17 CFR § 147.2 - Definitions.

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title: "17 CFR § 147.2 - Definitions."
title_number: 17
title_name: "Commodity and Securities Exchanges"
section_number: "147.2"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION"
part_number: "147"
part_name: "OPEN COMMISSION MEETINGS"
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authority: "Sec. 3(a), Pub. L. 94-409, 90 Stat. 1241 (5 U.S.C. 552b); sec. 101(a)(11), Pub. L. 93-463, 88 Stat. 1391 (7 U.S.C. 4a(j) (Supp. V, 1975)), unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "42 FR 13704, Mar. 11, 1977, unless otherwise noted."
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# 147.2 Definitions.

For purposes of this part:

(a) *Agency* includes the Commodity Futures Trading Commission;

(b) *Commission* means the Commodity Futures Trading Commission;

(c) *Commissioner* means a member of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission duly appointed as a Commissioner in accordance with section 2(a)(2) of the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended, 7 U.S.C. 4a(a);

(d) *Meeting* means the deliberations of a quorum of Commissioners that determine or result in the joint conduct or disposition of official Commission business, but does not include deliberations required or permitted by § 147.4, § 147.5 or § 147.6;

(e) *Person* includes an individual, partnership, corporation, association, exchange or other entity or organization;

(f) *Quorum* means at least the minimum number of Commissioners required to take action on behalf of the Commission;

(g) The term *FOIA Compliance staff* refers to the Freedom of Information Act Compliance Staff assigned to respond to requests for information under the Freedom of Information Act.

[42 FR 13704, Mar. 11, 1977, as amended at 45 FR 26955, Apr. 22, 1980; 89 FR 71819, Sept. 4, 2024]