Official Seal

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Commodity Futures Trading Commission 17 CFR Part 2 AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading Commission. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC” or “Commission”) is adopting a final rule that revises the Commission's regulations to adopt a new seal. This final rule provides a description of the new seal and its image. DATES: This rule is effective May 11, 2026. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen Andrews, Deputy General Counsel for Regulation, sdandrews@cftc.gov , 202-308-7563; Dhaval Patel, Assistant General Counsel, dpatel@cftc.gov , 202-418-5125; Office of the General Counsel, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street NW, Washington, DC 20581. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Discussion Commission Regulation 2.1(a) provides a description of the Commission's seal. The Commission is revising Regulation 2.1(a) to adopt a new seal. The new seal has a navy background and depicts a stylized white American eagle and a navy and white shield emblazoned with 5 stripes and three stars beneath an arch of nine stars. The eagle is holding in its left talon an olive branch and in its right talon the scale of balanced justice, both in gold. These symbols are enclosed within two golden rings. Between the two rings, spanning the top, the words, in all capitals, “COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION”, and, spanning the bottom, the words, in all capitals, “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.&r…