3.0.0 298 2017-12-13T21:36:40Z 2017-12-13T21:36:40Z Senate S S 2009-01-22 111 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-01-22T17:13:14Z Financial Markets Commission Act of 2009 111 2253 HR 2010-06-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management. Identical bill CRS 2009-01-22 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. IntroReferral 2009-01-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress I000055 Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] Johnny Isakson R GA N C000705 Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND] KENT CONRAD D ND 2009-01-22 True C000286 Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA] SAXBY CHAMBLISS R GA 2009-01-22 True C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2009-01-27 False R000584 Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] James Risch R ID E. 2009-01-27 False W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2009-02-05 False N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM 2009-02-11 False S001141 Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL] Jeff Sessions R AL 2009-02-11 False S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2009-03-16 False Finance and Financial Sector Banking and financial institutions regulation Congressional agencies Congressional oversight Credit and credit markets Financial crises and stabilization Fraud offenses and financial crimes Housing finance and home ownership Securities Finance and Financial Sector 00 2009-01-22 Introduced in Senate 2009-04-09T19:32:00Z Financial Markets Commission Act of 2009 - Establishes in the legislative branch the Financial Markets Commission to: (1) examine all causes, domestic and global, of the current financial and economic crisis in the United States, including the collapse of major financial and commercial firms and the deterioration of the credit and housing markets; and (2) investigate the role in the crisis, if any, of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), nationally recognized statistical rating organizations, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), trading facilities for commodities and self-regulatory organizations, the federal banking agencies, any financial or commercial corporation, partnership, or entity, and any other governmental or non-governmental entity.

Requires the Commission to: (1) report its findings and recommendations to the President and Congress; and (2) refer to the U.S. Attorney General and any appropriate state attorney general any person that the Commission finds may have violated federal laws in relation to the crisis.

]]> Financial Markets Commission Act of 2009 Short Titles as Introduced Financial Markets Commission Act of 2009 Display Title Financial Markets Commission Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish a Financial Markets Commission, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2009-01-22T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s298is/xml/BILLS-111s298is.xml 2009-01-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.