---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 8303"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
number: "8303"
heading: "Abusive swaps"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/8303"
units:
  - "Chapter 109 — Wall Street Transparency and Accountability"
  - "Subchapter I — Regulation of Over-The-Counter Swaps Markets"
  - "Part A — Regulatory Authority"
---

# §8303. Abusive swaps


The Commodity Futures Trading Commission or the Securities and Exchange Commission, or both, individually may, by rule or order—

- (1) collect information as may be necessary concerning the markets for any types of—
  - (A) swap (as defined in [section 1a of title 7](/usc/7/1a.md)); or
  - (B) security-based swap (as defined in [section 1a of title 7](/usc/7/1a.md)); and
- (2) issue a report with respect to any types of swaps or security-based swaps that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission or the Securities and Exchange Commission determines to be detrimental to—
  - (A) the stability of a financial market; or
  - (B) participants in a financial market.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 111–203, title VII, § 714, July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 1647.)