---
kind: "section"
citation: "17 C.F.R. § 147.2"
title: "17"
number: "147.2"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/17/147.2"
---

# §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)](/usc/7/4a.md?p=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](/cfr/17/147.4.md), [§ 147.5](/cfr/17/147.5.md) or [§ 147.6](/cfr/17/147.6.md);
- (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.

## Notes

### Amendments

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

### Authority

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.

### Source

Source: 42 FR 13704, Mar. 11, 1977, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

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