117 S3716 IS: Tracking Bad Actors Act of 2022 U.S. Senate 2022-03-01 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.

II117th CONGRESS2d SessionS. 3716IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESMarch 1, 2022Mr. Kennedy (for himself and Ms. Lummis) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban AffairsA BILLTo require Federal financial regulators to create a publicly available database for certain bad actors, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Tracking Bad Actors Act of 2022.

2.

Definition

In this Act, the term Federal financial regulator means—(1)the Commodity Futures Trading Commission; (2)the Securities and Exchange Commission;(3)the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency; (4)the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; (5)the Financial Industry Regulatory Agency; and(6)the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.

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Database

(a)

In general

Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Federal financial regulators shall jointly establish a publicly available database of persons convicted or held liable in criminal, civil, and administrative actions relating to financial services brought by—(1)any Federal financial regulator, to the greatest extent practicable;(2)the Department of Justice;(3)any self-regulatory organization or similar entity overseen by a Federal financial regulator if required by such regulator; or(4)any State or local criminal or regulatory agency that voluntarily submits information to the database.(b)

Oversight

The Securities and Exchange Commission shall be the lead agency responsible for oversight of the database established under subsection (a).(c)

Free access

The information in the database established under subsection (a) shall be free of charge to the public.(d)

Operation

The database established under subsection (a) shall be operated by a Federal agency or maintained by a third party.(e)

Expungement

Any agency who submits information to the database under subsection (a) shall expunge any enforcement action brought by the agency if the action is—(1)overturned upon judicial review; or(2)withdrawn by the agency.(f)

Reports

(1)

Federal financial regulators

The Federal financial regulators shall jointly submit to Congress an annual report on the database during the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending on the date on which the database is operational.(2)

GAO report

Not later than 5 years after the date on which the database is operational, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report on the database.