...imprisonment for not more than five years, or both, together with the costs of prosecution, for any person to manipulate or attempt to manipulate the price of any...commerce, or for future delivery on or subject to the rules of any contract market .... 28. Id. §§ 1-22 (1976) (originally enacted as Grain Futures...

...fine of not more than $500,000 or imprisonment for not more than 5 years or both for any person to manipulate or attempt to manipulate the price of any commodity in interstate commerce." Well, of course, the US Government is not a person. The definition of a person in this act does not...

...imprisonment for not more than five years, or both, together with the costs of ptosecution, for any person to manipulate or attempt to manipulate the price of any...commerce, or for future delivery on or subject to the rules of any contract market, or to corner or attempt to corner any such commodity, or knowingly...

...imprisonment for not more than five years, or both, together with the costs of piosecution, for any person to manipulate or attempt to manipulate the price of any...in interstate commerce, or for future delivery on ot subject to the rules of any contract market, or to comer or attempt to comer any such commodity,...

...imprisonment for not more than five years, or both, together with the costs of prosecution, for any person to manipulate or attempt to manipulate the price of any...commerce, or for future delivery on or subject to the rules of any contract market, or to corner or attempt to corner any such commodity, or knowingly...

...is manipulating or attempting to manipulate or has manipulated or attempted to manipulate the market price of any commodity, in interstate commerce, or for future delivery on or subject to the rules of any contract market, or has willfully made any false or misleading statement of a material...

...6(d) and 9(a)(2j of the Act. to the extent that these provisions prohibit manipulation of the market price of any commodity In interstate commerce or for future delivery on or subject to the rules of any contract market; will continue to apply.14 Finally, several commenters requested that...

...is manipulating or attempting to manipulate or has manipulated or attempted to manipulate the market price of any commodity, in interstate commerce, or for future delivery on or subject to the rules of any exchange. In order to curb excessive speculation, Section 4a of the CEA authorizes...

...complex, and unsophisticated." The Commodity Exchange Act, which makes it a felony for any person "to manipulate or attempt to manipulate the price of any commodity in interstate commerce" neither defines nor provides examples of manipulation, except that done "to corner or attempt to corner...

...action against any person if it has reason to believe that that person is manipulating or attempting to manipulate the price of any commodity in interstate commerce or for future delivery. The two bills that were introduced in the House and Senate which would require the CFTC to become involved...