Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 124.djvu/1764

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124 STAT. 1738 PUBLIC LAW 111–203—JULY 21, 2010 administrative hearing, or in a congressional, administrative, or Government Accountability Office report, hearing, audit, or investigation, to use the information in his personal capacity and for personal gain to enter into, or offer to enter into— ‘‘(A) a contract of sale of a commodity for future delivery (or option on such a contract); ‘‘(B) an option (other than an option executed or traded on a national securities exchange registered pursuant to section 6(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78f(a)); or ‘‘(C) a swap. ‘‘(4) NONPUBLIC INFORMATION.— ‘‘(A) IMPARTING OF NONPUBLIC INFORMATION.—It shall be unlawful for any employee or agent of any department or agency of the Federal Government who, by virtue of the employment or position of the employee or agent, acquires information that may affect or tend to affect the price of any commodity in interstate commerce, or for future delivery, or any swap, and which information has not been disseminated by the department or agency of the Federal Government holding or creating the information in a manner which makes it generally available to the trading public, or disclosed in a criminal, civil, or administrative hearing, or in a congressional, administrative, or Govern- ment Accountability Office report, hearing, audit, or inves- tigation, to impart the information in his personal capacity and for personal gain with intent to assist another person, directly or indirectly, to use the information to enter into, or offer to enter into— ‘‘(i) a contract of sale of a commodity for future delivery (or option on such a contract); ‘‘(ii) an option (other than an option executed or traded on a national securities exchange registered pursuant to section 6(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78f(a)); or ‘‘(iii) a swap. ‘‘(B) KNOWING USE.—It shall be unlawful for any person who receives information imparted by any employee or agent of any department or agency of the Federal Govern- ment as described in subparagraph (A) to knowingly use such information to enter into, or offer to enter into— ‘‘(i) a contract of sale of a commodity for future delivery (or option on such a contract); ‘‘(ii) an option (other than an option executed or traded on a national securities exchange registered pursuant to section 6(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78f(a)); or ‘‘(iii) a swap. ‘‘(C) THEFT OF NONPUBLIC INFORMATION.—It shall be unlawful for any person to steal, convert, or misappropriate, by any means whatsoever, information held or created by any department or agency of the Federal Government that may affect or tend to affect the price of any commodity in interstate commerce, or for future delivery, or any swap, where such person knows, or acts in reckless disregard of the fact, that such information has not been disseminated by the department or agency of the Federal Government