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15 USC Sec. 77 01/08/2008EXPCITE
TITLE 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE CHAPTER 2 - FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION; PROMOTION OF EXPORT TRADE AND PREVENTION OF UNFAIR METHODS OF COMPETITION SUBCHAPTER VI - PREVENTION OF UNFAIR METHODS OF COMPETITIONSECTIONS
Sec. 77a. Short title Sec. 77b. Definitions; promotion of efficiency, competition, and capital formation Sec. 77b-1. Swap agreements Sec. 77c. Classes of securities under this subchapter Sec. 77d. Exempted transactions Sec. 77e. Prohibitions relating to interstate commerce and the mails Sec. 77f. Registration of securities Sec. 77g. Information required in registration statement Sec. 77h. Taking effect of registration statements and amendments thereto Sec. 77h-1. Cease-and-desist proceedings Sec. 77i. Court review of orders Sec. 77j. Information required in prospectus Sec. 77k. Civil liabilities on account of false registration statement Sec. 77l. Civil liabilities arising in connection with prospectuses and communications Sec. 77m. Limitation of actions Sec. 77n. Contrary stipulations void Sec. 77o. Liability of controlling persons Sec. 77p. Additional remedies; limitation on remedies Sec. 77q. Fraudulent interstate transactions Sec. 77r. Exemption from State regulation of securities offerings Sec. 77r-1. Preemption of State law Sec. 77s. Special powers of Commission Sec. 77t. Injunctions and prosecution of offenses Sec. 77u. Hearings by Commission Sec. 77v. Jurisdiction of offenses and suits Sec. 77w. Unlawful representations Sec. 77x. Penalties Sec. 77y. Jurisdiction of other Government agencies over securities Sec. 77z. Separability Sec. 77z-1. Private securities litigation Sec. 77z-2. Application of safe harbor for forward-looking statements Sec. 77z-3. General exemptive authority Sec. 77aa. Schedule of information required in registration statement Sec. 77bb. "Corporation of Foreign Security Holders"; creation; principal office; branch offices Sec. 77cc. Directors of Corporation; appointment, term of office, and removal Sec. 77dd. Powers and duties of Corporation, generally Sec. 77ee. Directors of Corporation, powers and duties generally Sec. 77ff. Accounts and annual balance sheet of Corporation; audits Sec. 77gg. Annual report by Corporation; printing and distribution Sec. 77hh. Assessments by Corporation on holders of foreign securities Sec. 77ii. Subscriptions accepted by Corporation as loans; repayment Sec. 77jj. Loans to Corporation from Reconstruction Finance Corporation authorized Sec. 77kk. Representations by Corporation as acting for Department of State or United States forbidden; interference with foreign negotiations forbidden Sec. 77ll. Effective date of subchapter Sec. 77mm. Short title Sec. 77aaa. Short title Sec. 77bbb. Necessity for regulation Sec. 77ccc. Definitions Sec. 77ddd. Exempted securities and transactions Sec. 77eee. Securities required to be registered under Securities Act Sec. 77fff. Securities not registered under Securities Act Sec. 77ggg. Qualification of indentures covering securities not required to be registered Sec. 77hhh. Integration of procedure with Securities Act and other Acts Sec. 77iii. Effective time of qualification Sec. 77jjj. Eligibility and disqualification of trustee Sec. 77kkk. Preferential collection of claims against obligor Sec. 77lll. Bondholders' lists Sec. 77mmm. Reports by indenture trustee Sec. 77nnn. Reports by obligor; evidence of compliance with indenture provisions Sec. 77ooo. Duties and responsibility of the trustee Sec. 77ppp. Directions and waivers by bondholders; prohibition of impairment of holder's right to payment; record date Sec. 77qqq. Special powers of trustee; duties of paying agents Sec. 77rrr. Effect of prescribed indenture provisions Sec. 77sss. Rules, regulations, and orders Sec. 77ttt. Hearings by Commission Sec. 77uuu. Special powers of the Commission Sec. 77vvv. Judicial review Sec. 77www. Liability for misleading statements Sec. 77xxx. Unlawful representations Sec. 77yyy. Penalties Sec. 77zzz. Effect on existing law Sec. 77aaaa. Contrary stipulations void Sec. 77bbbb. SeparabilityHEAD
Sec. 77. Discrimination against neutral Americans in time of warSTATUTE
Whenever, during the existence of a war in which the United States is not engaged, the President shall be satisfied that there is reasonable ground to believe that any vessel, American or foreign, is, on account of the laws, regulations, or practices of a belligerent Government, making or giving any undue or unreasonable preference or advantage in any respect whatsoever to any particular person, company, firm, or corporation, or any particular description of traffic in the United States or its possessions or to any citizens of the United States residing in neutral countries abroad, or is subjecting any particular person, company, firm, or corporation or any particular description of traffic in the United States or its possessions, or any citizens of the United States residing in neutral countries abroad to any undue or unreasonable prejudice, disadvantage, injury, or discrimination in regard to accepting, receiving, transporting, or delivering, or refusing to accept, receive, transfer, or deliver any cargo, freight, or passengers, or in any other respect whatsoever, he is authorized and empowered to direct the detention of such vessels by withholding clearance or by formal notice forbidding departure, and to revoke, modify, or renew any such direction. Whenever, during the existence of a war in which the United States is not engaged, the President shall be satisfied that there is reasonable ground to believe that under the laws, regulations, or practices of any belligerent country or Government, American ships or American citizens are not accorded any of the facilities of commerce which the vessels or citizens of that belligerent country enjoy in the United States or its possessions, or are not accorded by such belligerent equal privileges or facilities of trade with vessels or citizens of any nationality other than that of such belligerent, the President is authorized and empowered to withhold clearance from one or more vessels of such belligerent country until such belligerent shall restore to such American vessels and American citizens reciprocal liberty of commerce and equal facilities of trade; or the President may direct that similar privileges and facilities, if any, enjoyed by vessels or citizens of such belligerent in the United States or its possessions be refused to vessels or citizens of such belligerent; and in such case he shall make proclamation of his direction, stating the facilities and privileges which shall be refused, and the belligerent to whose vessels or citizens they are to be refused, and thereafter the furnishing of such prohibited privileges and facilities to any vessel or citizen of the belligerent named in such proclamation shall be unlawful; and he may change, modify, revoke, or renew such proclamation; and any person or persons who shall furnish or attempt or conspire to furnish or be concerned in furnishing or in the concealment of furnishing facilities or privileges to ships or persons contrary to the prohibition in such proclamation shall be liable to a fine of not less than $2,000 nor more than $50,000 or to imprisonment not to exceed two years, or both, in the discretion of the court. In case any vessel which is detained by virtue of this subchapter shall depart or attempt to depart from the jurisdiction of the United States without clearance or other lawful authority, the owner or master or person or persons having charge or command of such vessel shall be severally liable to a fine of not less than $2,000 nor more than $10,000, or to imprisonment not to exceed two years, or both, and in addition such vessel shall be forfeited to the United States. The President of the United States is authorized and empowered to employ such part of the land or naval forces of the United States as shall be necessary to carry out the purposes of this subchapter.SOURCE
(Sept. 8, 1916, ch. 463, title VIII, Sec. 806, 39 Stat. 799.)DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS
For delegation to Secretary of Homeland Security of authority vested in President by this section, see section 1(j), (k) of Ex. Ord. No. 10637, Sept. 16, 1955, 20 F.R. 7025, as amended, set out as a note under section 301 of Title 3, The President.
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