15 U.S.C. § 78u-7 - U.S. Code - Unannotated Title 15. Commerce and Trade § 78u-7. Implementation and transition provisions for whistleblower protection

(a)Implementing rules

The Commission shall issue final regulations implementing the provisions of section 78u-6 of this title, as added by this subtitle, not later than 270 days after July 21, 2010.

(b)Original information

Information provided to the Commission in writing by a whistleblower shall not lose the status of original information (as defined in section 78u-6(a)(3) of this title, as added by this subtitle) solely because the whistleblower provided the information prior to the effective date of the regulations, if the information is provided by the whistleblower after July 21, 2010.

(c)Awards

A whistleblower may receive an award pursuant to section 78u-6 of this title, as added by this subtitle, regardless of whether any violation of a provision of the securities laws, or a rule or regulation thereunder, underlying the judicial or administrative action upon which the award is based, occurred prior to July 21, 2010.

(d)Administration and enforcement

The Securities and Exchange Commission shall establish a separate office within the Commission to administer and enforce the provisions of section 78u-6 of this title (as add  1 by section 922(a)). Such office shall report annually to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives on its activities, whistleblower complaints, and the response of the Commission to such complaints.