What federal law names mean in this chapter

77a et seq.), "Securities Exchange Act of 1934" (15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.), "Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935" (15 U.S.C. 79 et seq.), "Investment Company Act of 1940" (15 U.S.C. 80a-1 et seq.), "Investment Advisers Act of 1940" (15 U.S.C. 80b-1 et seq.), "Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974" (29 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), "National Housing Act" (12 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), "Commodity Exchange Act" (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), "Internal Revenue Code" (26 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), "Securities Investor Protection Act of 1970" (15 U.S.C. 78aaa et seq.), "Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998" (112 Stat. 3227), "Small Business Investment Act of 1958" (15 U.S.C. 661 et seq.), "National Securities Markets Improvement Act of 1996" (Pub. L. No. 104-290, 110 Stat. 3416 (1996)), and "Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act" (15 U.S.C. 7001 et seq.) mean those statutes and the rules and regulations adopted under those statutes, as in effect on July 1, 2008, or as later amended.