Federal

Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

2,701 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 80b–14 — Jurisdiction of offenses and suits
• § 80b–15 — Validity of contracts
• § 80b–16 — Omitted
• § 80b–17 — Penalties
• § 80b–18 — Hiring and leasing authority of Commission
• § 80b–18a — State regulation of investment advisers
• § 80b–18b — Custody of client accounts
• § 80b–18c — Rule of construction relating to the Commodities Exchange Act
• § 80b–19 — Separability
• § 80b–2 — Definitions
• § 80b–20 — Short title
• § 80b–21 — Effective date
• § 80b–3 — Registration of investment advisers
• § 80b–3a — State and Federal responsibilities
• § 80b–4 — Reports by investment advisers
• § 80b–4a — Prevention of misuse of nonpublic information
• § 80b–5 — Investment advisory contracts
• § 80b–6 — Prohibited transactions by investment advisers
• § 80b–6a — Exemptions
• § 80b–7 — Material misstatements
• § 80b–8 — General prohibitions
• § 80b–9 — Enforcement of subchapter
• § 80c — Liaison between Securities and Exchange Commission and Small Business Administration
• § 80c–1 — Annual government-business forum on capital formation
• § 80c–2 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 80c–3 — Reduction of costs of small securities issues
• § 81 to 134 — Repealed. July 5, 1946, ch. 540, § 46(a) , 60 Stat. 444
• § 8101 — Definition
• § 8111 — Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator
• § 8112 — Definition
• § 8113 — Joint Strategic Plan
• § 8114 — Reporting
• § 8115 — Savings and repeals
• § 8116 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 8131 — Cyberpiracy protections for individuals
• § 8201 — Reporting, payment, and allocation of premium taxes
• § 8202 — Regulation of nonadmitted insurance by insured’s home State
• § 8203 — Participation in national producer database
• § 8204 — Uniform standards for surplus lines eligibility
• § 8205 — Streamlined application for commercial purchasers
• § 8206 — Definitions
• § 8221 — Regulation of credit for reinsurance and reinsurance agreements
• § 8222 — Regulation of reinsurer solvency
• § 8223 — Definitions
• § 8231 — Rule of construction
• § 8232 — Severability
• § 828 to 852 — Repealed. Pub. L. 89–554, § 8(a) , Sept. 6, 1966 , 80 Stat. 649 , 651
• § 8301 — Definitions
• § 8302 — Review of regulatory authority
• § 8303 — Abusive swaps
• § 8304 — Authority to prohibit participation in swap activities
• § 8305 — Prohibition against Federal Government bailouts of swaps entities
• § 8306 — Determining status of novel derivative products
• § 8307 — Studies
• § 8308 — Memorandum
• § 8321 — Authority to define terms
• § 8322 — Authority of FERC
• § 8323 — Rulemaking on conflict of interest
• § 8324 — Savings clause
• § 8325 — International harmonization
• § 8341 — Authority to further define terms
• § 8342 — Savings clause
• § 8343 — Rulemaking on conflict of interest
• § 8344 — Other authority
• § 8401 — Findings; declaration of policy
• § 8402 — Prohibitions against certain unfair and deceptive Internet sales practices
• § 8403 — Negative option marketing on the Internet
• § 8404 — Enforcement by Federal Trade Commission
• § 8405 — Enforcement by State attorneys general
• § 8501 — Definitions
• § 8511 — Public safety priority
• § 8512 — Weather research and forecasting innovation
• § 8512a — Learning excellence and good examples from new developers
• § 8513 — Tornado warning improvement and extension program
• § 8514 — Hurricane forecast improvement program
• § 8515 — Weather research and development planning
• § 8516 — Observing system planning
• § 8517 — Observing System Simulation Experiments
• § 8518 — Computing resource efficiency improvement and annual report
• § 8519 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 8520 — United States Weather Research Program
• § 8521 — Weather and climate information in agriculture
• § 8531 — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite and data management
• § 8532 — Commercial weather data
• § 8533 — Unnecessary duplication
• § 8541 — Environmental Information Services Working Group
• § 8542 — Interagency weather research and forecast innovation coordination
• § 8543 — Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research and National Weather Service exchange program
• § 8544 — Visiting fellows at National Weather Service
• § 8545 — Warning coordination meteorologists at weather forecast offices of National Weather Service
• § 8546 — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Weather Ready All Hazards Award Program
• § 8547 — Report on contract positions at National Weather Service
• § 8548 — Weather enterprise outreach
• § 8549 — Hurricane hunter aircraft
• § 8550 — Improvements to Cooperative Observer Program of National Weather Service
• § 8561 — Study on precipitation estimation
• § 8562 — Improving probable maximum precipitation estimates
• § 8563 — Definitions
• § 8601 — Protections for covered sports medicine professionals
• § 8701 — Declaration of policy
• § 8702 — Definitions
• § 8703 — Issuance of orders
• § 8704 — Required terms in orders
• § 8705 — Assessments
• § 8706 — Referenda
• § 8707 — Petition and review
• § 8708 — Enforcement
• § 8709 — Investigation and power to subpoena
• § 8710 — Suspension or termination
• § 8711 — Amendments to orders
• § 8712 — Effect on other laws
• § 8713 — Regulations
• § 8714 — Limitation on expenditures for administrative expenses
• § 8715 — Limitations on obligation of funds
• § 8716 — Study and report by the Government Accountability Office
• § 8717 — Study and report by the Department of Commerce
• § 8801 — Definitions
• § 8802 — Purposes
• § 8811 — National Quantum Initiative Program
• § 8812 — National Quantum Coordination Office
• § 8813 — Subcommittee on Quantum Information Science
• § 8814 — National Quantum Initiative Advisory Committee
• § 8814a — Subcommittee on the Economic and Security Implications of Quantum Information Science
• § 8815 — Sunset
• § 8831 — National Institute of Standards and Technology activities and quantum consortium
• § 8841 — Quantum information science research and education program
• § 8842 — Multidisciplinary centers for quantum research and education
• § 8851 — Quantum information science research program
• § 8852 — National Quantum Information Science Research Centers
• § 8853 — Department of Energy quantum network infrastructure research and development program
• § 8854 — Department of Energy Quantum User Expansion for Science and Technology program
• § 8901 — Definition of Administrator
• § 8911 — Monitoring and detection
• § 8921 — Additions to toxics release inventory
• § 8931 — Definitions
• § 8932 — Performance standard for the detection of highly fluorinated compounds
• § 8933 — Nationwide sampling
• § 8934 — Data usage
• § 8935 — Collaboration
• § 8951 — Definitions
• § 8952 — Research and coordination plan for enhanced response on emerging contaminants
• § 8961 — PFAS destruction and disposal guidance
• § 8962 — PFAS research and development
• § 8963 — Interagency body on research related to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances
• § 9 — Jurisdiction of courts; duty of United States attorneys; procedure
• § 9001 — Definitions
• § 9002 — Entrepreneurial development
• § 9003 — State Trade Expansion Program
• § 9004 — Waiver of matching funds requirement under the Women’s Business Center program
• § 9005 — Transferred
• § 9006 — Direct appropriations
• § 9007 — Minority Business Development Agency
• § 9008 — United States Treasury program management authority
• § 9009 — Emergency EIDL grants
• § 9009a — Grants for shuttered venue operators
• § 9009b — Targeted EIDL advance for small business continuity, adaptation, and resiliency
• § 9009c — Support for restaurants
• § 901 to 910 — Repealed. Pub. L. 90–351, title IV, § 906 , June 19, 1968 , 82 Stat. 234
• § 9010 — Resources and services in languages other than English
• § 9011 — Subsidy for certain loan payments
• § 9012 — Emergency rulemaking authority
• § 9013 — Community Navigator pilot program
• § 9021 — Pandemic unemployment assistance
• § 9022 — Flexibility in paying reimbursement
• § 9023 — Emergency increase in unemployment compensation benefits
• § 9024 — Temporary full Federal funding of the first week of compensable regular unemployment for States with no waiting week
• § 9025 — Pandemic emergency unemployment compensation
• § 9026 — Temporary financing of short-time compensation payments in States with programs in law
• § 9027 — Temporary financing of short-time compensation agreements
• § 9028 — Grants for short-time compensation programs
• § 9029 — Assistance and guidance in implementing programs
• § 9030 — Waiver of the 7-day waiting period for benefits under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act
• § 9031 — Funding for the DOL Office of Inspector General for oversight of unemployment provisions
• § 9032 — Implementation
• § 9033 — Return to work reporting
• § 9034 — Funding for fraud prevention, equitable access, and timely payment to eligible workers
• § 9041 — Definitions
• § 9042 — Emergency relief and taxpayer protections
• § 9043 — Limitation on certain employee compensation
• § 9044 — Continuation of certain air service
• § 9045 — Coordination with Secretary of Transportation
• § 9046 — Suspension of certain aviation excise taxes
• § 9047 — Federal credit union transaction account guarantees
• § 9048 — Temporary Government in the Sunshine Act relief
• § 9049 — Temporary hiring flexibility
• § 9050 — Temporary relief for community banks
• § 9051 — Temporary relief from troubled debt restructurings
• § 9052 — Optional temporary relief from current expected credit losses
• § 9053 — Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery
• § 9054 — Conflicts of interest
• § 9055 — Congressional Oversight Commission
• § 9056 — Foreclosure moratorium and consumer right to request forbearance
• § 9057 — Forbearance of residential mortgage loan payments for multifamily properties with Federally backed loans
• § 9058 — Temporary moratorium on eviction filings
• § 9058a — Emergency rental assistance
• § 9058b — Funding for water assistance program
• § 9058c — Emergency rental assistance
• § 9058d — Homeowner Assistance Fund
• § 9059 — Protection of collective bargaining agreement
• § 9060 — Reports