SECURITIES related term(s) Investments

Analyses

Comprehensive Deposit Insurance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act (S. 543), S2059-S2119 [21FE]

Dodd/Bond Amendment To S. 2733, Relative to Limited Partnership Rollups, S8750 [24JN]

Financial Services Act (H.R. 6087), E2878 [2OC]

Government Securities Auction Reform Act (H.R. 4450), H1378 [19MR]

Investment Adviser Regulatory Enhancement and Disclosure Act, E1800-E1802 [12JN]

Articles and editorials

First Family, E861 [27MR]

Hostile Takeovers—When the Vultures Call, E2425-E2427 [10AU]

One Small Capital Gain—One Big Tax, E54 [22JA]

Vento Invites RTC and OTS To Provide for Long-Term Saving, E2230 [23JY]

Bills and resolutions

Construction industries: fairness in the surety bonding process (see S. 2611), S5220 [9AP]

Corporations: treatment of officers' compensation as a proper subject for action by security holders (see S. 2330), S3116 [10MR]

Courts: curb certain frivolous private action court cases (see S. 3181), S12572 [12AU]

Crime: fraud detection and disclosure obligations on auditors of public companies (see H.R. 4313), H587 [25FE]

Federal regulations: reform private enforcement of Federal laws (see H.R. 5828), H8021 [11AU]

Financial institutions: allow bank subsidiaries to establish mutual funds (see H.R. 6087), H10100 [1OC]

———improve supervision and regulation of FNMA, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., and Federal Home Loan Bank System (see H.R. 6094), H10778 [2OC]

———permit national banks to underwrite municipal revenue bonds (see S. 2787), S7169 [21MY]

———prohibit receipt of advance fees by unregulated loan brokers (see H.R. 4954), H2671 [9AP]

———treatment of certain mutual fund shares as an item of ordinary income (see S. 2223), D1594 [18FE]

FRS: develop automated access system for marketing U.S. securities (see H.R. 4450), H1266 [12MR]

Interest rates: simultaneous reduction of interest rates on certain port authority bonds (see H.R. 5659), H6449 [22JY]

Investments: revise regulations relating to holds-in-custody repurchase transactions (see H.R. 6030), H9443 [24SE]

———supervision of investment advisers (see H.R. 5726), H7060 [30JY]

National Dividend Plan: establish (see H.R. 5829), H8021 [11AU]

New York Stock Exchange: bicentennial (see S.J. Res. 254; H.J. Res. 441), S1362 [7FE], H1321 [17MR]

SEC: managed account transactions (see S. 3389), S18161 [8OC]

Small business: capital formation and investment pools (see S. 2518), S4785 [2AP]

———capital formation through exempted offerings, investment pools, and business development companies (see H.R. 4938), H2671 [9AP]

———survey on obtaining surety bonds from corporate surety companies (see S. 2609), S5220 [9AP]

Taxation: capital gains (see S. 2565; H.R. 6106), S5218 [9AP], H10778 [2OC]

———issuance of tax-exempt bonds by volunteer fire departments to acquire emergency response vehicles (see H.R. 5942), H8575 [15SE]

———issuance of tax-exempt bonds to emergency medical service organizations (see H.R. 5776), H7532 [5AU]

———partial exclusion of dividends and interest received by individuals (see S. 2639), S5898 [30AP]

———purchase price requirements applicable to mortgage revenue bonds (see H.R. 5793), H7725 [6AU]

———reduction of interest rates on tax-exempt bonds (see H.R. 5154), H3239 [13MY]

———small issue bond amounts for facilities used by related principal users (see H.R. 5180), H3336 [14MY]

———small issue bonds (see H.R. 4089, 4741), H117 [28JA], H2257 [1AP]

———treatment of bonds issued for government-owned, high-speed intercity rail facilities (see H.R. 5653), H6449 [22JY]

———treatment of capital gains and carryover basis of property acquired from a decedent (see H.R. 4125), H119 [28JA]

———treatment of certain manufacturing equipment, capital gains, foreign-owned corporations (see H.R. 5927), H8303 [10SE]

———treatment of corporate reorganizations through the exchange of debt instruments (see H.R. 5655), H6449 [22JY]

———treatment of income attributable to investments guaranteed to the U.S. (see H.R. 5523), H5792 [1JY]

———yield restrictions on tax-exempt bond arbitrage (see H.R. 5675), H6582 [23JY]

U.N.: permit tax-exempt bonds to be issued to finance office buildings (see H.R. 5639), H6449 [22JY]

Letters

Capital gains tax: F.X. McDonald, Jr., E185 [4FE]

———several Senators, S2901 [5MR]

———Willa Johns, E184 [4FE]

Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act: National Taxpayers Union, H11105 [3OC]

Limited business partnership rollups: American Association of Individual Investors, S8741 [24JN]

———International Association for Financial Planning, S8743 [24JN]

———Investment Program Association, S8740 [24JN]

———John Perkins, Missouri Commissioner of Securities, S8746 [24JN]

———Michael J. Cannolly, S8742 [24JN]

———National Association of Realtors, S8743 [24JN]

———North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc., S8741 [24JN]

———United Shareholders Association, S8741 [24JN]

Mutual fund regulation: Anderson, Cheneviere & Co., Ltd., S7722 [9JN]

Resolution Trust Corp. funding: Nicholas F. Brady, Sec. of the Treasury, E2264 [27JY]

———Resolution Trust Corp., E2263 [27JY]

Savings and loan associations bailout: CBO, E2230 [23JY]

Savings and loan associations bailout restitution: several Representatives, H2239 [1AP]

Securities Private Enforcement Act: SEC, S12603 [12AU]

Simultaneous reduction of interest rates on certain port authority bonds: James Scheibel, H7167 [3AU]

———Kenneth R. Johnson, H7167 [3AU]

Surety bond companies doing business with the U.S.: American Subcontractors Association, Inc., S5303 [9AP]

———National Association of Minority Contractors, S5304 [9AP]

Tax treatment of environmental infrastructure improvement bonds: Council of Infrastructure Financing Authorities, S15322 [26SE]

Taxation of small issue bonds: Council of Development Finance Agencies, S15075 [25SE]

Lists

Cosponsors of Dodd amendment to S. 2733, limited business partnership rollups, S8747 [24JN]

Investment Program Association members, S8740 [24JN]

Memorandums

Open Thrift Assistance: CBO, E2230 [23JY]

Memorials of legislature

Colorado, S9061 [26JN]

Maine, S5896 [30AP], H2884 [30AP]

Utah, H2291 [2AP]

Virginia, H2713 [28AP]

Proclamations

Bicentennial of the New York Stock Exchange: President Bush, E1452 [20MY]

Regulation

Truth in Savings, S7055-S7074 [20MY]

Remarks in House

Budget: tax rates on certain upper income brackets, H6025 [8JY]

Corporations: protection of public interest and investors relative to takeovers, E2425 [10AU]

Crime: fraud detection and disclosure obligations on auditors of public companies (H.R. 4313), E404, E411 [25FE]

Dept. of the Treasury: purchase process of U.S. savings bonds, E395 [25FE]

Financial institutions: allow bank subsidiaries to establish mutual funds (H.R. 6087), E2877 [2OC]

———improve supervision and regulation of FNMA, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., and Federal Home Loan Bank System, E3163 [9OC]

———improve supervision and regulation of FNMA, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., and Federal Home Loan Bank System (H.R. 6094), H11077-H11106 [3OC]

———prohibit receipt of advance fees by unregulated loan brokers (H.R. 4954), E1126 [28AP]

———reform deposit insurance system (S. 543), E16, E24 [3JA]

FRS: develop automated access system for marketing U.S. securities (H.R. 4450), H1373-H1379 [19MR], H2889-H2894 [4MY]

Government regulations: extend and revise rulemaking authority relative government securities under Federal laws (H.R. 3927), E1321 [8MY]

———investment advisers, E1800 [12JN]

———reform private enforcement of Federal laws (H.R. 5828), E2463 [12AU]

Interest rates: simultaneous reduction of interest rates on certain port authority bonds (H.R. 5659), H7166 [3AU], E2268 [27JY]

Investments: regulation of Government securities auctions (S. 1699), H8411, H8415-H8423 [15SE]

———supervision of investment advisers (H.R. 5726), H9049-H9054 [22SE], E2307 [30JY], E2770, E2772 [23SE]

Japan: operation and regulation of capital and securities markets (H.R. 3283), H10043 [1OC]

National Dividend Plan: establish (H.R. 5829), H7749 [10AU], H8026 [12AU]

New York Stock Exchange: bicentennial (S.J. Res. 254), H3284 [14MY], E1452 [20MY]

Railroads: bond volume cap for high speed rail projects, E2349 [3AU]

Resolution Trust Corp.: funding, H2000 [30MR], E2263 [27JY], E3326 [29OC]

Savings and loan associations: bailout, H1990-H1992 [26MR], H2000 [30MR], H2239 [1AP], E2229 [23JY]

———cost of bailout relative to taxation loopholes and Federal guarantees on declining assets, E1207 [1MY]

———establishment of Resolution Trust Corp. and Office of Thrift Supervision, H8155 [9SE]

———Resolution Trust Corp. and Office of Thrift Supervision guidelines for operations to solve savings and loan crisis, H826, H827 [27FE], H4125 [4JN]

Securities Exchange Act: national securities exchange members' investment discretion (H.R. 3047), H11736 [5OC]

Small business: capital formation through exempted offerings, investment pools, and business development companies (H.R. 4938), E1021 [9AP], E1029 [10AP]

Stocks and bonds: relationship of congressional activity, E1658 [4JN]

Taxation: capital gains, H453 [19FE], H598 [26FE], E54 [22JA], E184 [4FE]

———capital gains (H.R. 3095), H3928, H3929 [2JN]

———capital gains (H.R. 6106), E3041 [4OC]

———purchase price requirements applicable to mortgage revenue bonds (H.R. 5793), H7722 [6AU]

———reduction of interest rates on tax-exempt bonds (H.R. 5154), E1371 [13MY]

———reinstate investment tax credit and reduce capital gains taxes (H.R. 2359), H2719 [29AP]

———treatment of bonds issued for government-owned, high-speed intercity rail facilities (H.R. 5653), H6643-H6646 [27JY], E2280, E2285 [28JY]

———treatment of corporate reorganizations through the exchange of debt instruments (H.R. 5655), H7162, H7163 [3AU]

———treatment of income attributable to investments guaranteed to the U.S. (H.R. 5523), E2059 [1JY]

———treatment of small issue industrial development bonds, H5956, H5962 [2JY]

U.N.: permit tax-exempt bonds to be issued to finance office buildings (H.R. 5639), H6642 [27JY]

Remarks in Senate

Bonds: study of municipal bond funds, S15336 [26SE]

Business and industry: limited partnership rollups, S8655 [23JN], S8739-S8752, S8776 [24JN], S10869, S10870, S10875 [30JY]

———limited partnership rollups (S. 1423), S2346 [26FE]

Construction industries: fairness in the surety bonding process (S. 2611), S5301 [9AP]

Corporations: stockholder role in determination of income of certain executive officers (S. 1198), S214 [23JA], S2907 [5MR]

———treatment of officers' compensation as a proper subject for action by security holders, S8147 [12JN]

———treatment of officers' compensation as a proper subject for action by security holders (S. 2330), S3120 [10MR]

Courts: curb certain frivolous private action court cases (S. 3181), S12599-S12601, S12604-S12606 [12AU]

Financial institutions: permit national banks to underwrite municipal revenue bonds (S. 2787), S7219 [21MY]

———reform deposit insurance system (S. 543), S2059 [21FE], S7055 [20MY]

———treatment of certain mutual fund shares as an item of ordinary income (S. 2223), S1595 [18FE]

Foreign countries: definition of foreign utility company under Comprehensive National Energy Policy Act, S18329 [29OC]

Japan: study of the structure and operation of capital and securities markets, S15333, S15334 [26SE]

Mutual funds: regulation, S7722 [9JN]

New York Stock Exchange: bicentennial (S.J. Res. 254), S1489, S1490 [7FE]

Railroads: bond volume cap for high speed rail projects, S10874 [30JY]

SEC: managed account transactions (S. 3389), S17962-S17964 [8OC]

———regulation and fee structure of investment advisers and their activities, S10341 [27JY]

Small business: capital formation and investment pools (S. 2518), S4818, S4826 [2AP]

———survey on obtaining surety bonds from corporate surety companies (S. 2609), S5298 [9AP]

Social Security: investment of trust fund in State and municipal bonds (S. 906), S6037 [5MY]

Taxation: capital gains, S2900 [5MR], S3669 [13MR], S12430-S12438-S12480 [12AU]

———capital gains (S. 2565), S5225, S5226 [9AP]

———issue bonds for environmental infrastructure improvement, S15322-S15326 [26SE]

———partial exclusion of dividends and interest received by individuals (S. 2639), S5899 [30AP]

———permanent extension for the issuance of first-time farmer bonds (S. 710), S708 [30JA]

———small issue bonds, S15075, S15076 [25SE]

Transportation: high-speed intercity rail facility bonds, S10770-S10777 [29JY]

Reports filed

Exemption of Full Amount of Bonds Issued for Government-Owned, High-Speed Intercity Rail Facilities: Committee on Ways and Means (H.R. 5653) (H. Rept. 102-702), H6582 [23JY]

Extension and Revision of Rulemaking Authority Relative to Government Securities Under Federal Laws: Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs (H.R. 3927) (H. Rept. 102-722), H8144 [12AU]

Fraud Detection and Disclosure Obligations on Auditors of Public Companies: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 4313) (H. Rept. 102-890), H8964 [22SE]

Inflation-Indexed Treasury Bonds: Committee on Government Operations (H. Rept. 102-1057), H12611 [29OC]

New York Stock Exchange Bicentennial: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 254), S2521 [27FE]

Permission for National Securities Exchanges To Effect Certain Transactions for Which Members Exercise Investment Discretion: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 3047) (H. Rept. 102-858), H8303 [10SE]

Permission for Tax-Exempt Bonds To Be Issued To Finance Office Buildings for the U.N.: Committee on Ways and Means (H.R. 5639) (H. Rept. 102-697), H6581 [23JY]

Prior Law Treatment of Corporate Reorganizations Through the Exchange of Debt Instruments: Committee on Ways and Means (H.R. 5655) (H. Rept. 102-744), H6860 [28JY]

Rulemaking Authority Relative To Government Securities Under Federal Laws: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 3927) (H. Rept. 102-722), H6626 [24JY]

Simultaneous Reduction of Interest Rates on Certain Port Authority Bonds: Committee on Ways and Means (H.R. 5659) (H. Rept. 102-734), H6705 [27JY]

Supervision of Investment Advisers: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 5726) (H. Rept. 102-883), H8964 [22SE]

Yield Restrictions on Tax-Exempt Bond Arbitrage: Committee on Ways and Means (H.R. 5675) (H. Rept. 102-736), H6705 [27JY]

Summaries

Securities Private Enforcement Act (S. 3181), S12602 [12AU]

Tables

Estimated cost of applying truth-in-savings, S7055 [20MY]

Texts of

H.R. 3095, taxation of capital gains, H3928 [2JN]

H.R. 4450, Government Securities Auction Reform Act, H1377 [19MR]

H.R. 5639, permit tax-exempt bonds to be issued to finance office buildings for the U.N., H6642 [27JY]

H.R. 5653, tax treatment of bonds issued for government-owned, high-speed intercity rail facilities, H6643 [27JY]

H.R. 5655, tax treatment of corporate reorganizations through the exchange of debt instruments, H7162 [3AU]

H.R. 5659, simultaneous reduction of interest rates on certain port authority bonds, H7166 [3AU], E2268 [27JY]

H.R. 5726, supervision of investment advisers, H9049-H9052 [22SE]

H.R. 6094, Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act, H11077-H11099 [3OC]

S. 1699, Government Securities Offering Enforcement Act, H8411-H8415 [15SE]

S. 2330, treatment of corporate officers' compensation as a proper subject for action by security holders, S3121 [10MR]

S. 2518, Small Business Incentive Act, S4819 [2AP]

S. 2609, Small Business Access to Surety Bonding Survey Act, S5298 [9AP]

S. 2611, Equal Surety Bond Opportunity Act, S5302 [9AP]

S. 3181, Securities Private Enforcement Act, S12601 [12AU]

S.J. Res. 254, New York Stock Exchange bicentennial, S1489 [7FE], S2613 [27FE], H3284 [14MY]