SECURITIES related term(s) Investments

Amendments

Futures Trading Act: enact (H.R. 4613), 15288 [24JN], 15606 [25JN], 16674, 16687, 16693 [16JY]

———enact (S. 2045), 29032-29036 [6OC]

SEC: clarify exemptive authority (S. 2000), 27104 [29SE]

Analyses

Amend Certain Taxation Provisions Relative to Mutual Funds (S. 2155), 4046 [7MR]

Government Securities Act (H.R. 2032), 29911 [9OC]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 4613, Futures Trading Act, 29702 [8OC]

Articles and editorials

Argument Against Discount Brokerage, 1307 [30JA]

Confusion Mounts With New Delays, 2873 [26FE]

Congress, Don't Duck This (excerpt), 16675 [16JY]

Eighth Pillar of Sound Money and Credit—Principle of Matching Maturities—Venetian Tale, 13168 [10JN]

Firms Postponing, Canceling Plans, 2873 [26FE]

Fix Capital Gains, 15047 [24JN]

Municipal Bond Market Sinks, 5611 [20MR]

New Building Blocks for Capital Formation, 1901 [6FE]

Tax-Law Uncertainty Stalls Investors—Revisions Pending in Congress Put Some Projects on Hold, 2874 [26FE]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: credit for B-stock losses due to failure of a production credit association (see S. 2313)

———tax treatment of interest on State and local bonds used to finance milk production (see H.R. 4807)

Aliens: registering investments (see H.R. 4242)

Auditing: reporting of fraudulent activities (see H.R. 5439)

Bank holding companies: allow subsidiaries to engage in certain securities activities (see H.R. 4870)

———authority to engage in securities, real estate, and insurance activities (see H.R. 5220)

Barter: structure for self-regulation of industry (see H.R. 4201)

Bureau of Engraving and Printing: distinctive counterfeit deterrents (see S. 2393)

———printing of bonds, securities, or other obligations for a foreign country (see S. 2393)

Commodity Exchange Act: authorize appropriations (see H.R. 4613)

———resolution providing for consideration of bill to reauthorize appropriations (H.R. 4613) (see H. Res. 474)

Conrail: public stock offering to private sector (see S. Res. 485)

District of Columbia: extend waiver authority for certain revenue bonds (see H.R. 4027)

Electric utilities: restriction on tax exemption for interest on obligation issued to acquire certain property (see H.R. 4077)

Employee's life insurance fund: investment in certain Government securities (see H.R. 5364)

Federal Housing Administration: mortgage-backed securities (see H.R. 4593)

Federal Open Market Committee: prompt disclosure of certain decisions (see H.R. 4497, 5597)

Government National Mortgage Association: mortgage-backed securities (see H.R. 4593, 4602)

International Claims Settlement Act: fair market value of property taken (see S. 2763; H.R. 5365, 5506)

Investments: concurrence of the House to Senate amendments to H.R. 2032 with an amendment (see H. Res. 574)

Japan: reciprocity for security firm to become primary dealer in U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 403)

Mortgage loans: tax treatment of certain securities (see H.R. 4448)

SEC: clarify exemptive authority (see H.R. 5252)

Securities Exchange Act: require financial fraud detection audits (see H.R. 4886)

Taxation: certain dividends paid on new equity stock (see S. 2060)

———interest on certain obligations from issuer in arrears (see H.R. 5144)

———limitations on net operations loss and excess credit carryovers (see S. 2207)

———treatment of listed option contracts (see S. 2086)

———treatment of tax-exempt securities (see S. 2166; H.R. 4441)

———treatment of tax-exempt securities and depreciation of recovery property (see S. Res. 371)

Tax-exempt securities: effective date of tax reform (see S. Con. Res. 112)

———effective date of tax reform provisions (see S. Con. Res. 105; H. Con. Res. 279)

———treatment of interest in determining alternative minimum income tax (see H. Con. Res. 307)

Letters

Amend certain taxation provisions relative to mutual funds: Dept. of the Treasury, 4047 [7MR]

CFTC subpoena authority: Susan M. Phillips, 28921, 28922 [6OC]

Futures contracts leverage transactions: Chicago Board of Trade and Chicago Mercantile Exchange, 16676, 16678 [16JY]

———North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc., 16683 [16JY]

———Representative Ed Jones, 16678 [16JY]

Futures Trading Act: CBO, 31502 [15OC]

———Richard E. Lyng, Sec. of Agriculture (excerpts), 31506 [15OC]

Regulation of Government securities: Dept. of the Treasury (sundry), 28809 [6OC]

———SEC, 29912 [9OC]

Tax treatment of municipal bonds: Senator D'Amato, 5660 [20MR]

Withholding of interest payable on Treasury notes: David F. Cargo, 13699 [13JN]

———Dept. of the Treasury, 13698 [13JN]

Memorials of legislature

California, 11312 [20MY], 16371 [14JY], 18227 [30JY], 18770 [1AU]

Colorado, 13526 [12JN]

Hawaii, 11448 [20MY]

Louisiana, 13833 [16JN]

Lousiana, 12129 [3JN]

Micronesia, 9552 [6MY]

Petitions

Exemption of interest on municipal bonds from taxation: Berea, OH, City Council, 9212 [1MY], 9649 [6MY]

Oppose certain provisions of Tax Exempt Bond Reform Act (S. 2166): Coral Gables, FL, City Commission, 9650 [6MY]

Remarks in House

Agriculture: cattle futures, 16687-16695 [16JY]

Banks and banking: financial deregulation, 1307 [30JA]

———law reform, 33621-33624 [17OC]

———matching maturities, 13168 [10JN]

District of Columbia: waive period of congressional review for legislation authorizing issuance of bonds (H.R. 3718), 534 [27JA]

———waive period of congressional review for legislation authorizing issuance of bonds (H.R. 3718), error in recording, introduction of bill to compensate for clerical error in original document (H.R. 4027), 488 [23JA]

———waiver of authority for issuance of certain bonds (H.R. 4027), 488 [23JA], 534 [27JA]

Financial Fraud Detection and Disclosure Act: enact (H.R. 4886), 11981 [22MY]

Futures contracts: leverage transactions, 16675-16687 [16JY]

Futures Trading Act: enact (H.R. 4613), 8045 [17AP], 16666 [16JY], 16695 [22JY]-16700 [16JY]

———enact (H.R. 4613), appointment of conferees, 29702 [8OC]

———enact (H.R. 4613), conference report, 31497-31509 [15OC]

Government securities: protection of investors (H.R. 2032), Senate amendments, 28802-28814 [6OC]

International Claims Settlement Act: fair market value of property taken (H.R. 5506), 25179 [22SE]

Milk: prevent use of tax-free industrial bonds to finance increased production (H.R. 4807), 10556 [13MY]

Public Securities Act: enact (H.R. 2032), Senate amendments, 28802-28814 [6OC]

Public Utility Holding Company Act: enact (S. 2000), 27103 [3OC]

SEC: clarify exemptive authority (S. 2000), 27102 [29SE]

Stock market: industrial average, 23191 [12SE]

Taxation: treatment of asset backed and mortgage backed securities (H.R. 4930), 12360 [4JN]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: credit for B-stock losses due to failure of a production credit association (S. 2313), 7763 [16AP]

———modify application of agricultural payment limitations to corporate stockholders, 18714-18720 [1AU]

Bureau of Engraving and Printing: distinctive counterfeit deterrents (S. 2393), 9300 [1MY]

———printing of bonds, securities, or other obligations for a foreign country (S. 2393), 9300 [1MY]

Business: passthrough of voting rights for employee stock ownership plans, 14566-14569 [19JN]

Conrail: public stock offering to private sector (S. Res. 485), 21973 [15AU]

District of Columbia: waiver of authority for issuance of certain bonds (H.R. 4027), 1220 [30JA]

Equity Investment Tax Reform Act: enact (S. 2060), 1900 [6FE]

Fiat Co.: sale of Libyan stock, 26097 [25SE]

Futures Trading Act: enact (H.R. 4613), 28920-28922 [6OC], 33346-33357 [17OC]

———enact (H.R. 4613), S. 2045 language passed in lieu, 28920 [6OC]

———enact (S. 2045), 28918-28920 [6OC]

Government Securities Act: enact (H.R. 2032), 29902-29914 [9OC]

Government Securities Dealers Act: enact (S. 1416), 23585-23591 [16SE]

———enact (S. 1416), star print, 23591 [16SE]

Investments: junk bond defaults, 9920 [7MY]

Options Simplification and Clarification Act: enact (S. 2086), 2546 [20FE]

SEC: clarify exemptive authority (S. 2000), 32652 [16OC]

———clarify exemptive authority (S. 2000), star print, 20406 [9AU]

Stock market: program trading, 23690 [17SE]

Tax Carryover Limitation Act: enact (S. 2207), 5420 [19MR], 8269-8271 [22AP]

Tax Reform Act: effective date of H.R. 3838 provisions (S. Con. Res. 111), 2872 [26FE]

Taxation: amend certain provisions relative to mutual funds (S. 2155), 4045 [7MR]

———preserve tax-exempt status of municipal bonds (S. Con. Res 105), 1601 [4FE]

———treatment of municipal bonds, 5611, 5659-5661 [20MR]

———treatment of tax-exempt securities and depreciation of recovery property (S. Res. 371), 6359-6360 [26MR]

Reports by conference committees

Futures Trading Act (H.R. 4613), 30824-30835 [14OC]

Reports filed

Clarify Exemptive Authority: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (S. 2000), 21379 [13AU]

Commodity Exchange Act Appropriations: Committee on Agriculture (H.R. 4613) (H. Rept. 99-624), 12982 [9JN]

———Committee on Rules (H.R. 4613; H. Res. 474) (H. Rept. 99-635), 13266 [11JN]

Declaration of Taking Act Relating to Interest Rate Formula: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 5363) (H. Rept. 99-914), 27116 [29SE]

———Committee on the Judiciary (S. 2424), 25838 [24SE]

Federal Regulation of Brokered Deposits: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 99-676), 16745 [16JY]

Government Securities Dealers Act: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (S. 1416) (S. Rept. 99-426), 22264 [8SE]

Grant Consent of Congress to Amendments to Susquehanna River Basin Compact: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 2971) (H. Rept. 99-596), 10282 [12MY]

Modification in Susquehanna River Basin Compact Relating to Interest on Bonds Issued by Susquehanna River Basin Commission: Committee on the Judiciary (S. 1421), 19240 [5AU]

Problems of Tax Return Nonfiling and Income Underreporting by Americans Living or Investing Abroad: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 99-770), 19950 [8AU]

Prohibit Certain Methods of Concealing Proceeds of Crime: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 5217) (H. Rept. 99-855), 24802 [19SE]

Provision That Value of Claims Be Based on Fair Market Value of Property Taken: Committee on Foreign Affairs (H.R. 5506) (H. Rept. 99-837), 24686 [18SE]

SEC Exemptive Authority: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (S. 2000), 21379 [13AU]

Rulings of the Chair

Futures Trading Act: enact (H.R. 4613), conference report, 31498, 31499 [15OC]

Statements

Employee Stock Ownership Plans: Senator Long, 14573-14576 [19JN]

Futures Contracts Leverage Transactions: Chicago Mercantile Exchange, 16676 [16JY]

Individual Retirement Accounts: Martin Feldstein, 12382 [4JN]

———sundry, 12382 [4JN]

Public Securities Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 2032), 28808 [6OC]

Summaries

Options Simplification and Clarification Act (S. 2086), 2546 [20FE]

Regulation of Government Securities—Treasury Book-Entry Proposal, 28810 [6OC]

Texts of

H. Res. 574, concurrence of House to Senate amendments to Public Securities Act, 28802-28808 [6OC]

H. Res. 590, conference report on H.R. 4613 to reauthorize appropriations to carry out the Commodity Exchange Act, 31497 [15OC]

H.R. 2032, Government Securities Act, 29902-29907 [9OC]

H.R. 4027, extending waiver authority of the District of Columbia Revenue Bond Act, 488 [23JA], 535 [27JA]

H.R. 4613, Futures Trading Act, 8045 [17AP], 16673 [16JY], 33346-33351 [17OC]

H.R. 5506, amend to provide that value of claims be based on fair market value of property taken, 25179 [22SE]

S. 1416, Government Securities Dealers Act, 23585-23589 [16SE]

S. 2000, clarify exemptive authority of SEC, 21775 [15AU], 27104 [29SE]

S. 2060, Equity Investment Tax Reform Act, 1900 [6FE]

S. 2086, Options Simplification and Clarification Act, 2548 [20FE]

S. 2207, Tax Carryover Limitation Act, 5422-5424 [19MR]

S. 2313, credit against Federal income tax for B-stock losses due to failure of a production credit association, 7763 [16AP]

S. Con. Res. 111, effective date of Tax Reform Act (H.R. 3838) provisions, 2871 [26FE]

S. Con. Res. 185, preserve tax-exempt status of municipal bonds, 1601 [4FE]

S. Res. 371, treatment of tax-exempt securities and depreciation of recovery property, 6358 [26MR]

S. Res. 485, public stock offering of Conrail stock, 21973 [15AU]