CLERICAL AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.

SEC. 301. CLERICAL AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. (a) Securities Act of 1933.—The Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77 et seq.) is amended as follows: (1) Section 2(a)(15)(i) (15 U.S.C. 77b(a)(15)(i)) is amended— (A) by striking “3(a)(2) of the Act” and inserting “3(a)(2)”: and (B) by striking “section 2(13) of the Act” and inserting “paragraph (13) of this subsection”. (2) Section 11(f)(2)(A) (15 U.S.C. 77k(f)(2)(A)) is amended by striking “section 38” and inserting “section 21D(f)”. (3) Section 13 (15 U.S.C. 77m) is amended— (A) by striking “section 12(2)” each place it appears and inserting “section 12(a)(2)”; and (B) by striking “section 12(1)” each place it appears and inserting “section 12(a)(1)”. (4) Section 18 (15 U.S.C. 77r) is amended— (A) in subsection (b)(1)(A), by inserting “, or authorized for listing,” after “Exchange, or listed”; (B) in subsection (c)(2)(B)(i), by striking “Capital Markets Efficiency Act of 1996” and inserting “National Securities Markets Improvement Act of 1996”; (C) in subsection (c)(2)(C)(i), by striking “Market” and inserting “Markets”; (D) in subsection (d)(1)(A)— (i) by striking “section 2(10)” and inserting “section 2(aX10)”; and (ii) by striking “subparagraphs (A) and (B)” and inserting “subparagraphs (a) and (b)”; (E) in subsection (d)(2), by striking “Securities Amendments Act of 1996” and inserting “National Securities Markets Improvement Act of 1996”; and (F) in subsection (d)(4), by striking “For purposes of this paragraph, the” and inserting “The”. (5) Sections 27, 27A, and 28 (15 U.S.C. 77z–l, 77z–2, 77z–3) are transferred to appear after section 26, in that order. (6) Paragraph (28) of schedule A of such Act (15 U.S.C. 77aa(28)) is amended by striking “identic” and inserting “identical”. (b) Securities Exchange Act of 1934.—The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78 et seq.) is amended as follows: (1) Section 3(a)(10) (15 U.S.C. 78c(a)(10)) is amended by striking “deposit, for” and inserting “deposit for”. (2) Section 3(a)(12)(A)(vi) (15 U.S.C. 78c(a)(12)(A)(vi)) is amended by moving the margin 2 em spaces to the left. (3) Section 3(a)(22)(A) (15 U.S.C. 78c(a)(22)(A)) is amended— (A) by striking “section 3(h)” and inserting “section 3”; and 112 STAT. 3236 (B) by striking “section 3(t)” and inserting “section 3”. (4) Section 3(a)(39)(B)(i) (15 U.S.C. 78c(a)(39)(B)(i)) is amended by striking “an order to the Commission” and inserting “an order of the Commission”. (5) The following sections are each amended by striking “Federal Reserve Board” and inserting “Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System”: subsections (a) and (b) of section 7 (15 U.S.C. 78g (a), (b)); section 17(g) (15 U.S.C. 78q(g)); and section 26 (15 U.S.C. 78z). (6) The heading of subsection (d) of section 7 (15 U.S.C. 78g(d)) is amended by striking “Exception” and inserting “Exceptions”. (7) Section 14(g)(4) (15 U.S.C. 78n(g)(4)) is amended by striking “consolidation sale,” and inserting “consolidation, sale,”. (8) Section 15 (15 U.S.C. 78o) is amended— (A) in subsection (c)(8), by moving the margin 2 em spaces to the left; (B) in subsection (h)(2), by striking “affecting” and inserting “effecting”; (C) in subsection (h)(3)(A)(i)(II)(bb), by inserting “or” after the semicolon; (D) in subsection (h)(3)(A)(ii)(I), by striking “maintains” and inserting “maintained”; (E) in subsection (h)(3)(B)(ii), by striking “association” and inserting “associated”. (9) Section 15B(c)(4) (15 U.S.C. 78o–4(c)(4)) is amended by striking “convicted by any offense” and inserting “convicted of any offense”. (10) Section 15C(f)(5) (15 U.S.C. 78o–5(f)(5)) is amended by striking “any person or class or persons” and inserting “any person or class of persons”. (11) Section 19(c)(5) (15 U.S.C. 78s(c)(5)) is amended by moving the margin 2 em spaces to the right. (12) Section 20 (15 U.S.C. 78t) is amended by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (e). (13) Section 21D (15 U.S.C. 78u–4) is amended— (A) in subsection (g)(2)(B)(i), by striking “paragraph (1)” and inserting “subparagraph (A)”. (B) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (f); and (14) Section 31(a) (15 U.S.C. 78ee(a)) is amended by striking “this subsection” and inserting “this section”. (c) Investment Company Act of 1940.—The Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a–1 et seq.) is amended as follows: (1) Section 2(a)(8) (15 U.S.C. 80a–2(a)(8)) is amended by striking “Unitde” and inserting “United”. (2) Section 3(b) (15 U.S.C. 80a–3(b)) is amended by striking “paragraph (3) of subsection (a)” and inserting “paragraph (1)(C) of subsection (a)”. (3) Section 12(d)(1)(G)(i)(III)(bb) (15 U.S.C. 80a–12(d)(1)(G)(i)(III)(bb)) is amended by striking “the acquired fund” and inserting “the acquired company”. (4) Section 18(e)(2) (15 U.S.C. 80a–18(e)(2)) is amended by striking “subsection (e)(2)” and inserting “paragraph (1) of this subsection”. 112 STAT. 3237 (5) Section 30 (15 U.S.C. 80a–29) is amended— (A) by inserting “and” after the semicolon at the end of subsection (b)(1); (B) in subsection (e), by striking “semi-annually” and inserting “semiannually”; and (C) by redesignating subsections (g) and (h), as added by section 508(g) of the National Securities Markets Improvement Act of 1996, as subsections (i) and (j), respectively. (6) Section 31(f) (15 U.S.C. 80a–30(f)) is amended by striking “subsection (c)” and inserting “subsection (e)”. (d) Investment Advisers Act of 1940.—The Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80b et seq.) is amended as follows: (1) Section 203(e)(8)(B) (15 U.S.C. 80b–3(e)(8)(B)) is amended by inserting “or” after the semicolon. (2) Section 222(b)(2) (15 U.S.C. 80b–18a(b)92)) is amended by striking “principle” and inserting “principal”. (e) Trust Indenture Act of 1939.—The Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. 77aaa et seq.) is amended as follows: (1) Section 303 (15 U.S.C. 77ccc) is amended by striking “section 2” each place it appears in paragraphs (2) and (3) and inserting “section 2(a)”. (2) Section 304(a)(4)(A) (15 U.S.C. 77ddd(a)(4)(A)) is amended by striking “(14) of subsection” and inserting “(13) of section”. (3) Section 313(a) (15 U.S.C. 77mmm(a)) is amended— (A) by inserting “any change to” after the paragraph designation at the beginning of paragraph (4); and (B) by striking “any change to” in paragraph (6). (4) Section 319(b) (15 U.S.C. 77sss(b)) is amended by striking “the Federal Register Act” and inserting “chapter 15 of title 44, United States Code,”.