[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 99 (Thursday, June 13, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3507]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 476. Mr. REED (for himself and Mr. Grassley) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1790, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. _____. PCAOB ENFORCEMENT TRANSPARENCY.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``PCAOB 
     Enforcement Transparency Act of 2019''.
       (b) Open Meetings Authorized.--Section 105(c)(2) of the 
     Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (15 U.S.C. 7215(c)(2)) is amended 
     to read as follows:
       ``(2) Public hearings.--Hearings under this section shall 
     be open to the public, unless the Board, on its own motion or 
     after considering the motion of a party, orders otherwise.''.
       (c) Publication of Determinations.--Section 105(d)(1)(C) of 
     the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (15 U.S.C. 7215(d)(1)(C)) is 
     amended by striking ``(once any stay on the imposition of 
     such sanction has been lifted)''.
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