7 U.S.C. § 6l : US Code - Section 6L: Commodity trading advisors and commodity pool operators; Congressional finding

Search 7 U.S.C. § 6l : US Code - Section 6L: Commodity trading advisors and commodity pool operators; Congressional finding

It is hereby found that the activities of commodity trading
advisors and commodity pool operators are affected with a national
public interest in that, among other things - 
(1) their advice, counsel, publications, writings, analyses,
and reports are furnished and distributed, and their contracts,
solicitations, subscriptions, agreements, and other arrangements
with clients take place and are negotiated and performed by the
use of the mails and other means and instrumentalities of
interstate commerce;
(2) their advice, counsel, publications, writings, analyses,
and reports customarily relate to and their operations are
directed toward and cause the purchase and sale of commodities
for future delivery on or subject to the rules of contract
markets or derivatives transaction execution facilities; and
(3) the foregoing transactions occur in such volume as to
affect substantially transactions on contract markets or
derivatives transaction execution facilities.
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