---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 78bbb"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
number: "78bbb"
heading: "Application of Securities Exchange Act of 1934"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/78bbb"
units:
  - "Chapter 2B–1 — Securities Investor Protection"
---

# §78bbb. Application of Securities Exchange Act of 1934


Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the provisions of the [Securities](/usc/15/78lll.md?p=14) Exchange Act of 1934 [[15 U.S.C. 78a](/usc/15/78a.md) et seq.] (hereinafter referred to as the “1934 Act”) apply as if this chapter constituted an amendment to, and was included as a section of, such Act.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 91–598, § 2, Dec. 30, 1970, 84 Stat. 1637.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 91–598, Dec. 30, 1970, 84 Stat. 1636. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, referred to in text, is act June 6, 1934, ch. 404, 48 Stat. 881, which is classified principally to chapter 2B (§ 78a et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 78a of this title and Tables.