securities laws
(15) Securities terms The— (A) terms “broker”, “dealer”, “issuer”, “nationally recognized statistical rating organization”, “security”, and “securities laws” have the same meanings as in section 3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ( 15 U.S.C. 78c ); (B) term “investment adviser” has the same meaning as in section 202 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 ( 15 U.S.C. 80b–2 ); and (C) term “investment company” has the same meaning as in section 3 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ( 15 U.S.C. 80a–3 ).
Source
12 USC § 5301(15)
Scoping language
None identified, default scope is assumed to be the parent (chapter 53) of this section.