3.0.0 7732 2023-09-01T13:45:20Z 2023-09-01T13:45:20Z House HR 2022-05-12 117 [Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 81 (Thursday, May 12, 2022)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. LYNCH:H.R. 7732.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, clause 3[Page H4920]]]> hsba00 Financial Services Committee House Standing Markup by 2022-05-17T16:42:42Z Referred to 2022-05-12T14:00:25Z 2022-05-17 hsba00 Financial Services Committee 1 House committee actions Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 22. Committee 2022-05-17 hsba00 Financial Services Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Committee 2022-05-12 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsba00 Financial Services Committee 2022-05-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2022-05-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress L000562 Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8] Stephen Lynch D MA F. 8 N 2022-11-17T22:52:00Z H.R. 7732, Strengthening the Office of the Investor Advocate Act https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58805 As ordered reported on May 17, 2022 Finance and Financial Sector Budget process Congressional oversight Executive agency funding and structure Federal officials Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Finance and Financial Sector 00 2022-05-12 Introduced in House 2022-09-29T13:34:24Z Strengthening the Office of the Investor Advocate Act

This bill revises provisions governing the Office of the Investor Advocate at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Specifically, the bill

  • expands who may serve as the Investor Advocate,
  • provides that the Investor Advocate may only be removed by the chair of the SEC and may not be removed for advocating policies contrary to the chair or any commissioner,
  • allows the office to publish the results of investor research and testing without review from the SEC, and
  • establishes a budget request process for the office separate from the SEC.
]]> Strengthening the Office of the Investor Advocate Act Display Title Strengthening the Office of the Investor Advocate Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Strengthening the Office of the Investor Advocate Act Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 with respect to the Office of the Investor Advocate, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117hr7732ih/xml/BILLS-117hr7732ih.xml 2022-05-17 Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 22. 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.