7 USC § 22 - Research and information programs; reports to Congress

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identifier: "/us/usc/t7/s22"
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title: "7 USC § 22 - Research and information programs; reports to Congress"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "22"
section_name: "Research and information programs; reports to Congress"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "COMMODITY EXCHANGES"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 369, § 18, as added Pub. L. 93–463, title IV, § 416, Oct. 23, 1974, 88 Stat. 1415.)"
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# § 22. Research and information programs; reports to Congress

**(a)** The Commission shall establish and maintain, as part of its ongoing operations, research and information programs to (1) determine the feasibility of trading by computer, and the expanded use of modern information system technology, electronic data processing, and modern communication systems by commodity exchanges, boards of trade, and by the Commission itself for purposes of improving, strengthening, facilitating, or regulating futures trading operations; (2) assist in the development of educational and other informational materials regarding futures trading for dissemination and use among producers, market users, and the general public; and (3) carry out the general purposes of this chapter.

**(b)** The Commission shall include in its annual reports to Congress plans and findings with respect to implementing this section.

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**Source Credit**: (Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 369, § 18, as added Pub. L. 93–463, title IV, § 416, Oct. 23, 1974, 88 Stat. 1415.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

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