{"data":{"id":"us/17-cfr-170.2","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"17 CFR 170.2","heading":"Membership restrictions (section 17(b)(2) of the Act).","body":"If it appears to the Commission to be necessary or appropriate in the public interest and to carry out the purposes of section 17 of the Act, a futures association may restrict its membership to individuals registered by the Commission in a particular capacity or to individuals doing business in a particular geographical region or to firms having a particular level of capital assets or which engage in a specified amount of business per year.","path":["Title 17—Commodity and Securities Exchanges","CHAPTER I—COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION","PART 170—REGISTERED FUTURES ASSOCIATIONS","Subpart A—Standards Governing Commission Review of Applications for Registration as a Futures Association Under Section 17 of the Act"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-17.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:31Z","sha256":"02a62d019443f421a9665c2a030f3f91bbe317b36ecab5fe88edcba1446e11c8","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/17-cfr-170.1","next":"us/17-cfr-170.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}