules relating to the setting of levels of margin. Each contract market shall submit to the Commission all other rules (except those relating to the setting of levels of margin and except those that the Commission may specify by regulation) and may make such rules effective ten days after receipt of such submission by the Commission unless, within the ten-day period, the contract market requests review and approval thereof by the (Dommission or the Commission notifies such contract market in writing of its determination to review such rules for approval. The determination to review such rules for approval shall not be delegable to any employee of the Commission. At least thirty days before approving any rules of major economic significance, as determined by the Commission, the Commission shall publish a notice of such rules in the Federal Register. The Commission shall give interested persons an opportunity to particpate in the approval process through the submission of written date, views, or arguments. The determination by the Commission whether any such rules are of major economic significance shall be final and not subject to judicial review. The Commission shall approve such rules if such rules are determined by the Commission not to be in violation of this Act or the regulations of the