PUBLIC LAW
98-376—AUG.
10, 1984 98 STAT. 1265
"(D)
No action may be brought under this paragraph more than Prohibitions.
five years after the date of the purchase or sale. This paragraph
shall not be construed to bar or limit in any manner any action by
the Commission or the Attorney General under any other provision
of this title, nor shall it bar or limit in any manner any action to
recover penalties, or to seek any other order regarding penalties,
imposed in an action commenced within five years of such
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3. Section 32 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is
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amended by striking "$10,000" from subsection (a) and inserting in
lieu thereof "$100,000".
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4. Section
15(c)(4)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is
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amended to read as follows:
"(4) If the Commission finds, after notice and opportunity for a
hearing, that any person subject to the provisions of section 12, 13,
14,
or subsection (d) of section 15 of this title or any rule or
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regulation thereunder has failed to comply with any such provision,
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rule,
or regulation in any material respect, the Commission may
publish its findings and issue an order requiring such person, and
any person who was a cause of the failure to comply due to an act or
omission the person knew or should have known would contribute to
the failure to comply, to comply, or to take steps to effect compli-
ance,
with such provision or such rule or regulation thereunder
upon such terms and conditions and within such time as the Com-
mission may specify in such order.".
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5. Section 20 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is
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amended by adding at the end thereof the following:
"(d) Wherever communicating, or purchasing or selling a security
while in possession of, material nonpublic information would vio-
late,
or result in liability to any purchaser or seller of the security
under any provision of this title, or any rule or regulation thereun-
der, such conduct in connection with a purchase or sale of a put,
call, straddle, option, or privilege with respect to such security or
with respect to a group or index of securities including such secu-
rity, shall also violate and result in comparable liability to any
purchaser or seller of that security under such provision, rule, or
regulation.".
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6. (a) Section 3(a)(39) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(15 U.S.C. 78c(a)(39)) is amended—
(1) by inserting before the semicolon at the end of subpara-
graph (A) the following: ", contract market designated pursuant
to section 5 of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 7), or
futures association registered under section 17 of such Act (7
U.S.C. 21), or has been and is denied trading privileges on any
such contract market";
(2) by inserting before the semicolon at the end of subpara-
graph (B) the following: ", or is subject to an order of the
Commodity Futures Trading Commission denying, suspending,
or revoking his registration under the Commodity Exchange
Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.)"; and
(3) by inserting after "municipal securities dealer," in sub-
paragraph (C) the following: "or while associated with an entity
or person required to be registered under the Commodity
Exchange Act,".
(b) Section 15(b)(4) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 78o(b)(4)) is amended—
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(1) by striking out "or fiduciary" in subparagraph (B)(ii) and
inserting in lieu thereof "fiduciary, or any entity or person