Open Congress : Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises - Major Bill Actions

Bill Introduced: H.R.1564 Audit Integrity and Job Protection Act

2013-04-14T20:00:00Z

To amend the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to prohibit the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board from requiring public companies to use specific auditors or require the use of different auditors on a rotating basis.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1341 Financial Competitive Act of 2013

2013-03-20T20:00:00Z

To require the Financial Stability Oversight Council to conduct a study of the likely effects of the differences between the United States and other jurisdictions in implementing the derivatives credit valuation adjustment capital requirement.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1256 Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act

2013-03-18T20:00:00Z

To direct the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to jointly adopt rules setting forth the application to cross-border swaps transactions of certain provisions relating to swaps that were enacted as part of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1105 Small Business Capital Access and Job Preservation Act

2013-03-12T20:00:00Z

To amend the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to provide a registration exemption for private equity fund advisers, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1135 Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act

2013-03-12T20:00:00Z

To amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to repeal certain additional disclosure requirements, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1062 SEC Regulatory Accountability Act

2013-03-11T20:00:00Z

To improve the consideration by the Securities and Exchange Commission of the costs and benefits of its regulations and orders.

Bill Introduced: H.R.992 Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act

2013-03-05T19:00:00Z

To amend provisions in section 716 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act relating to Federal assistance for swaps entities.

Bill Introduced: H.R.742 Swap Data Repository and Clearinghouse Indemnification Correction Act of 2013

2013-02-14T19:00:00Z

To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Commodity Exchange Act to repeal the indemnification requirements for regulatory authorities to obtain access to swap data required to be provided by swaps entities under such Acts.

Bill Introduced: H.R.634 Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act of 2013

2013-02-12T19:00:00Z

To provide end user exemptions from certain provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.677 Inter-Affiliate Swap Clarification Act

2013-02-12T19:00:00Z

To exempt inter-affiliate swaps from certain regulatory requirements put in place by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

Bill Introduced: H.R.6613 Markets and Trading Reorganization Act

2012-11-28T19:00:00Z

To establish the Securities and Derivatives Commission in order to combine the functions of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission in a single independent regulatory commission.

Bill Introduced: H.R.6512 Credible Ratings Act of 2012

2012-09-20T20:00:00Z

To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require nationally recognized statistical rating organizations to certify that they monitor the accuracy of each credit ratings issued by the organization.

Bill Introduced: H.R.6467 Rebuilding Equity Act of 2012

2012-09-19T20:00:00Z

To require a portion of closing costs to be paid by the enterprises with respect to certain refinanced mortgage loans, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.6428 Responsible Homeowner Refinancing Act of 2012

2012-09-13T20:00:00Z

To provide for the expansion of affordable refinancing of mortgages held by the Federal National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation.

Bill Introduced: H.R.6394 Affordable Housing Regulation Simplification Act of 2012

2012-09-12T20:00:00Z

To facilitate affordable workforce homeownership in, and develop the full-time resident communities of, high tourism areas, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.6397 Defending American Taxpayers From Abusive Government Takings Act of 2012

2012-09-12T20:00:00Z

To prohibit Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from purchasing, the FHA from insuring, and the Department of Veterans Affairs from guaranteeing, making, or insuring, a mortgage that is secured by a residence or residential structure located in a county in which the State has used the power of eminent domain to take a residential mortgage.

Bill Introduced: H.R.6366 Flexible Refinancing for American Families Act of 2012

2012-09-09T20:00:00Z

To prevent foreclosure of home mortgages and provide for the affordable refinancing of mortgages held by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac through mortgages having 50-year terms to maturity.

Bill Introduced: H.R.6204 Investment Adviser Examination Improvement Act of 2012

2012-07-24T20:00:00Z

To amend the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to require certain investment advisers to pay fees to help cover the costs of inspecting and examining investment advisers under such Act.

Bill Introduced: H.R.6161 To provide an exemption for low-revenue companies from certain SEC regulations.

2012-07-18T20:00:00Z

To provide an exemption for low-revenue companies from certain SEC regulations.

Bill Introduced: H.R.6127 Liquidity Enhancement for Small Public Companies Act

2012-07-12T20:00:00Z

To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to enable national securities exchanges to provide financial incentives to market-makers that adhere to objective standards that increase the liquidity and depth of the public capital markets and promote enhanced trading and price-discovery for smaller public companies.