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15 USC § 8341 - Authority to further define terms

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identifier: "/us/usc/t15/s8341"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "15 USC § 8341 - Authority to further define terms"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "8341"
section_name: "Authority to further define terms"
chapter_number: 109
chapter_name: "WALL STREET TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "REGULATION OF SECURITY-BASED SWAP MARKETS"
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, § 761(b), July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 1759.)"
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# § 8341. Authority to further define terms

The Securities and Exchange Commission may, by rule, further define—

**(1)** the term “commercial risk”;

**1** any other term included in an amendment to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 [^1] (15 U.S.C. 78c(a)) made by this subtitle; and

So in original. Probably should be “section 3(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934”.

**(3)** the terms “security-based swap”, “security-based swap dealer”, “major security-based swap participant”, and “eligible contract participant”, with regard to security-based swaps (as such terms are defined in the amendments made by subsection (a)) for the purpose of including transactions and entities that have been structured to evade this subtitle or the amendments made by this subtitle.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 111–203, title VII, § 761(b), July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 1759.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This subtitle, referred to in pars. (2) and (3), is subtitle B (§§ 761–774) of title VII of , , , which enacted this subchapter and sections 78c–3 to 78c–5, 78j–2, 78m–1, and 78–10 of this title, amended sections 77b, 77b–1, 77e, 77q, 78c, 78c–1, 78f, 78i, 78j, 78m, 78, 78p, 78q–1, 78t, 78u–1, 78u–2, 78bb, 78dd, 78mm, 80a–2, and 80b–2 of this title, enacted provisions set out as a note under , and amended provisions set out as a note under . For complete classification of subtitle B to the Code, see Tables.

Subsection (a), referred to in par. (3), is subsec. (a) of , , , which amended .

## 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 .

### Definition

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