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                       RULES COMMITTEE PRINT 113-10 

                    TEXT OF H.R. 1062, SEC REGULATORY 

                           ACCOUNTABILITY ACT 

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          Committee on Financial Services with a technical change.] 

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the "SEC Regulatory Ac-
3 
3 countability Act". 

4 SEC. 2. CONSIDERATION BY THE SECURITIES AND EX- 

5         CHANGE COMMISSION OF THE COSTS AND 

6         BENEFITS OF ITS REGULATIONS AND CER 

          TAIN OTHER AGENCY ACTIONS. 

8 Section 23 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 

9 (15 U.S.C. 78w) is amended by adding at the end the fol- 

10 lowing: 

11 "(e) CONSIDERATION OF COSTS AND BENEFITS.-

12     "(1) IN GENERAL.-Before issuing a regulation 

13   under the securities laws, as defined in section 3(a), 

14   the Commission shall- 

15      "(A) clearly identifY the nature and source 

16   of the problem that the proposed regulation is 

17   designed to address, as well as assess the sigature





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