---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 12–1...12–3"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "12–1...12–3"
heading: "Omitted"
status: "omitted"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/12-1...12-3"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — Commodity Exchanges"
---

# [§12–1...12–3. Omitted — omitted]



## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Sections 12–1 to 12–3 comprised the second, third, and fourth pars., respectively, of section 8 of the Commodity Exchange Act, Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 369, § 8, 42 Stat. 1003. Such section 8 was amended generally by Pub. L. 95–405, § 16, Sept. 30, 1978, 92 Stat. 873, and is classified in its entirety to section 12 of this title.

Section 12–1, as added Dec. 19, 1947, ch. 523, 61 Stat. 941; amended Feb. 19, 1968, Pub. L. 90–258, § 19(b), 82 Stat. 32; Oct. 23, 1974, Pub. L. 93–463, title I, § 103(a), (e), (f), 88 Stat. 1392, related to disclosure of names of traders on commodity markets by Commission. See section 12(e) of this title.

Section 12–2, as added Oct. 23, 1974, Pub. L. 93–463, title I, § 105, 88 Stat. 1392, required an annual report to Congress. See Codification note under section 12 of this title.

Section 12–3, as added Oct. 23, 1974, Pub. L. 93–463, title I, § 105, 88 Stat. 1392, related to reviews and audits by Comptroller General. See section 12(i) of this title.