2015 US Code
Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare (Sections 1 - 18445)
Chapter 152 - Energy Independence and Security (Sections 17001 - 17386)
Subchapter VII - Improved Management of Energy Policy (Sections 17281 - 17305)
Part B - Prohibitions on Market Manipulation and False Information (Sections 17301 - 17305)
Sec. 17301 - Prohibition on market manipulation

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
CHAPTER 152 - ENERGY INDEPENDENCE AND SECURITY
SUBCHAPTER VII - IMPROVED MANAGEMENT OF ENERGY POLICY
Part B - Prohibitions on Market Manipulation and False Information
Sec. 17301 - Prohibition on market manipulation
Containssection 17301
Date2015
Laws In Effect As Of DateJanuary 3, 2016
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditPub. L. 110-140, title VIII, §811, Dec. 19, 2007, 121 Stat. 1723.
Statutes at Large Reference121 Stat. 1723
Public and Private LawPublic Law 110-140

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42 U.S.C. § 17301 (2015)
§17301. Prohibition on market manipulation

It is unlawful for any person, directly or indirectly, to use or employ, in connection with the purchase or sale of crude oil 1 gasoline or petroleum distillates at wholesale, any manipulative or deceptive device or contrivance, in contravention of such rules and regulations as the Federal Trade Commission may prescribe as necessary or appropriate in the public interest or for the protection of United States citizens.

(Pub. L. 110–140, title VIII, §811, Dec. 19, 2007, 121 Stat. 1723.)

1 So in original. A comma probably should appear.

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