; bylaws and rules Subsections (d) and (e) of section 3 of SIPA shall apply with respect to the FIPC and the Commission in the same way the subsections apply with respect to the SIPC and the Securities and Exchange Commission. (b) FIPC fund (1) In general The FIPC shall establish, and make deposits into and payments from, an FIPC fund (in this Act referred to as the fund ) in the same manner in which the SIPC has established, and is authorized to make deposits into and payments from, the SIPC fund. (2) Assessments The FIPC shall impose on its members assessments subject to the same rules that apply to the imposition by the SIPC of assessments on the members of the SIPC. (c) Other provisions Sections 5 through 16 of the SIPA shall apply with respect to the FIPC and the members, directors, officers, and employees of the FIPC, the Commission, the FIPC fund, futures commission merchants and their affiliates, futures contracts, futures transactions, customers, and debtors in the same way the sections apply with respect to the SIPC and the members, directors, officers, and employees of the SIPC, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the SIPC fund, persons registered as brokers or dealers (as defined in section 16(12) of the SIPA) and their affiliates, securities, securities transactions, customers (as defined in section 16(2) of the SIPA), and debtors (as defined in section 16(5) of the SIPA), respectively. (d) Definitions In this section: (1) Commission The term Commission means the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. (2) Contract market The term contract market means a board of trade designated as a contract market under the Commodity Exchange Act. (3) Futures contract The term futures contract means a contract of sale of a commodity for future delivery, within the meaning of the Commodity Exchange Act. (4) Futures commission merchant The term futures commission merchant has the meaning given the term in section 1a(28) of the Commodity Exchange Act. (5) SIPA The term SIPA means the Security Investors Protection