15 USC § 77a - Short title

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identifier: "/us/usc/t15/s77a"
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title: "15 USC § 77a - Short title"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "77a"
section_name: "Short title"
chapter_number: 2
chapter_name: "SECURITIES AND TRUST INDENTURES"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "DOMESTIC SECURITIES"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(May 27, 1933, ch. 38, title I, § 1, 48 Stat. 74.)"
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# § 77a. Short title

This subchapter may be cited as the “Securities Act of 1933”.

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**Source Credit**: (May 27, 1933, ch. 38, title I, § 1, 48 Stat. 74.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Short Title of 2012 Amendment

> “This Act [amending
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> ] may be cited as the ‘Church Plan Investment Clarification Act’.”

, , , provided that:

> “This title [enacting
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> , amending sections 77d, 77r, 78c, 78
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> , and 78
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> of this title, and enacting provisions set out as notes under sections 77d, 77r, 78c, and 78
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> of this title] may be cited as the ‘Capital Raising Online While Deterring Fraud and Unethical Non-Disclosure Act of 2012’ or the ‘CROWDFUND Act’.”

, , , provided that:

### Short Title of 1980 Amendment

> “This title [amending sections 77b and 77d of this title] may be cited as the ‘Small Business Issuers’ Simplification Act of 1980’.”

, , , provided that: