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 92 STAT. 274

^rafe, p. 254.

Ante, p. 261.

15 USC 78eee.

15 USC 77a.

PUBLIC LAW 95-283—MAY 21, 1978 open end investment company or unit investment trust or revenues derived by a broker or dealer from the sale of variable annuities or from the conduct of the business of insurance. "(11) LIQUIDATION PROCEEDING.—The term 'liquidation proceeding' means any proceeding for the liquidation of a debtor under this Act in which a trustee has been appointed under section 5(b)(3), "(12) NET EQUITY,—The term 'net equity' means the dollar amount of the account or accounts of a customer, to be determined by"(A) calculating the sum which would have been owed by the debtor to such customer if the debtor had liquidated, by sale or purchase on the filing date, all securities positions of such customer (other than customer name securities reclaimed by such customer); minus " (B) any indebtedness of such customer to the debtor on the filing date: plus "(C) any payment by such customer of such indebtedness to the debtor which is made with the approval of the trustee and within such period as the trustee may determine (but in no event more than sixty days after the publication of notice under section 8(a)). In determining net equity under this paragraph, accounts held by a customer in separate capacities shall be deemed to be accounts of separate customers, "(13) PERSONS REGISTERED AS BROKERS OR DEALERS.—The term 'persons registered as brokers or dealers' includes any person who is a member of a national securities exchange. "(14) PROTECTIVE DECREE.—The term 'protective decree' means a decree, issued by a court upon application of SIPC under section 5(a)(3), that the customers of a member of SIPC are in need of the protection provided under this Act, "(15) SECURITY.—The term 'security' means any note, stock, treasury stock, bond, debenture, evidence of indebtedness, any collateral trust certificate, preorganization certificate or subscription, transferable share, voting trust certificate, certificate of deposit, certificate of deposit for a security, any investment contract or certificate of interest or participation in any profit-sharing agreement or in any oil, gas, or mineral royalty or lease (if such investment contract or interest is the subject of a registration statement with the Commission pursuant to the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933), any certificate of interest or participation in, temporary or interim certificate for, receipt for, guarantee of, or warrant or right to subscribe to or purchase or sell any of the foregoing, and any other instrument commonly known as a security. The term 'security' does not include any currency, or any commodity or related contract or futures contract, or any warrant or right to subscribe to or purchase or sell any of the foregoing,". AMENDMENT TO THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

SEC, 16 Section 3(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U,S,C, 78c(a)) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph:

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