Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Financial services and investments

Bill Introduced: S.888 A bill to provide end user exemptions from certain provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

2013-05-06T20:00:00Z

A bill to provide end user exemptions from certain provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Bill Introduced: S.866 Patent Quality Improvement Act of 2013

2013-05-05T20:00:00Z

A bill to make improvements to the transitional program covered business method patents, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1771 North Korea Sanctions Enforcement Act of 2013

2013-04-25T20:00:00Z

To improve the enforcement of sanctions against the Government of North Korea, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1750 Community Lending Enhancement and Regulatory Relief Act of 2013

2013-04-24T20:00:00Z

To enhance the ability of community financial institutions to foster economic growth and serve their communities, boost small businesses, increase individual savings, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.824 Shareholder Protection Act of 2013

2013-04-24T20:00:00Z

A bill to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require shareholder authorization before a public company may make certain political expenditures, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1734 Shareholder Protection Act of 2013

2013-04-24T20:00:00Z

To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require shareholder authorization before a public company may make certain political expenditures, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1754 Preserving American Homeownership Act of 2013

2013-04-24T20:00:00Z

To establish pilot programs to encourage the use of shared appreciation mortgage modifications, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1626 Focusing the SEC on Its Mission Act

2013-04-17T20:00:00Z

To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to prohibit the Securities and Exchange Commission from issuing rules requiring the disclosure of an issuer's expenditures for political activities.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1627 Investment Adviser Examination Improvement Act of 2013

2013-04-17T20:00:00Z

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: S.731 Basel III Commonsense Approach for Small Entities Act

2013-04-15T20:00:00Z

A bill to require the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to conduct an empirical impact study on proposed rules relating to the International Basel III agreement on general risk-based capital requirements, as they apply to community banks.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1579 Inclusive Prosperity Act of 2013

2013-04-15T20:00:00Z

To impose a tax on certain trading transactions to strengthen our financial security, reduce market volatility, expand opportunity, and stop shrinking the middle class.

Bill Introduced: S.737 Basel III Impact Study Act

2013-04-15T20:00:00Z

A bill to require the Federal banking agencies to conduct a quantitative impact study on the cumulative effect of the Basel III framework devised by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision before issuing final rules amending the agencies' general risk-based capital requirements for determining risk-weighted assets, as proposed in the Advanced Approaches Risk-Based Capital Rules Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, the Standardized Approach for Risk-Weighted Assets Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, and the Implementation of Basel III, Minimum Regulatory Capital Ratios Notice of Proposed Rulemaking issued in June 2012, and for other purposes.

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.1554 Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act

2013-04-14T20:00:00Z

To restrict the use of offshore tax havens and abusive tax shelters to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1566 Consumer Credit Access, Innovation, and Modernization Act

2013-04-14T20:00:00Z

To create a Federal charter for Internet consumer credit corporations, and for other purposes.

Bill Signed by President: S.716 A bill to modify the requirements under the STOCK Act regarding online access to certain financial disclosure statements and related forms.

2013-04-14T20:00:00Z

A bill to modify the requirements under the STOCK Act regarding online access to certain financial disclosure statements and related forms.

April 14, 2013: Signed by President.

Bill Enacted: S.716 A bill to modify the requirements under the STOCK Act regarding online access to certain financial disclosure statements and related forms.

2013-04-14T20:00:00Z

A bill to modify the requirements under the STOCK Act regarding online access to certain financial disclosure statements and related forms.

April 14, 2013: Became Public Law No: 113-7.

Bill Sent To President: S.716 A bill to modify the requirements under the STOCK Act regarding online access to certain financial disclosure statements and related forms.

2013-04-11T20:00:00Z

A bill to modify the requirements under the STOCK Act regarding online access to certain financial disclosure statements and related forms.

April 11, 2013: Presented to President.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1538 National Financial Literacy Act of 2013

2013-04-11T20:00:00Z

To provide incentives to encourage financial institutions and small businesses to provide continuing financial education to customers, borrowers, and employees, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1517 Social Security and Medicare Lock-Box Act

2013-04-10T20:00:00Z

To amend titles II and XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a Social Security Surplus Protection Account in the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund to hold the Social Security surplus and a Medicare Surplus Protection Account in the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund to hold the Medicare surplus, to provide for suspension of investment of amounts held in such Accounts until enactment of legislation providing for investment of the Trust Funds in investment vehicles other than obligations of the United States, and to establish a Social Security and Medicare Part A Investment Commission to make recommendations for alternative forms of investment of the Social Security and Medicare surpluses.