Overview of Records Locations. As an independent agency, by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Act 88 Stat. Regulates trading on U.

Regulates activities of commodity exchange members, public brokerage houses futures commission merchants , and registered futures industry representatives.

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Administration of the Grain Futures Trading Act established by the Secretary of Agriculture, August 21, , to execute departmental responsibilities under the Grain Futures Trading Act 42 Stat. Terminated August , following the U. Supreme Court decision of May 15, , declaring the law unconstitutional. Grain Futures Administration Department of Agriculture and independent Grain Futures Commission established by the Grain Futures Act 42 Stat.

Grain Futures Administration reported grain futures transactions and investigated dissemination of misleading information likely to affect grain prices. Grain Futures Commission regulated the grain futures exchanges. Grain Futures Administration superseded by the Commodity Exchange Administration, effective July 1, , by order of the Secretary of Agriculture. Commodity Exchange Administration became the Commodity Exchange Branch of the newly established Agricultural Marketing Administration under provisions of EO , February 23, Grain Futures Commission renamed Commodity Exchange Commission pursuant to the Commodity Exchange Act 49 Stat.

Commodity Exchange Commission merged with the Commodity Exchange Authority, a successor to the Grain Futures Administration, to form the CFTC, There are no records of the Grain Futures Commission or the Commodity Exchange Commission in the National Archives.

General correspondence, ft. Correspondence and office files of J. Duvel, chief of the Commodity Exchange Administration and its predecessor, Correspondence with field offices, Correspondence of the chief of the Division of Violations and Complaints, , and the chief of the Division of Designations and Registrations, Case files of the Grain Futures Administration, , and the Commodity Exchange Administration, Progress reports of the Chicago office, , and monthly reports of trading in grain futures on the Chicago market, Commodity Exchange Administration SEE Agricultural Marketing Administration made part of the Food Distribution Administration by EO , December 5, , with Commodity Exchange Branch redesignated the Compliance Branch.

FDA consolidated with Food Production Administration, Commodity Credit Corporation, and Extension Service of the Department of Agriculture, by EO , March 26, , to form Administration of Food Production, renamed War Food Administration by EO , April 19, FDA renamed the Office of Distribution, January 21, Office of Distribution abolished by WFA, January 1, , with Compliance Branch reassigned to Office of Marketing Services.

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Compliance Branch redesignated Commodity Exchange Supervision Division and assigned by WFA to newly established Office of Investigatory Services, March 23, CESD and other organizational units and functions of WFA transferred to immediate Office of the Secretary of Agriculture upon abolishment of WFA by EO , June 29, CESD incorporated into Compliance and Investigation Branch of the Production and Marketing Administration by Secretary's order, August 20, Responsibility for monitoring commodities transferred from Production and Marketing Administration to Commodity Exchange Authority by Secretary's memorandum , January 21, Commodity Exchange Authority and Commodity Exchange Commission consolidated to form CFTC, Monthly statistical reports of commodity futures transactions, 55 ft.

Summary statistical data for corn, oat, and soybean transactions, bulk Reference collection of exchange trading rules, charters, and by-laws, Records of the New York regional office, consisting of program correspondence, ; and precedent enforcement case files, in New York. Contract market designations, Kansas City regional office, in Kansas City. This Web version is updated from time to time to include records processed since This page was last reviewed on August 15, Contact us with questions or comments.

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