SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Amendments

Depts. of Transportation, the Treasury, and HUD, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3058), H5531 [30JN]

Bills and resolutions

Business and industry: require additional disclosure to shareholders of executive compensation (see H.R. 4291), H10156 [10NO]

———require enhanced disclosures of employee stock options and require study on economic impact of broad-based employee stock option plans (see H.R. 913), H792 [17FE]

———require improved disclosure of corporate charitable contributions (see H.R. 543), H349 [2FE]

Corporations: make internal auditing control requirements of companies subject to securities laws voluntary (see H.R. 1641), H2100 [14AP]

Dept. of the Treasury: issue Hurricane Katrina Relief EE savings bonds (see H.R. 3892), H8341 [22SE]

———issue Hurricane Relief Bonds in response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and subsequent flooding and displacement of residents in certain federally designated disaster areas (see H.R. 3935), H8513 [28SE]

Financial institutions: require disclosure of financial relationships between brokers and mutual fund companies and of certain brokerage commissions paid by mutual fund companies (see S. 1037), S5219 [16MY]

Government regulations: establish rules and procedures for delegation of compliance and inspections authority to operating divisions (see H.R. 4618), H12167 [17DE]

Letters

Commodity Exchange Act amendments to promote legal certainty, enhance competition, and reduce systemic risk in markets for futures and over-the-counter derivatives, H11558 [14DE]

Modify definition of disinterested person in the bankruptcy code relative to conflict-of-interest standards, S2330 [9MR]

Mutual Fund Transparency Act: David Certner, AARP, S5224 [16MY]

———several consumer organizations, S5223 [16MY]

Remarks in House

Business and industry: require enhanced disclosures of employee stock options and require study on economic impact of broad-based employee stock option plans (H.R. 913), H1349-H1352 [10MR], E289 [18FE]

———require mandatory expensing of stock options granted to executive officers, E428 [10MR]

Investments: importance of hedge funds, E1697 [29JY]

Remarks in Senate

CFTC: regulatory oversight of energy futures markets, S7796 [30JN]

Financial institutions: require disclosure of financial relationships between brokers and mutual fund companies and of certain brokerage commissions paid by mutual fund companies (S. 1037), S5221 [16MY], S7487 [28JN]

Frist, Senator: investigation of sale of HCA Inc., stock, S10470 [27SE]

Housing: registration of housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises with the SEC, S12320 [3NO]

Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S9579 [29JY]

Reports

Best Practice in Hedge Fund Investing—Due Diligence: Greenwich Roundtable (organization), E1698 [29JY]

Reports filed

Nomination of Annette L. Nazareth to the SEC: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S9284 [28JY]

Nomination of Representative Cox to the SEC: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S9284 [28JY]

Nomination of Roel C. Campos to the SEC: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S9284 [28JY]

Texts of

S. 1037, Mutual Fund Transparency Act, S5222 [16MY]

Tributes

Cox, Christopher, H8489-H8491 [28SE], E2097 [17OC]