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Title 12: Banks & Banking
Title 13: Business & Credit Assistance
Title 16: Commercial Practices
Title 17: Commodity and Security Exchanges
Title 31: Money and Finance: Treasury
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Nearly 80% of the rulemaking provisions of Dodd-Frank assign responsbilities to four agencies: the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (FRB), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Dodd-Frank also created within the US Treasury, the Financail Stability Oversight Council (FSOC).
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Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: Law, Explanation and Analysis (2010)
Recommended for an overview of the law, with explanations on particular legislation and potential regulation.
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