3.0.0 3004 2023-01-11T13:16:31Z 2023-01-11T13:16:31Z Senate S S 2010-02-04 111 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2010-02-04T23:48:45Z 2010-02-04 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. IntroReferral 2010-02-04 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S495-496) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2010-02-04 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH N Finance and Financial Sector Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Foreign and international corporations Marketing and advertising Securities Finance and Financial Sector 00 2010-02-04 Introduced in Senate 2010-04-01T19:01:33Z Citizens Right to Know Act of 2010 - Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require issuers of securities to disclose to their shareholders electioneering communications they have made or in which they have participated.

Prohibits an issuer from making or participating in any electioneering communication if 51% or more of its outstanding securities are owned or controlled by a foreign principal or agent of a foreign principal.

Requires an issuer to obtain prior approval by majority vote of all shareholders before making or participating in any electioneering communication.

Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require that: (1) audio and television communications be made by the president or chief executive officer of the corporation paying for such communications; and (2) they identify the individual by name and position.

Requires a communication paid for by an organization other than a corporation to include a statement listing the names of the three persons making the largest aggregate contributions to the organization during the 12-month period before the date of the communication.

Sets forth Internet disclosure requirements for contributors to certain radio and television ads that are electioneering communications.

]]> Citizens Right to Know Act of 2010 Display Title Citizens Right to Know Act of 2010 Official Title as Introduced A bill to require notification to and prior approval by shareholders of certain political expenditures by publicly traded companies, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Citizens Right to Know Act of 2010 Introduced in Senate 2010-02-04T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s3004is/xml/BILLS-111s3004is.xml 2010-02-04 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.