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U.S. Code as of:
01/03/05
Section 20. Market reports
(a) Information
The Commission may conduct regular investigations of the markets
for goods, articles, services, rights, and interests which are the
subject of futures contracts, and furnish reports of the findings
of these investigations to the public on a regular basis. These
market reports shall, where appropriate, include information on the
supply, demand, prices, and other conditions in the United States
and other countries with respect to such goods, articles, services,
rights, interests, and information respecting the futures markets.
(b) Avoidance of duplication
The Commission shall cooperate with the Department of Agriculture
and any other Department or Federal agency which makes market
investigations to avoid unnecessary duplication of
information-gathering activities.
(c) Furnishing of information; confidentiality
The Department of Agriculture and any other Department or Federal
agency which has market information sought by the Commission shall
furnish it to the Commission upon the request of any authorized
employee of the Commission. The Commission shall abide by any rules
of confidentiality applying to such information.
(d) Disclosure of business transactions, market positions, trade
secrets, or names of customers
The Commission shall not disclose in such reports data and
information which would separately disclose the business
transactions or market positions of any person and trade secrets or
names of customers except as provided in section 12 of this title.
(e) Application
This section shall not apply to investigations involving any
security underlying a security futures product.
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