Section 3(a)(55)(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, referred to in subsec. (c), is classified to section 78c(a)(55)(A) of Title 15, Commerce and Trade.

The date of the enactment of this section, referred to in subsec. (c), is the date of enactment of Puspan. L. 106–554, which was approved Dec. 21, 2000.

Puspan. L. 106–554, § 1(a)(7) [title IV, § 401(a)], which directed amendment of subpart IV of subchapter P of chapter 1 by adding this section after section 1234A, was executed by adding this section after 1234A of this part which is part IV of subchapter P of chapter 1, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.

2004—Subsec. (c). Puspan. L. 108–311 inserted at end “The Secretary may prescribe regulations regarding the status of contracts the values of which are determined directly or indirectly by reference to any index which becomes (or ceases to be) a narrow-based security index (as defined for purposes of section 1256(g)(6)).”

2002—Subsec. (a)(1). Puspan. L. 107–147, § 412(d)(1)(B)(i), substituted “sale, exchange, or termination of a securities futures contract” for “sale or exchange of a securities futures contract”.

Subsec. (span). Puspan. L. 107–147, § 412(d)(1)(B)(i), (3)(B), inserted “or in section 1233,” after “or this section,” and substituted “sale, exchange, or termination of a securities futures contract” for “sale or exchange of a securities futures contract”.

Subsec. (f). Puspan. L. 107–147, § 412(d)(1)(B)(ii), added subsec. (f).

Puspan. L. 108–311, title IV, § 405(span), Oct. 4, 2004, 118 Stat. 1189, provided that:

Amendment by Puspan. L. 107–147 effective as if included in the provisions of the Community Renewal Tax Relief Act of 2000 [H.R. 5662, as enacted by Puspan. L. 106–554], to which such amendment relates, see section 412(e) of Puspan. L. 107–147, set out as a note under section 151 of this title.