SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Amendments

Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (H.R. 2829), H6579 [15JN], H7078 [25JN], H7204, H7205 [26JN], H7302, H7303, H7308, H7310, H7316, H7321, H7322, H7323, H7327, H7328, H7341, H7342 [27JN], H7347, H7349, H7350, H7353, H7354, H7357, H7358, H7360, H7361, H7363, H7365, H7369, H7370, H7374, H7375, H7380, H7384, H7387, H7390, H7391, H7394, H7395, H7396, H7397 [28JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2829), consideration (H. Res. 517), H7281, H7282 [27JN]

Articles and editorials

Blame the ``Stock Vault''? Clearinghouse Faulted on Short-Selling Abuse—Finding the Naked Truth, S9647 [20JY]

Frist's Vindication, S5385 [1MY]

Bills and resolutions

Business and industry: require disclosure of proxy votes relative to executive and director compensation by beneficial owners of a certain amount of a company's shares (see H.R. 2595), H6110 [6JN]

———require improved disclosure of corporate charitable contributions (see H.R. 1208), H1967 [27FE]

Committee on Financial Services (House): require annual testimony by the SEC, Financial Accounting Standards Board, and Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, on promoting transparency in financial reporting (see S. 834), S2969 [9MR] (see H.R. 755), H1150 [31JA]

Corporations: improve efficiency of complying with internal auditing control requirements in order to maintain U.S. capital market global competitiveness (see S. 869), S3124 [14MR] (see H.R. 1508), H2486 [13MR]

———improve implementation of internal auditing control requirements (see H.R. 1780), H3358 [29MR]

———reduce internal auditing reporting and certification burdens for certain financial institutions (see H.R. 1550), H2620 [15MR]

———reduce unintended costs and burdens of implementing internal auditing control requirements (see H.R. 1049), H1667 [14FE]

———require income reported to the IRS to be included in annual reports to the SEC (see H.R. 1341), H2242 [6MR]

Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (see H.R. 2829), H7010 [22JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2829), consideration (see H. Res. 517), H7201 [26JN]

Government regulations: require hedge fund investment advisers to register (see S. 1402), S6126 [15MY] (see H.R. 2586), H6109 [6JN]

Information services: permit or require persons filing or furnishing securities information to make it available on Internet websites, in addition to or instead of including such information in filings or submissions (see H.R. 3504), H10319 [7SE]

Investment Company Act: improve disclosure of fees and expenses of open-end investment companies (see H.R. 3225), H8834 (see H.R. 3225), H9052 [30JY]

Investments: revise rules for the comparable treatment and expanded use of qualified money market funds for broker-dealer financing (see H.R. 1171), H1894 [16FE]

Small business: assess impact of rules relating to internal controls (see S. 1153), S4675 [18AP]

———extend current moratorium for complying with certain internal auditing control requirements (see H.R. 2727), H6438 (see H.R. 2727), H6475 [14JN]

Letters

Extend current moratorium on small businesses complying with certain internal auditing control requirements: R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, H7324 [27JN]

———Stephen W. Broadie, Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, H7324 [27JN]

Require disclosure of activities and money expended to influence shareholder votes on executive compensation: Daniel Clifton, American Shareholders Association, H3542 [18AP]

Memorandums

SEC Regulations Designed To Correct the Practice of Abusive Naked Short Selling: James A. Brigagliano and Victoria L. Crane, SEC, S9648 [20JY]

Motions

Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (H.R. 2829), H7409 [28JN]

Press releases

Extend Current Moratorium on Small Businesses Complying With Certain Internal Auditing Control Requirements: National Taxpayers Union, H7324 [27JN]

Remarks in House

Business and industry: conduct study on effect of shareholder advisory vote on executive compensation on the ability of companies to recruit and retain executives, H3704-H3706 [20AP]

———declare the shareholder disclosures relating to executive compensation currently required are adequate, H3699-H3701 [20AP]

Committee on Financial Services (House): require annual testimony by the SEC, Financial Accounting Standards Board, and Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, on promoting transparency in financial reporting (H.R. 755), H1903-H1905 [27FE]

Corporations: improve efficiency of complying with internal auditing control requirements in order to maintain U.S. capital market global competitiveness (H.R. 1508), H11867 [23OC]

———improve implementation of internal auditing control requirements (H.R. 1780), E701 [30MR]

Financial services and general Government: across-the-board funding reduction, H7380-H7390 [28JN]

———direct any spending reductions in appropriations legislation toward deficit reduction, H7327 [27JN]

———eliminate earmarks, H7371-H7373 [28JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2829), H7286 [27JN], H7347-H7411 [28JN], H15278 [11DE], E1438, E1440, E1443 [28JN], E1467 [29JN], E1476, E1479 [10JY], E1518 [13JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2829), consideration (H. Res. 517), H7277-H7284 [27JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2829), motion to recommit, H7409, H7410 [28JN]

Securities Exchange Act: exempt companies from shareholder vote on executive compensation requirements if the majority of the compensation package is in the form of non-qualified deferred compensation, H3701-H3703 [20AP]

———limit shareholders advisory votes on executive compensation packages to those that exceed average compensation for comparable positions within the same industry, H3544-H3546 [18AP]

———require disclosure of activities and money expended to influence shareholder votes on executive compensation, H3541-H3544 [18AP]

Small business: extend current moratorium on complying with certain internal auditing control requirements, H7323-H7327 [27JN], E1467 [29JN]

Remarks in Senate

Committee on Financial Services (House): require annual testimony by the SEC, Financial Accounting Standards Board, and Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, on promoting transparency in financial reporting (S. 834), S2973 [9MR]

Crime: investigation by the Committee on Finance (Senate) and Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) into the preferential treatment of certain persons accused of insider trading, S1381 [31JA], S10889-S10894 [3AU]

Frist, Bill: exoneration relative to investigation of sale of HCA Inc., stock, S5315, S5385, S5387 [1MY]

Government regulations: make additional regulations designed to correct the practice of abusive naked short selling, S9646 [20JY]

———require hedge fund investment advisers to register, S2786 [7MR]

———require hedge fund investment advisers to register (S. 1402), S6142 [15MY]

Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act: allow SEC and Public Company Accounting Oversight Board to complete revision of implementation of provisions dealing with internal controls and audits, S4895-S4897 [24AP]

Small business: assess impact of rules relating to internal controls (S. 1153), S4693 [18AP]

Taxation: tax treatment of investment income received by hedge fund managers as ordinary income, S14772 [5DE]

Reports

Interim Findings on the Investigation Into Potential Abuse of Authority at the SEC: Senators Grassley and Specter, S1383-S1391 [31JA]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 2829, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 517) (H. Rept. 110-213), H7201 [26JN]

Financial Services and General Government Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2829) (H. Rept. 110-207), H7010 [22JN]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (H.R. 2829) (S. Rept. 110-129), S9211 [13JY]

Rulings of the Chair

Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (H.R. 2829), H7302, H7328 [27JN], H7349, H7352, H7387 [28JN]

Summaries

Report on Investigation Into Potential Abuse of Authority at the SEC: Senators Grassley and Specter, S10890 [3AU]

Tables

Financial services and general Government appropriations (H.R. 2829), H7288-H7293 [27JN]

Texts of

H. Res. 517, consideration of H.R. 2829, financial services and general Government appropriations, H7277 [27JN]

H.R. 755, Promoting Transparency in Financial Reporting Act, H1903 [27FE]

S. 834, Promoting Transparency in Financial Reporting Act, S2973 [9MR]