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<bill bill-stage="Referred-in-Senate" bill-type="olc" dms-id="HE7702498A6AF4444BFF44676570C8D07" public-print="no" public-private="public" stage-count="1" star-print="no-star-print">
	<form display="yes">
		<distribution-code display="yes">IIB</distribution-code>
		<congress display="yes">111th CONGRESS</congress>
		<session display="yes">1st Session</session>
		<legis-num display="yes">H. R. 2623</legis-num>
		<current-chamber display="yes">IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED
		  STATES</current-chamber>
		<action>
			<action-date date="20090730">July 30, 2009</action-date>
			<action-desc>Received; read twice and referred to the
			 <committee-name committee-id="SSBK00">Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban
			 Affairs</committee-name></action-desc>
		</action>
		<legis-type display="yes">AN ACT</legis-type>
		<official-title display="yes">To amend the Federal securities laws to
		  clarify and expand the definition of certain persons under those
		  laws.</official-title>
	</form>
	<legis-body display-enacting-clause="yes-display-enacting-clause" id="HC8AEFF6B52E8495BAE327A8AB3E69B4D" style="OLC">
		<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDF345E6D7543484AA84C132A67AE00BF" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Formerly associated persons</header>
			<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC6BC2BF3F2424E5DB345052B9F120930"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Member or employee of the municipal
			 securities rulemaking board</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 15B(c)(8) of the Securities
			 Exchange Act of 1934 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/78o-4">15 U.S.C. 78o–4(c)(8)</external-xref>) is amended
			 by striking <quote>any member or employee</quote> and inserting <quote>any
			 person who is, or at the time of the alleged misconduct was, a member or
			 employee</quote>.</text>
			</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H00D34D46D227446AAD7044BBEDB8A976"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Person associated with a government
			 securities broker or dealer</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 15C of the Securities Exchange Act
			 of 1934 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/78o-5">15 U.S.C.
			 78o–5</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
				<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H07885982049745A690B6E4313CFA2472"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)(1)(C), by striking
			 <quote>or seeking to become associated,</quote> and inserting <quote>seeking to
			 become associated, or, at the time of the alleged misconduct, associated or
			 seeking to become associated</quote>;</text>
				</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD53DA76A1DE44AD39C99FCD592609E6E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)(2)(A), by inserting
			 <quote>, seeking to become associated, or, at the time of the alleged
			 misconduct, associated or seeking to become associated</quote> after <quote>any
			 person associated</quote>; and</text>
				</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H50A22D27CAE84EF3ADD98ED9973036C6"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)(2)(B), by inserting
			 <quote>, seeking to become associated, or, at the time of the alleged
			 misconduct, associated or seeking to become associated</quote> after <quote>any
			 person associated</quote>.</text>
				</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB0C60F2E769744099954152AD9BC84AD"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Person associated with a member of a
			 national securities exchange or registered securities association</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 21(a)(1) of the Securities Exchange
			 Act of 1934 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/78u">15
			 U.S.C. 78u(a)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>, or, as to
			 any act or practice, or omission to act, while associated with a member,
			 formerly associated</quote> after <quote>member or a person
			 associated</quote>.</text>
			</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H85809626ED3B481894A048F1C0B73431"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Participant of a registered clearing
			 agency</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 21(a)(1) of
			 the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/78u">15 U.S.C. 78u(a)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by
			 inserting <quote>or, as to any act or practice, or omission to act, while a
			 participant, was a participant,</quote> after <quote>in which such person is a
			 participant,</quote>.</text>
			</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDEC856827E5E438DB132538C9A903758"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Officer or director of a self-regulatory
			 organization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 19(h)(4)
			 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/78s">15 U.S.C. 78s(h)(4)</external-xref>) is
			 amended—</text>
				<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7B2BE5658483469A9F8AB49DE0AF3471"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>any officer or
			 director</quote> and inserting <quote>any person who is, or at the time of the
			 alleged misconduct was, an officer or director</quote>; and</text>
				</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HECEB6ADDD4F8416186365CC7614DAA74"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>such officer or
			 director</quote> and inserting <quote>such person</quote>.</text>
				</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1D5CD2B3F18C4D62B4F215A34EB7D4AE"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Officer or director of an investment
			 company</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 36(a) of the
			 Investment Company Act of 1940 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/80a-35">15 U.S.C. 80a–35(a)</external-xref>) is
			 amended—</text>
				<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD71CC70DA9064500B72EE385895F6533"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>a person serving or
			 acting</quote> and inserting <quote>a person who is, or at the time of the
			 alleged misconduct was, serving or acting</quote>; and</text>
				</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFEF616F23CC942149384B7FB21665118"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>such person so serves or
			 acts</quote> and inserting <quote>such person so serves or acts, or at the time
			 of the alleged misconduct, so served or acted</quote>.</text>
				</paragraph></subsection></section></legis-body>
	<attestation>
		<attestation-group>
			<attestation-date chamber="House" date="20090729">Passed the House of
			 Representatives July 29, 2009.</attestation-date>
			<attestor display="yes">Lorraine C. Miller,</attestor>
			<role>Clerk.</role>
		</attestation-group>
	</attestation>
</bill>
