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15 USC § 8301 - Definitions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t15/s8301"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "15 USC § 8301 - Definitions"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "8301"
section_name: "Definitions"
chapter_number: 109
chapter_name: "WALL STREET TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "REGULATION OF OVER-THE-COUNTER SWAPS MARKETS"
part_number: "A"
part_name: "Regulatory Authority"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 111–203, title VII, § 711, July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 1641.)"
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# § 8301. Definitions

section 1a of title 7section 8321(a) of this title

In this subtitle, the terms “prudential regulator”, “swap”, “swap dealer”, “major swap participant”, “swap data repository”, “associated person of a swap dealer or major swap participant”, “eligible contract participant”, “swap execution facility”, “security-based swap”, “security-based swap dealer”, “major security-based swap participant”, and “associated person of a security-based swap dealer or major security-based swap participant” have the meanings given the terms in , including any modification of the meanings under .

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 111–203, title VII, § 711, July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 1641.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This subtitle, referred to in text, is subtitle A (§§ 711–754) of title VII of , , , which enacted this subchapter, , and sections 1b, 6b–1, 6r to 6t, 7b–3, 24a, and 26 of Title 7, Agriculture, amended sections 78f, 78, and 78s of this title, sections 1a, 2, 6 to 6b, 6c, 6d, 6m, 6q, 6s, 7 to 7b, 8 to 9a, 12, 12a, 13, 13–1, 13a–1, 13b, 15, 16, 21, 24, 25, 27 to 27b, 27e, and 27f of Title 7, , Bankruptcy, and sections 4421 and 4422 of Title 12, Banks and Banking, enacted provisions set out as notes under sections 1a, 2, 6a, 7a–1, 7a–3, and 9 of Title 7, and amended provisions set out as a note under . For complete classification of subtitle A to the Code, see Tables.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Provisions of subchapter effective on the later of 360 days after , or, to the extent the provision requires a rulemaking, not less than 60 days after publication of the final rule or regulation implementing such provision, see , set out as an Effective Date of 2010 Amendment note under , Agriculture.

### Short Title

> “This title [enacting this chapter, sections 78c–2 to 78c–5, 78j–2, 78m–1, and 78
> 
> –10 of this title, and sections 1b, 6b–1, 6r to 6t, 7b–3, 24a, and 26 of Title 7, Agriculture, amending sections 77b, 77b–1, 77e, 77q, 78c, 78c–1, 78f, 78i, 78j, 78m, 78
> 
> , 78p, 78q–1, 78s, 78t, 78u–1, 78u–2, 78bb, 78dd, 78mm, 80a–2, and 80b–2 of this title, sections 1a, 2, 6 to 6b, 6c, 6d, 6m, 6q, 6s, 7 to 7b, 8 to 9a, 12, 12a, 13, 13–1, 13a–1, 13b, 15, 16, 21, 24, 25, 27 to 27b, 27e, and 27f of Title 7,
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> , Bankruptcy, and sections 4421 and 4422 of Title 12, Banks and Banking, enacting provisions set out as notes under
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> and sections 1a, 2, 6a, 7a–1, 7a–3, and 9 of Title 7, and amending provisions set out as notes under
> 
> ] may be cited as the ‘Wall Street Transparency and Accountability Act of 2010’.”

, , , provided that:

### Definition

For definition of “including” as used in this section, see , Banks and Banking.