Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 15 : Section 78o-5


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 78o-5. Government securities brokers and dealers

    (a) Registration requirements; notice to regulatory agencies;
      manner of registration; exemption from registration requirements
      (1)(A) It shall be unlawful for any government securities broker
    or government securities dealer (other than a registered broker or
    dealer or a financial institution) to make use of the mails or any
    means or instrumentality of interstate commerce to effect any
    transaction in, or to induce or attempt to induce the purchase or
    sale of, any government security unless such government securities
    broker or government securities dealer is registered in accordance
    with paragraph (2) of this subsection.
      (B)(i) It shall be unlawful for any government securities broker
    or government securities dealer that is a registered broker or
    dealer or a financial institution to make use of the mails or any
    means or instrumentality of interstate commerce to effect any
    transaction in, or to induce or attempt to induce the purchase or
    sale of, any government security unless such government securities
    broker or government securities dealer has filed with the
    appropriate regulatory agency written notice that it is a
    government securities broker or government securities dealer. When
    such a government securities broker or government securities dealer
    ceases to act as such it shall file with the appropriate regulatory
    agency a written notice that it is no longer acting as a government
    securities broker or government securities dealer.
      (ii) Such notices shall be in such form and contain such
    information concerning a government securities broker or government
    securities dealer that is a financial institution and any persons
    associated with such government securities broker or government
    securities dealer as the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
    System shall, by rule, after consultation with each appropriate
    regulatory agency (including the Commission), prescribe as
    necessary or appropriate in the public interest or for the
    protection of investors. Such notices shall be in such form and
    contain such information concerning a government securities broker
    or government securities dealer that is a registered broker or
    dealer and any persons associated with such government securities
    broker or government securities dealer as the Commission shall, by
    rule, prescribe as necessary or appropriate in the public interest
    or for the protection of investors.
      (iii) Each appropriate regulatory agency (other than the
    Commission) shall make available to the Commission the notices
    which have been filed with it under this subparagraph, and the
    Commission shall maintain and make available to the public such
    notices and the notices it receives under this subparagraph.
      (2) A government securities broker or a government securities
    dealer subject to the registration requirement of paragraph (1)(A)
    of this subsection may be registered by filing with the Commission
    an application for registration in such form and containing such
    information and documents concerning such government securities
    broker or government securities dealer and any persons associated
    with such government securities broker or government securities
    dealer as the Commission, by rule, may prescribe as necessary or
    appropriate in the public interest or for the protection of
    investors. Within 45 days of the date of filing of such application
    (or within such longer period as to which the applicant consents),
    the Commission shall - 
        (i) by order grant registration, or
        (ii) institute proceedings to determine whether registration
      should be denied. Such proceedings shall include notice of the
      grounds for denial under consideration and opportunity for
      hearing and shall be concluded within 120 days of the date of the
      filing of the application for registration. At the conclusion of
      such proceedings, the Commission, by order, shall grant or deny
      such registration. The order granting registration shall not be
      effective until such government securities broker or government
      securities dealer has become a member of a national securities
      exchange registered under section 78f of this title, or a
      securities association registered under section 78o-3 of this
      title, unless the Commission has exempted such government
      securities broker or government securities dealer, by rule or
      order, from such membership. The Commission may extend the time
      for the conclusion of such proceedings for up to 90 days if it
      finds good cause for such extension and publishes its reasons for
      so finding or for such longer period as to which the applicant
      consents.

    The Commission shall grant the registration of a government
    securities broker or a government securities dealer if the
    Commission finds that the requirements of this section are
    satisfied. The Commission shall deny such registration if it does
    not make such a finding or if it finds that if the applicant were
    so registered, its registration would be subject to suspension or
    revocation under subsection (c) of this section.
      (3) Any provision of this chapter (other than section 78e of this
    title or paragraph (1) of this subsection) which prohibits any act,
    practice, or course of business if the mails or any means or
    instrumentality of interstate commerce is used in connection
    therewith shall also prohibit any such act, practice, or course of
    business by any government securities broker or government
    securities dealer registered or having filed notice under paragraph
    (1) of this subsection or any person acting on behalf of such
    government securities broker or government securities dealer,
    irrespective of any use of the mails or any means or
    instrumentality of interstate commerce in connection therewith.
      (4) No government securities broker or government securities
    dealer that is required to register under paragraph (1)(A) and that
    is not a member of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation
    shall effect any transaction in any security in contravention of
    such rules as the Commission shall prescribe pursuant to this
    subsection to assure that its customers receive complete, accurate,
    and timely disclosure of the inapplicability of Securities Investor
    Protection Corporation coverage to their accounts.
      (5) The Secretary of the Treasury (hereinafter in this section
    referred to as the "Secretary"), by rule or order, upon the
    Secretary's own motion or upon application, may conditionally or
    unconditionally exempt any government securities broker or
    government securities dealer, or class of government securities
    brokers or government securities dealers, from any provision of
    subsection (a), (b), or (d) of this section, other than subsection
    (d)(3) of this section, or the rules thereunder, if the Secretary
    finds that such exemption is consistent with the public interest,
    the protection of investors, and the purposes of this chapter.
    (b) Rules with respect to transactions in government securities
      (1) The Secretary shall propose and adopt rules to effect the
    purposes of this chapter with respect to transactions in government
    securities effected by government securities brokers and government
    securities dealers as follows:
        (A) Such rules shall provide safeguards with respect to the
      financial responsibility and related practices of government
      securities brokers and government securities dealers including,
      but not limited to, capital adequacy standards, the acceptance of
      custody and use of customers' securities, the carrying and use of
      customers' deposits or credit balances, and the transfer and
      control of government securities subject to repurchase agreements
      and in similar transactions.
        (B) Such rules shall require every government securities broker
      and government securities dealer to make reports to and furnish
      copies of records to the appropriate regulatory agency, and to
      file with the appropriate regulatory agency, annually or more
      frequently, a balance sheet and income statement certified by an
      independent public accountant, prepared on a calendar or fiscal
      year basis, and such other financial statements (which shall, as
      the Secretary specifies, be certified) and information concerning
      its financial condition as required by such rules.
        (C) Such rules shall require records to be made and kept by
      government securities brokers and government securities dealers
      and shall specify the periods for which such records shall be
      preserved.

      (2) Risk Assessment for Holding Company Systems. - 
        (A) Obligations to obtain, maintain, and report information. -
      Every person who is registered as a government securities broker
      or government securities dealer under this section shall obtain
      such information and make and keep such records as the Secretary
      by rule prescribes concerning the registered person's policies,
      procedures, or systems for monitoring and controlling financial
      and operational risks to it resulting from the activities of any
      of its associated persons, other than a natural person. Such
      records shall describe, in the aggregate, each of the financial
      and securities activities conducted by, and customary sources of
      capital and funding of, those of its associated persons whose
      business activities are reasonably likely to have a material
      impact on the financial or operational condition of such
      registered person, including its capital, its liquidity, or its
      ability to conduct or finance its operations. The Secretary, by
      rule, may require summary reports of such information to be filed
      with the registered person's appropriate regulatory agency no
      more frequently than quarterly.
        (B) Authority to require additional information. - If, as a
      result of adverse market conditions or based on reports provided
      pursuant to subparagraph (A) of this paragraph or other available
      information, the appropriate regulatory agency reasonably
      concludes that it has concerns regarding the financial or
      operational condition of any government securities broker or
      government securities dealer registered under this section, such
      agency may require the registered person to make reports
      concerning the financial and securities activities of any of such
      person's associated persons, other than a natural person, whose
      business activities are reasonably likely to have a material
      impact on the financial or operational condition of such
      registered person. The appropriate regulatory agency, in
      requiring reports pursuant to this subparagraph, shall specify
      the information required, the period for which it is required,
      the time and date on which the information must be furnished, and
      whether the information is to be furnished directly to the
      appropriate regulatory agency or to a self-regulatory
      organization with primary responsibility for examining the
      registered person's financial and operational condition.
        (C) Special provisions with respect to associated persons
      subject to federal banking agency regulation. - 
          (i) Cooperation in implementation. - In developing and
        implementing reporting requirements pursuant to subparagraph
        (A) of this paragraph with respect to associated persons
        subject to examination by or reporting requirements of a
        Federal banking agency, the Secretary shall consult with and
        consider the views of each such Federal banking agency. If a
        Federal banking agency comments in writing on a proposed rule
        of the Secretary under this paragraph that has been published
        for comment, the Secretary shall respond in writing to such
        written comment before adopting the proposed rule. The
        Secretary shall, at the request of a Federal banking agency,
        publish such comment and response in the Federal Register at
        the time of publishing the adopted rule.
          (ii) Use of banking agency reports. - A registered government
        securities broker or government securities dealer shall be in
        compliance with any recordkeeping or reporting requirement
        adopted pursuant to subparagraph (A) of this paragraph
        concerning an associated person that is subject to examination
        by or reporting requirements of a Federal banking agency if
        such government securities broker or government securities
        dealer utilizes for such recordkeeping or reporting requirement
        copies of reports filed by the associated person with the
        Federal banking agency pursuant to section 161 of title 12,
        subchapter VIII of chapter 3 of title 12, section 1817(a) of
        title 12, section 1467a(b) of title 12, or section 1847 of
        title 12. The Secretary may, however, by rule adopted pursuant
        to subparagraph (A), require any registered government
        securities broker or government securities dealer filing such
        reports with the appropriate regulatory agency to obtain,
        maintain, or report supplemental information if the Secretary
        makes an explicit finding, based on information provided by the
        appropriate regulatory agency, that such supplemental
        information is necessary to inform the appropriate regulatory
        agency regarding potential risks to such government securities
        broker or government securities dealer. Prior to requiring any
        such supplemental information, the Secretary shall first
        request the Federal banking agency to expand its reporting
        requirements to include such information.
          (iii) Procedure for requiring additional information. - Prior
        to making a request pursuant to subparagraph (B) of this
        paragraph for information with respect to an associated person
        that is subject to examination by or reporting requirements of
        a Federal banking agency, the appropriate regulatory agency
        shall - 
            (I) notify such banking agency of the information required
          with respect to such associated person; and
            (II) consult with such agency to determine whether the
          information required is available from such agency and for
          other purposes, unless the appropriate regulatory agency
          determines that any delay resulting from such consultation
          would be inconsistent with ensuring the financial and
          operational condition of the government securities broker or
          government securities dealer or the stability or integrity of
          the securities markets.

          (iv) Exclusion for examination reports. - Nothing in this
        subparagraph shall be construed to permit the Secretary or an
        appropriate regulatory agency to require any registered
        government securities broker or government securities dealer to
        obtain, maintain, or furnish any examination report of any
        Federal banking agency or any supervisory recommendations or
        analysis contained therein.
          (v) Confidentiality of information provided. - No information
        provided to or obtained by an appropriate regulatory agency
        from any Federal banking agency pursuant to a request under
        clause (iii) of this subparagraph regarding any associated
        person which is subject to examination by or reporting
        requirements of a Federal banking agency may be disclosed to
        any other person (other than a self-regulatory organization),
        without the prior written approval of the Federal banking
        agency. Nothing in this clause shall authorize the Secretary or
        any appropriate regulatory agency to withhold information from
        Congress, or prevent the Secretary or any appropriate
        regulatory agency from complying with a request for information
        from any other Federal department or agency requesting the
        information for purposes within the scope of its jurisdiction,
        or complying with an order of a court of the United States in
        an action brought by the United States or the Commission.
          (vi) Notice to banking agencies concerning financial and
        operational condition concerns. - The Secretary or appropriate
        regulatory agency shall notify the Federal banking agency of
        any concerns of the Secretary or the appropriate regulatory
        agency regarding significant financial or operational risks
        resulting from the activities of any government securities
        broker or government securities dealer to any associated person
        thereof which is subject to examination by or reporting
        requirements of the Federal banking agency.
          (vii) Definition. - For purposes of this subparagraph, the
        term "Federal banking agency" shall have the same meaning as
        the term "appropriate Federal banking agency" in section
        1813(q) of title 12.

        (D) Exemptions. - The Secretary by rule or order may exempt any
      person or class of persons, under such terms and conditions and
      for such periods as the Secretary shall provide in such rule or
      order, from the provisions of this paragraph, and the rules
      thereunder. In granting such exemptions, the Secretary shall
      consider, among other factors - 
          (i) whether information of the type required under this
        paragraph is available from a supervisory agency (as defined in
        section 3401(6) (!1) of title 12), a State insurance commission
        or similar State agency, the Commodity Futures Trading
        Commission, or a similar foreign regulator;

          (ii) the primary business of any associated person;
          (iii) the nature and extent of domestic or foreign regulation
        of the associated person's activities;
          (iv) the nature and extent of the registered person's
        securities transactions; and
          (v) with respect to the registered person and its associated
        persons, on a consolidated basis, the amount and proportion of
        assets devoted to, and revenues derived from, activities in the
        United States securities markets.

        (E) Conformity with requirements under section 78q(h). - In
      exercising authority pursuant to subparagraph (A) of this
      paragraph concerning information with respect to associated
      persons of government securities brokers and government
      securities dealers who are also associated persons of registered
      brokers or dealers reporting to the Commission pursuant to
      section 78q(h) of this title, the requirements relating to such
      associated persons shall conform, to the greatest extent
      practicable, to the requirements under section 78q(h) of this
      title.
        (F) Authority to limit disclosure of information. -
      Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary and any
      appropriate regulatory agency shall not be compelled to disclose
      any information required to be reported under this paragraph, or
      any information supplied to the Secretary or any appropriate
      regulatory agency by any domestic or foreign regulatory agency
      that relates to the financial or operational condition of any
      associated person of a registered government securities broker or
      a government securities dealer. Nothing in this paragraph shall
      authorize the Secretary or any appropriate regulatory agency to
      withhold information from Congress, or prevent the Secretary or
      any appropriate regulatory agency from complying with a request
      for information from any other Federal department or agency
      requesting the information for purposes within the scope of its
      jurisdiction, or complying with an order of a court of the United
      States in an action brought by the United States or the
      Commission. For purposes of section 552 of title 5, this
      paragraph shall be considered a statute described in subsection
      (b)(3)(B) of such section 552.

      (3)(A) With respect to any financial institution that has filed
    notice as a government securities broker or government securities
    dealer or that is required to file notice under subsection
    (a)(1)(B) of this section, the appropriate regulatory agency for
    such government securities broker or government securities dealer
    may issue such rules and regulations with respect to transactions
    in government securities as may be necessary to prevent fraudulent
    and manipulative acts and practices and to promote just and
    equitable principles of trade. If the Secretary of the Treasury
    determines, and notifies the appropriate regulatory agency, that
    such rule or regulation, if implemented, would, or as applied does
    (i) adversely affect the liquidity or efficiency of the market for
    government securities; or (ii) impose any burden on competition not
    necessary or appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of this
    section, the appropriate regulatory agency shall, prior to adopting
    the proposed rule or regulation, find that such rule or regulation
    is necessary and appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of this
    section notwithstanding the Secretary's determination.
      (B) The appropriate regulatory agency shall consult with and
    consider the views of the Secretary prior to approving or amending
    a rule or regulation under this paragraph, except where the
    appropriate regulatory agency determines that an emergency exists
    requiring expeditious and summary action and publishes its reasons
    therefor. If the Secretary comments in writing to the appropriate
    regulatory agency on a proposed rule or regulation that has been
    published for comment, the appropriate regulatory agency shall
    respond in writing to such written comment before approving the
    proposed rule or regulation.
      (C) In promulgating rules under this section, the appropriate
    regulatory agency shall consider the sufficiency and
    appropriateness of then existing laws and rules applicable to
    government securities brokers, government securities dealers, and
    persons associated with government securities brokers and
    government securities dealers.
      (4) Rules promulgated and orders issued under this section shall
    - 
        (A) be designed to prevent fraudulent and manipulative acts and
      practices and to protect the integrity, liquidity, and efficiency
      of the market for government securities, investors, and the
      public interest; and
        (B) not be designed to permit unfair discrimination between
      customers, issuers, government securities brokers, or government
      securities dealers, or to impose any burden on competition not
      necessary or appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of this
      chapter.

      (5) In promulgating rules and issuing orders under this section,
    the Secretary - 
        (A) may appropriately classify government securities brokers
      and government securities dealers (taking into account relevant
      matters, including types of business done, nature of securities
      other than government securities purchased or sold, and character
      of business organization) and persons associated with government
      securities brokers and government securities dealers;
        (B) may determine, to the extent consistent with paragraph (2)
      of this subsection and with the public interest, the protection
      of investors, and the purposes of this chapter, not to apply, in
      whole or in part, certain rules under this section, or to apply
      greater, lesser, or different standards, to certain classes of
      government securities brokers, government securities dealers, or
      persons associated with government securities brokers or
      government securities dealers;
        (C) shall consider the sufficiency and appropriateness of then
      existing laws and rules applicable to government securities
      brokers, government securities dealers, and persons associated
      with government securities brokers and government securities
      dealers; and
        (D) shall consult with and consider the views of the Commission
      and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, except
      where the Secretary determines that an emergency exists requiring
      expeditious or summary action and publishes its reasons for such
      determination.

      (6) If the Commission or the Board of Governors of the Federal
    Reserve System comments in writing on a proposed rule of the
    Secretary that has been published for comment, the Secretary shall
    respond in writing to such written comment before approving the
    proposed rule.
      (7) No government securities broker or government securities
    dealer shall make use of the mails or any means or instrumentality
    of interstate commerce to effect any transaction in, or to induce
    or attempt to induce the purchase or sale of, any government
    security in contravention of any rule under this section.
    (c) Sanctions for violations
      (1) With respect to any government securities broker or
    government securities dealer registered or required to register
    under subsection (a)(1)(A) of this section - 
        (A) The Commission, by order, shall censure, place limitations
      on the activities, functions, or operations of, suspend for a
      period not exceeding 12 months, or revoke the registration of
      such government securities broker or government securities
      dealer, if it finds, on the record after notice and opportunity
      for hearing, that such censure, placing of limitations,
      suspension, or revocation is in the public interest and that such
      government securities broker or government securities dealer, or
      any person associated with such government securities broker or
      government securities dealer (whether prior or subsequent to
      becoming so associated), has committed or omitted any act, or is
      subject to an order or finding, enumerated in subparagraph (A),
      (D), (E), (H), or (G) of paragraph (4) of section 78o(b) of this
      title, has been convicted of any offense specified in
      subparagraph (B) of such paragraph (4) within 10 years of the
      commencement of the proceedings under this paragraph, or is
      enjoined from any action, conduct, or practice specified in
      subparagraph (C) of such paragraph (4).
        (B) Pending final determination whether registration of any
      government securities broker or government securities dealer
      shall be revoked, the Commission, by order, may suspend such
      registration, if such suspension appears to the Commission, after
      notice and opportunity for hearing, to be necessary or
      appropriate in the public interest or for the protection of
      investors. Any registered government securities broker or
      registered government securities dealer may, upon such terms and
      conditions as the Commission may deem necessary in the public
      interest or for the protection of investors, withdraw from
      registration by filing a written notice of withdrawal with the
      Commission. If the Commission finds that any registered
      government securities broker or registered government securities
      dealer is no longer in existence or has ceased to do business as
      a government securities broker or government securities dealer,
      the Commission, by order, shall cancel the registration of such
      government securities broker or government securities dealer.
        (C) The Commission, by order, shall censure or place
      limitations on the activities or functions of any person
      associated, or seeking to become associated, with a government
      securities broker or government securities dealer registered or
      required to register under subsection (a)(1)(A) of this section
      or suspend for a period not exceeding 12 months or bar any such
      person from being associated with such a government securities
      broker or government securities dealer, if the Commission finds,
      on the record after notice and opportunity for hearing, that such
      censure, placing of limitations, suspension, or bar is in the
      public interest and that such person has committed or omitted any
      act, or is subject to an order or finding, enumerated in
      subparagraph (A), (D), (E), (H), or (G) of paragraph (4) of
      section 78o(b) of this title, has been convicted of any offense
      specified in subparagraph (B) of such paragraph (4) within 10
      years of the commencement of the proceedings under this
      paragraph, or is enjoined from any action, conduct, or practice
      specified in subparagraph (C) of such paragraph (4).

      (2)(A) With respect to any government securities broker or
    government securities dealer which is not registered or required to
    register under subsection (a)(1)(A) of this section, the
    appropriate regulatory agency for such government securities broker
    or government securities dealer may, in the manner and for the
    reasons specified in paragraph (1)(A) of this subsection, censure,
    place limitations on the activities, functions, or operations of,
    suspend for a period not exceeding 12 months, or bar from acting as
    a government securities broker or government securities dealer any
    such government securities broker or government securities dealer,
    and may sanction any person associated with such government
    securities broker or government securities dealer in the manner and
    for the reasons specified in paragraph (1)(C) of this subsection.
      (B) In addition, where applicable, such appropriate regulatory
    agency may, in accordance with section 1818 of title 12, section
    1464 of title 12, or section 1730 (!2) of title 12, enforce
    compliance by such government securities broker or government
    securities dealer or any person associated with such government
    securities broker or government securities dealer with the
    provisions of this section and the rules thereunder.

      (C) For purposes of subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, any
    violation of any such provision shall constitute adequate basis for
    the issuance of any order under section 1818(b) or (c) of title 12,
    section 1464(d)(2) or (d)(3) (!2) of title 12, or section 1730(e)
    or (f) (!2) of title 12, and the customers of any such government
    securities broker or government securities dealer shall be deemed,
    respectively, "depositors" as that term is used in section 1818(c)
    of title 12, "savings account holders" as that term is used in
    section 1464(d)(3) (!2) of title 12, or "insured members" as that
    term is used in section 1730(f) (!2) of title 12.
      (D) Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to affect in any
    way the powers of such appropriate regulatory agency to proceed
    against such government securities broker or government securities
    dealer under any other provision of law.
      (E) Each appropriate regulatory agency (other than the
    Commission) shall promptly notify the Commission after it has
    imposed any sanction under this paragraph on a government
    securities broker or government securities dealer, or a person
    associated with a government securities broker or government
    securities dealer, and the Commission shall maintain, and make
    available to the public, a record of such sanctions and any
    sanctions imposed by it under this subsection.
      (3) It shall be unlawful for any person as to whom an order
    entered pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2) of this subsection
    suspending or barring him from being associated with a government
    securities broker or government securities dealer is in effect
    willfully to become, or to be, associated with a government
    securities broker or government securities dealer without the
    consent of the appropriate regulatory agency, and it shall be
    unlawful for any government securities broker or government
    securities dealer to permit such a person to become, or remain, a
    person associated with it without the consent of the appropriate
    regulatory agency, if such government securities broker or
    government securities dealer knew, or, in the exercise of
    reasonable care should have known, of such order.
    (d) Records of brokers and dealers subject to examination
      (1) All records of a government securities broker or government
    securities dealer are subject at any time, or from time to time, to
    such reasonable periodic, special, or other examinations by
    representatives of the appropriate regulatory agency for such
    government securities broker or government securities dealer as
    such appropriate regulatory agency deems necessary or appropriate
    in the public interest, for the protection of investors, or
    otherwise in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter.
      (2) Information received by an appropriate regulatory agency, the
    Secretary, or the Commission from or with respect to any government
    securities broker, government securities dealer, any person
    associated with a government securities broker or government
    securities dealer, or any other person subject to this section or
    rules promulgated thereunder, may be made available by the
    Secretary or the recipient agency to the Commission, the Secretary,
    the Department of Justice, the Commodity Futures Trading
    Commission, any appropriate regulatory agency, any self-regulatory
    organization, or any Federal Reserve Bank.
      (3) Government Securities Trade Reconstruction. - 
        (A) Furnishing records. - Every government securities broker
      and government securities dealer shall furnish to the Commission
      on request such records of government securities transactions,
      including records of the date and time of execution of trades, as
      the Commission may require to reconstruct trading in the course
      of a particular inquiry or investigation being conducted by the
      Commission for enforcement or surveillance purposes. In requiring
      information pursuant to this paragraph, the Commission shall
      specify the information required, the period for which it is
      required, the time and date on which the information must be
      furnished, and whether the information is to be furnished
      directly to the Commission, to the Federal Reserve Bank of New
      York, or to an appropriate regulatory agency or self-regulatory
      organization with responsibility for examining the government
      securities broker or government securities dealer. The Commission
      may require that such information be furnished in machine
      readable form notwithstanding any limitation in subparagraph (B).
      In utilizing its authority to require information in machine
      readable form, the Commission shall minimize the burden such
      requirement may place on small government securities brokers and
      dealers.
        (B) Limitation; construction. - The Commission shall not
      utilize its authority under this paragraph to develop regular
      reporting requirements, except that the Commission may require
      information to be furnished under this paragraph as frequently as
      necessary for particular inquiries or investigations for
      enforcement or surveillance purposes. This paragraph shall not be
      construed as requiring, or as authorizing the Commission to
      require, any government securities broker or government
      securities dealer to obtain or maintain any information for
      purposes of this paragraph which is not otherwise maintained by
      such broker or dealer in accordance with any other provision of
      law or usual and customary business practice. The Commission
      shall, where feasible, avoid requiring any information to be
      furnished under this paragraph that the Commission may obtain
      from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
        (C) Procedures for requiring information. - At the time the
      Commission requests any information pursuant to subparagraph (A)
      with respect to any government securities broker or government
      securities dealer for which the Commission is not the appropriate
      regulatory agency, the Commission shall notify the appropriate
      regulatory agency for such government securities broker or
      government securities dealer and, upon request, furnish to the
      appropriate regulatory agency any information supplied to the
      Commission.
        (D) Consultation. - Within 90 days after December 17, 1993, and
      annually thereafter, or upon the request of any other appropriate
      regulatory agency, the Commission shall consult with the other
      appropriate regulatory agencies to determine the availability of
      records that may be required to be furnished under this paragraph
      and, for those records available directly from the other
      appropriate regulatory agencies, to develop a procedure for
      furnishing such records expeditiously upon the Commission's
      request.
        (E) Exclusion for examination reports. - Nothing in this
      paragraph shall be construed so as to permit the Commission to
      require any government securities broker or government securities
      dealer to obtain, maintain, or furnish any examination report of
      any appropriate regulatory agency other than the Commission or
      any supervisory recommendations or analysis contained in any such
      examination report.
        (F) Authority to limit disclosure of information. -
      Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Commission and
      the appropriate regulatory agencies shall not be compelled to
      disclose any information required or obtained under this
      paragraph. Nothing in this paragraph shall authorize the
      Commission or any appropriate regulatory agency to withhold
      information from Congress, or prevent the Commission or any
      appropriate regulatory agency from complying with a request for
      information from any other Federal department or agency
      requesting information for purposes within the scope of its
      jurisdiction, or from complying with an order of a court of the
      United States in an action brought by the United States, the
      Commission, or the appropriate regulatory agency. For purposes of
      section 552 of title 5, this subparagraph shall be considered a
      statute described in subsection (b)(3)(B) of such section 552.
    (e) Membership in national securities exchange; exemptions
      (1) It shall be unlawful for any government securities broker or
    government securities dealer registered or required to register
    with the Commission under subsection (a)(1)(A) of this section to
    effect any transaction in, or induce or attempt to induce the
    purchase or sale of, any government security, unless such
    government securities broker or government securities dealer is a
    member of a national securities exchange registered under section
    78f of this title or a securities association registered under
    section 78o-3 of this title.
      (2) The Commission, after consultation with the Secretary, by
    rule or order, as it deems consistent with the public interest and
    the protection of investors, may conditionally or unconditionally
    exempt from paragraph (1) of this subsection any government
    securities broker or government securities dealer or class of
    government securities brokers or government securities dealers
    specified in such rule or order.
    (f) Large position reporting
      (1) Reporting requirements
        The Secretary may adopt rules to require specified persons
      holding, maintaining, or controlling large positions in
      to-be-issued or recently issued Treasury securities to file such
      reports regarding such positions as the Secretary determines to
      be necessary and appropriate for the purpose of monitoring the
      impact in the Treasury securities market of concentrations of
      positions in Treasury securities and for the purpose of otherwise
      assisting the Commission in the enforcement of this chapter,
      taking into account any impact of such rules on the efficiency
      and liquidity of the Treasury securities market and the cost to
      taxpayers of funding the Federal debt. Unless otherwise specified
      by the Secretary, reports required under this subsection shall be
      filed with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, acting as agent
      for the Secretary. Such reports shall, on a timely basis, be
      provided directly to the Commission by the person with whom they
      are filed.
      (2) Recordkeeping requirements
        Rules under this subsection may require persons holding,
      maintaining, or controlling large positions in Treasury
      securities to make and keep for prescribed periods such records
      as the Secretary determines are necessary or appropriate to
      ensure that such persons can comply with reporting requirements
      under this subsection.
      (3) Aggregation rules
        Rules under this subsection - 
          (A) may prescribe the manner in which positions and accounts
        shall be aggregated for the purpose of this subsection,
        including aggregation on the basis of common ownership or
        control; and
          (B) may define which persons (individually or as a group)
        hold, maintain, or control large positions.
      (4) Definitional authority; determination of reporting threshold
        (A) In prescribing rules under this subsection, the Secretary
      may, consistent with the purpose of this subsection, define terms
      used in this subsection that are not otherwise defined in section
      78c of this title.
        (B) Rules under this subsection shall specify - 
          (i) the minimum size of positions subject to reporting under
        this subsection, which shall be no less than the size that
        provides the potential for manipulation or control of the
        supply or price, or the cost of financing arrangements, of an
        issue or the portion thereof that is available for trading;
          (ii) the types of positions (which may include financing
        arrangements) to be reported;
          (iii) the securities to be covered; and
          (iv) the form and manner in which reports shall be
        transmitted, which may include transmission in machine readable
        form.
      (5) Exemptions
        Consistent with the public interest and the protection of
      investors, the Secretary by rule or order may exempt in whole or
      in part, conditionally or unconditionally, any person or class of
      persons, or any transaction or class of transactions, from the
      requirements of this subsection.
      (6) Limitation on disclosure of information
        Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary and
      the Commission shall not be compelled to disclose any information
      required to be kept or reported under this subsection. Nothing in
      this subsection shall authorize the Secretary or the Commission
      to withhold information from Congress, or prevent the Secretary
      or the Commission from complying with a request for information
      from any other Federal department or agency requesting
      information for purposes within the scope of its jurisdiction, or
      from complying with an order of a court of the United States in
      an action brought by the United States, the Secretary, or the
      Commission. For purposes of section 552 of title 5, this
      paragraph shall be considered a statute described in subsection
      (b)(3)(B) of such section 552.
    (g) Effect on other laws; authority of Commission
      (1) Nothing in this section except paragraph (2) of this
    subsection shall be construed to impair or limit the authority
    under any other provision of law of the Commission, the Secretary
    of the Treasury, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
    System, the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit
    Insurance Corporation, the Director of the Office of Thrift
    Supervision, the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation,
    the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and the Government
    National Mortgage Association.
      (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the
    Commission shall not have any authority to make investigations of,
    require the filing of a statement by, or take any other action
    under this chapter against a government securities broker or
    government securities dealer, or any person associated with a
    government securities broker or government securities dealer, for
    any violation or threatened violation of the provisions of this
    section, other than subsection (d)(3) of this section (!3) or the
    rules or regulations thereunder, unless the Commission is the
    appropriate regulatory agency for such government securities broker
    or government securities dealer. Nothing in the preceding sentence
    shall be construed to limit the authority of the Commission with
    respect to violations or threatened violations of any provision of
    this chapter other than this section (except subsection (d)(3) of
    this section), the rules or regulations under any such other
    provision, or investigations pursuant to section 78u(a)(2) of this
    title to assist a foreign securities authority.




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