[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 17, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 17CFR2.1]

[Page 120-121]
 
              TITLE 17--COMMODITY AND SECURITIES EXCHANGES
 
             CHAPTER I--COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
 
PART 2_OFFICIAL SEAL--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  2.1  Description.




Sec.
2.1 Description.
2.2 Authority to affix seal.
2.3 Prohibitions against misuse of seal.

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 4a(j), unless otherwise noted.

    Source: 41 FR 9552, Mar. 5, 1976, unless otherwise noted.


    Pursuant to section 2(a)(10) of the Commodity Exchange Act, as 
amended, 7 U.S.C. 4(i), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has 
adopted an official seal (the ``Seal''), the description of which is as 
follows:
    (a) An American bald eagle in black and white holding the scales of 
balanced interests over a black and white wheel of commerce and a 
farmer's plow, also in black and white. These symbols are enclosed with 
an inner red octagon and a blue outer octagon representing traditional 
futures contract trading pits. Around the outside of the octagons are 
the words ``Commodity Futures Trading Commission'' separated by two 
stars from the year ``1975,'' the first year of the Commission's 
existence.
    (b) The Seal of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission is 
illustrated as follows:

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