[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2306 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2306

             To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                July 21 (legislative day, July 20), 1994

Mr. Metzenbaum introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
    referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
             To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. TITLE.

    This Act shall be referred to as the ``Securities Fraud Fairness 
Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

    Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 
78j(b)) is amended by inserting ``, or to aid and abet the use or 
employ of any manipulative or deceptive device or contrivance,'' before 
``in contravention''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendment made by this Act shall be deemed to have taken effect 
on the date of enactment of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
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