SECURITIES

Addresses

20th Anniversary of the Brady Plan: Nicholas F. Brady, H5551 [13MY]

Amendments

Dept. of Justice: improve enforcement of mortgage fraud, securities fraud, financial institution fraud and other frauds related to Federal assistance and relief programs (S. 386), S4531, S4538, S4539, S4540, S4542, S4543, S4552, S4554, S4555, S4557, S4558, S4559, S4588, S4589, S4590, S4591, S4592, S4593, S4594, S4595 [22AP], S4605, S4607, S4608, S4611, S4615, S4616, S4620, S4631, S4700, S4701, S4702, S4703, S4704 [23AP], S5495, S5537 [14MY], H5686 [18MY]

Small Business Investment Act: extend programs (S. 1929), S10943 [29OC], H11987 [28OC]

Appointments

Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, S7574 [15JY]

Articles and editorials

AIG and ``Political Risk'', S3586 [23MR]

Alternative Tax Showdown, S877 [27JA]

Americans' Net Worth Shrinks $1.33 Trillion in 1Q, H6665 [12JN]

Are There Obamashares in Your Future?, S6876 [22JN]

Auto Dealers at Risk Turn to Washington, S6756 [18JN]

Barney Frank, Car Guy and Green Guy. So He Pressures GM, S6756 [18JN]

Big Banks Take Your Money and Run, H11765 [26OC]

Break Up the Banks, H4756 [27AP]

Breaking Down Government Motors, S6757 [18JN]

Credit Suisse Overhauls Compensation, H11731 [23OC]

Czar to Substantially Cut Pay—Summers, H11733 [23OC]

Equity for Private Equity; Legislation To Raise Taxes on Fund Managers' Income, S876 [27JA]

Equity Managers' Loophole; Billion-Dollar Breaks, S877 [27JA]

FBI Probes 530 Corporate Fraud Cases, S2316 [13FE]

Financial Fraud Is Focus of Attack by Prosecutors, S4534 [22AP]

Foreclosures—No End in Sight, H6055 [2JN]

Fraud Factor, S4534 [22AP]

Gimmicky Auto Bill Frames Serious Issue, S6758 [18JN]

In White House Meeting, Obama Calls on Banks To Increase Lending, H15475 [16DE]

Lending Drops at Big U.S. Banks—Top Beneficiaries of Federal Cash Saw Outstanding Loans Decline 1.4% Last Quarter, H509 [26JA]

Let's Stimulate Private Risk Taking, S1827 [6FE]

Members Take Auto Closings Personally, S6757 [18JN]

Naked Short Sales Hint Fraud in Bringing Down Lehman (Correct), S3537-S3539 [19MR]

New Financial Foundation, H7072 [19JN]

No Pay, No Patch, S877 [27JA]

Out of the Shadows, H7115 [23JN]

Oxley Hits Back at Ideologues, H4500 [2AP]

Private Sector Loans, Not Fannie or Freddie, Triggered Crisis, H4499 [2AP]

Private Talks for Public Stimulus; Obama Has Said He Wants Congress To Work in the Open. But He Isn't Troubled by the Recent Negotiations, H3818 [24MR]

Private-Equity Tax Breaks, a Call To Be Up in Arms, S875 [27JA]

Probe Yourselves, H5267 [6MY]

Raising Taxes on Private Equity, S876 [27JA]

Real AIG Outrage, S3581 [19MR]

Rise in Fraud Cases Is ``Straining'' FBI, S2315 [13FE]

Rolling Up the TARP, S10836 [28OC]

Spike in Fraud Investigations Taxing Law Enforcement Resources, Officials Testify, S2315 [13FE]

Stimulus Spending Remains Ripe for Fraud, S4534 [22AP]

Stock Traders Find Speed Pays, in Milliseconds, S8185 [28JY]

Talking Business—Only a Hint of Roosevelt in Financial Overhaul, H7073 [19JN]

Trying To Rein in ``Too Big To Fail'' Institutions, H11764 [26OC]

U.S. Is Finding Its Role in Business Hard To Unwind, S9306 [14SE]

UK Bank Governor Calls for Lenders' Break-Up, H11733 [23OC]

Washington Gone Wild, S3586 [23MR]

Wealth Money Managers Make More, Get Taxed Less, S876 [27JA]

Where'd the Bailout Money Go? Shhhh, It's a Secret, S580 [15JA]

Bills and resolutions

Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Act: delay sunset (see S. 1219), S6364 [9JN] (see H.R. 2675), H6154 [3JN]

BIA: issue bonds to provide funding for the construction of schools (see H.R. 727), H602 [27JA]

Business and industry: provide shareholders with enhanced authority over the nomination, election, and compensation of public company executives (see S. 1074), S5614 [19MY]

———require a supermajority shareholder vote to approve excessive compensation of any employee of a publicly-traded company (see S. 1006), S5281 [7MY]

———resolve bankruptcy proceedings of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., and Lehman Brothers Europe Inc., in an equitable and expeditious process between the U.S. and United Kingdom (see H. Con. Res. 184), H9490 [14SE]

———terminate preemption of State and local laws that prohibit or regulate gaming or the operation of bucket shops or derivatives trading (see S. 2763), S11344 [10NO]

CFTC: authorize enforcement of ``reckless conduct standard'' in antimarket manipulation cases (see S. 1682), S9554 [17SE]

———ensure that all agreements, contracts, and transactions with respect to commodities are carried out on a regulated exchange (see S. 272), S598 [15JA]

———take certain actions to prevent the manipulation of energy markets (see S. 1225), S6452 [10JN] (see H.R. 2869), H6805 [15JN]

Commission on Financial Crisis Accountability: establish (see H.R. 768), H778 [28JA]

Committee on the Investigation of the Economic Crisis (Senate, Select): establish (see S. Res. 62), S2691 [3MR]

Commodity Exchange Act: bring greater transparency and accountability to commodity markets (see H.R. 977), H1246 [11FE]

———clarify treatment of certain commodity futures contracts and financial instruments purchases relative to limits on excessisve speculation established by the CFTC (see S. 1412), S7261 [8JY]

———prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy and agricultural commodities (see S. 447), S2322 [13FE]

———require energy commodities to be traded only on regulated markets (see S. 221), S337 [13JA]

Congress: prohibit securities and commodities trading based on nonpublic information relating to Congress and require additional reporting of securities transaction by Members and employees (see H.R. 682), H525 [26JA]

Congressional Commission on Financial Accountability and Preparedness: establish (see H.R. 2111), H4838 [27AP]

Constitutional amendments: prohibit the U.S. from owning stock in private corporations (see H.J. Res. 57), H7145 [23JN]

Corporations: improve efficiency of complying with internal auditing control requirements in order to maintain U.S. capital market global competitiveness (see H.R. 1797), H4129 [30MR]

Courts: allow for private right of action against secondary violators that provide substantial assistance in aiding-and-abetting securities fraud (see S. 1551), S8557 [30JY]

Crime: increase penalties for violations of securities protections that involve targeting senior citizens (see S. 1659), S9264 [10SE] (see H.R. 3550), H9441 [10SE]

———provide resources for investigation and prosecution of financial crimes (see H.R. 1779), H4128 [30MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: increase amount available to purchase commodities for emergency food assistance program (see S. 2805), S11594 [19NO]

Dept. of Justice: establish the Nationwide Mortgage Fraud Task Force (see S. 365), S1431 [3FE] (see H.R. 529), H324 [14JA]

———improve enforcement of mortgage fraud, securities fraud, financial institution fraud and other frauds related to Federal assistance and relief programs (see S. 386), S1677 [5FE]

———provide grants to States to protect older Americans from misleading and fradulent marketing practices, with the goal of increasing retirement security (see S. 906), S4806 [28AP]

———provide grants to States to protect older Americans from misleading and fraudulent marketing practices, with the goal of increasing retirement security (see S. 1661), S9264 [10SE] (see H.R. 3551), H9441 [10SE]

Dept. of the Treasury: allocate Troubled Asset Relief Program funds to local governments suffering significant losses due to highly-rated investments in failed financial institutions (see S. 116), S42 [6JA]

———authorize issuance of U.S. War Bonds to aid in funding operations in Iraq and Afghanistan (see S. 2846), S12708 [8DE] (see H.R. 4315), H14981 [15DE] (see H.R. 4385), H15501 [16DE]

———clarify treatment of dividends paid on shares of preferred stock issued by financial institutions which received financial assistance under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see H.R. 3020), H7249 [24JN]

———disapprove expenditures exceeding certain amounts for the Troubled Asset Relief Program intended to bailout financial institutions (see S.J. Res. 5), S337 [13JA] (see H.J. Res. 3), H36 [6JA] (see H.J. Res. 19), H382 [15JA]

———ensure that recipients of assistance received under the Troubled Asset Relief Program repay such assistance only if they would remain well-capitalized (see H.R. 2907), H6903 [16JN]

———establish a market for municipal securities and cooperate with the FRS in establishment of municipal securities funding facilities services (see H.R. 1669), H3748 [23MR]

———establish a program to reunite bondholders with matured unredeemed U.S. savings bonds (see S. 827), S4311 [2AP] (see H.R. 4198), H13519 [3DE]

———establish the Office of Public Finance to make available Federal reinsurance for insurers of tax-exempt municipal bonds (see H.R. 2589), H6010 [21MY]

———establish U.S. Employee Ownership Bank (see S. 2914), S13458 [18DE]

———express that any interest or dividends repaid through the Troubled Asset Relief Program should be used solely for debt reduction (see H. Res. 639), H8025 [13JY]

———guarantee certain new preferred stock investments made by public pensions acting in collective fashion in order to secure non-Federal capital for the U.S. banking system (see H.R. 710), H601 [27JA]

———impose transfer tax on certain securities exchanges in order to recoup the net cost of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see H.R. 1068), H1604 [13FE]

———improve authority of Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see S. 383), S1542 [4FE] (see H.R. 1341), H3054 [5MR]

———issue Re-Build America Bonds to finance essential infrastructure projects (see H.R. 852), H1041 [4FE]

———prohibit additional Troubled Asset Relief Program funds to General Motors Corp., and Chrysler LLC and distribute federally-owned shares of such companies' stock to taxpayers (see S. 1198), S6255 [8JN]

———prohibit receipt of common stock or certain other voting stock under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see H.R. 1180), H2834 [25FE]

———provide more detailed repayment procedures for assistance received under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see H.R. 2118), H4839 [27AP]

———provide repayment procedures for certain assistance received under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see H.R. 2745), H6305 [8JN]

———require any amounts repaid by financial institutions receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance be used for debt reduction (see S. 862), S4573 (see S. 869), S4574 [22AP] (see S. 1243), S6542 [11JN] (see S. 1683), S9554 [17SE] (see H.R. 2063), H4731 [23AP] (see H.R. 2119), H4839 [27AP] (see H. Res. 714), H9280 [31JY]

———require certain stock option warrants to be sold at public auction upon repayment of the associated assistance provided under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see H.R. 3232), H8301 [16JY]

———require congressional approval for certain expenditures for the Troubled Asset Relief Program intended to bailout financial institutions (see S. 64), S41 [6JA]

———require purchase of certain bonds to return State and local entities to where they would have been had emergency assistance not been provided to Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (see H.R. 467), H194 [13JA]

———require Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program to include the effect of the program on small businesses in oversight, audits, and reports (see H.R. 3179), H8008 [10JY]

———rescind unobligated Troubled Asset Relief Program funds and require any amounts repaid by financial institutions receiving assistance be used for debt reduction (see H.R. 3140), H7945 [9JY]

———transmit copies of documents on break-up of, negotiations on additional assistance, and payment of executive bonuses to American International Group, Inc. (AIG) (see H. Res. 251), H3526 [17MR]

———transmit copies of documents on break-up of, negotiations on additional assistance, and payment of executive bonuses to American International Group, Inc. (AIG) (H. Res. 251), consideration (see H. Res. 359), H4733 [23AP]

Dept. of Transportation: provide authority to guarantee sureties against loss resulting from a breach of the terms of a bond by disadvantaged business enterprises (see H.R. 2991), H7144 [23JN]

Developing countries: prevent speculation and profiteering in the defaulted debt of certain poor countries (see H.R. 2932), H7021 [18JN]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 1960), H4522 [2AP] (see H.R. 3463), H9276 [31JY]

Economy: establish a Federal Board of Certification to enhance the transparency, credibility, and stability of financial markets (see S. 1592), S8992 [6AU]

———monitor and oversee stability of the financial system, strengthen supervision for large, interconnected financial firms to prevent failure, and minimize impact of failing institutions (see H.R. 3996), H12287 [3NO]

FBI: authorize additional field agents to investigate financial crimes (see S. 481), S2474 [25FE]

Federal agencies and departments: elevate the Inspector General of certain entities to an Inspector General appointed pursuant to the Inspector General Act (see S. 1354), S7070 [25JN]

Federal Reserve Act: provide for lending authority for certain securities purchases (see H.R. 2551), H6008 [21MY]

Financial institutions: authorize regulation of credit default swaps and other swap agreements (see S. 961), S5065 [4MY]

———create a financial stability council to oversee the financial regulatory activities of the Government (see S. 664), S3609 [23MR] (see H.R. 1754), H4062 [26MR]

———enhance availability of services, update community reinvestment requirements, and ensure such requirements keep pace as service providers become affiliates (see H.R. 1479), H3400 [12MR]

———prohibit certain affiliations between commercial banking and investment banking companies (see S. 2886), S13319 [16DE]

———prohibit credit default swaps and provide the SEC with the authority to regulate swap agreements (see H.R. 3145), H7945 [9JY]

———restore certain provisions of law to separate investment banking from commercial banking (see H.R. 4375, 4377), H15500 [16DE]

Financial Markets Commission: establish (see S. 298), S786 [22JA] (see H.R. 2253), H5168 [5MY]

Financial Services Systemic Risk Oversight Council: establish (see S. 2756), S11290 [9NO]

Foreign countries: take action against certain judgment evading foreign states and state-owned corporations of such states (see H.R. 2493), H5791 [19MY]

Forests: provide a tax exemption for forest conservation bonds (see S. 1501), S7869 [22JY] (see H.R. 3302), H8585 [22JY]

FRS: authorize Federal Reserve Banks' examination of methodologies used by nationally recognized statistical rating organizations in analyzing and rating asset-backed securities and structured finance products (see H.R. 3128), H7836 [8JY]

Government: prohibit from holding ownership interests in private companies (see S. 1242), S6542 [11JN] (see H.R. 2904), H6903 [16JN]

———prohibit the Federal Government from holding security interests (see H.R. 4118), H13351 [19NO]

Government regulations: amend securities laws to clarify and expand the definition of certain persons under those laws (see H.R. 2623), H6011 [21MY]

———clarify exemption for certain annuity contracts and insurance policies from Federal regulation (see S. 1389), S7071 [25JN] (see H.R. 2733), H6264 [4JN]

———comprehensively regulate derivatives markets to increase transparency and reduce risks in the financial system (see S. 1691), S9653 [22SE]

———eliminate exemption from State regulation for certain securities designated by national securities exchanges (see H.R. 1418), H3145 [10MR]

———increase protection coverage in the event of stolen or missing assets (see H.R. 2798), H6537 [10JN]

———require nationally registered statistical rating organizations to provide additional disclosures with respect to the rating of certain structured securities (see H.R. 1445), H3337 [11MR]

———treat covered bonds the same as other qualified financial contracts to which a depository institution is a party when such institution is in receivership or conservatorship (see H.R. 2896), H6903 [16JN]

Green Bank: establish to assist in financing of qualified clean energy projects and qualified energy efficiency projects (see H.R. 1698), H3834 [24MR]

Housing: extend registration and reporting requirements of the Federal securities laws to certain housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises (see H.R. 1353), H3054 [5MR]

Indian Development Finance Corp.: establish (see S. 439), S2322 [13FE] (see H.R. 1607), H3702 [19MR]

Investments: ensure uniform and accurate credit rating of municipal bonds and review the municipal bond insurance industry (see H.R. 2549), H6008 [21MY]

———establish and provide for treatment of individual development accounts (see H.R. 1234), H2874 [26FE] (see H.R. 2277), H5306 [6MY]

———increase transparency and regulatory requirements for trading certain derivative financial instruments (see H.R. 3300), H8585 [22JY]

———protect rights of public shareholders of mutual holding companies by promoting fair corporate governance procedures when considering management or employee stock benefit plans (see H.R. 3291), H8585 [22JY]

———regulate futures transactions involving energy commodities and credit default swaps and strengthen FERC enforcement authorities (see H.R. 2448), H5666 [14MY]

———regulate over-the-counter derivatives markets (see H.R. 3795), H11297 [13OC]

Law enforcement: increase the number of Federal law enforcement officials investigating and prosecuting financial fraud (see S. 331), S894 [27JA]

President's Working Group on Financial Markets: conduct a study on the hedge fund industry (see H.R. 713), H601 [27JA]

Public Company Accounting Oversight Board: provide oversight of auditors of brokers and dealers (see H.R. 1212), H2873 [26FE]

Public Utility Holding Company Act: make technical corrections and conforming amendments to Federal securities laws relative to repeal (see H.R. 2947), H7022 [18JN]

SEC: enhance oversight of nationally recognized statistical credit rating organizations (see S. 927), S4891 [29AP] (see H.R. 3890), H11581 [21OC]

———establish a process by which asset-backed instruments can be deemed eligible for Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization ratings and a list of such eligible asset-backed instruments (see H.R. 1181), H2834 [25FE]

———establish an Investor Advisory Committee (see H.R. 3318), H8707 [23JY]

———establish rules and procedures for delegation of compliance and inspections authority to operating divisions (see H.R. 2622), H6011 [21MY]

———issue guidance on the interpretation of fair value accounting (see H.R. 607), H386 [16JA]

———permit or require persons filing or furnishing securities information to make it available on the Internet, in addition to or instead of including such information in filings or submissions (see H.R. 281), H70 [7JA]

———provide authority to contract for collection of delinquent claims resulting from judgments or orders obtained by the Commission (see H.R. 3783), H11166 [8OC]

———provide enhanced enforcement authority (see H.R. 2873), H6805 [15JN]

———provide for rules and standards relative to the election of boards of directors and certain requirements for compensation of executives (see H.R. 2861), H6743 [12JN]

———provide with additional authorities to protect investors from security law violations (see H.R. 3817), H11456 [15OC]

———reinstate uptick rule and effectively regulate abusive short selling activities (see S. 605), S3113 [16MR]

———reinstate uptick rule on short sales of securities (see H.R. 302), H88 [8JA]

———reinstate uptick rule on short sales of securities and suspend application of mark-to-market accounting principles (see H.R. 1406), H3144 [10MR]

———remove registration exception for certain investment advisers with a small number of clients (see H.R. 711), H601 [27JA]

———require advisers of certain unregistered investment companies to register and provide information (see H.R. 3818), H11456 [15OC]

———require disclosure of financial relationships between brokers and dealers and mutual fund companies, and of certain commissions paid by mutual fund companies (see S. 1964), S10850 [28OC]

———require investment advisers to private funds to register with the SEC (see S. 1276), S6650 [16JN]

———require registration by hedge funds (see S. 344), S1057 [29JA]

———revise rules for the comparable treatment and expanded use of qualified money market funds for broker-dealer financing (see H.R. 1160), H2631 [24FE]

———suspend application of mark-to-market accounting principles (see H.R. 1909), H4520 [2AP]

Securities Exchange Act: require registration of municipal financial advisers (see H.R. 2550), H6008 [21MY]

Small Business Investment Act: extend programs (see S. 1513), S8094 [24JY] (see S. 1929), S10735 [26OC]

Social Security: establish a Social Security Surplus Protection Account in the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and suspend investment of such funds until certain legislation is enacted (see H.R. 1712), H4025 [25MR]

———invest trust funds in marketable interest-bearing securities and insured certificates of deposit, and protect trust funds from public debt limit (see H.R. 219), H36 [6JA]

Taxation: allow a credit for clean renewable water supply bonds (see S. 1371), S7070 [25JN] (see H.R. 4132), H13352 [19NO]

———allow a refundable credit for taxes paid on earnings reinvested and lost in a fraudulent investment scheme (see H.R. 1389), H3104 [9MR]

———allow a refundable credit to issuers of qualified zone academy bonds and qualified school construction bonds (see H.R. 4292), H14826 [11DE]

———allow a temporary dividends received deduction for certain taxable years (see H.R. 507), H323 [14JA]

———allow eligible veterans to use qualified veterans mortgage bonds to refinance home loans (see H.R. 2756), H6306 [8JN]

———allow estate of decedent to use capital loss carryover of decedent as a deduction against estate tax (see H.R. 4035), H12456 [5NO]

———allow individuals to defer recognition of reinvested capital gains distributions from regulated investment companies (see S. 1082), S5699 [20MY]

———amend tax treatment of certain discharged indebtedness (see H.R. 683), H525 [26JA]

———clarify that a North American Development Bank guarantee is not considered a Federal guarantee for purposes of determining the tax-exempt status of bonds (see H.R. 1060), H1604 [13FE]

———clarify treatment of indebtedness incurred by a partnership in acquiring securities and commodities relative to organizations which are partners with limited liability (see H.R. 3497), H9278 [31JY]

———exclude from gross income compensation received by employees consisting of qualified distributions of employer stock (see H.R. 692), H526 [26JA]

———exclude from gross income discharges of personal indebtedness outside of bankruptcy (see H.R. 2445), H5665 [14MY]

———exempt certain farmland from the estate tax (see H.R. 173), H34 [6JA]

———expand availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations (see H.R. 3586), H9670 [16SE]

———extend certain estate tax provisions and restore and increase estate tax deduction for certain family-owned businesses (see H.R. 4015), H12364 [4NO]

———impose a tax on certain compensation received from certain companies receiving Federal bailout funds (see H.R. 1801), H4129 [30MR]

———impose a tax on certain securities transactions to fund job creation and deficit reduction (see S. 2927), S13883 [23DE] (see H.R. 4191), H13519 [3DE]

———impose a tax on over-the-counter derivatives transactions (see H.R. 3153), H7946 [9JY]

———impose an excise tax on bonuses paid to employees by businesses that receive Federal emergency economic assistance and limit amount of compensation that employees may defer from taxation (see S. 651), S3550 [19MR]

———impose an excise tax on bonuses paid to employees by businesses that receive Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance (see H.R. 1572), H3526 [17MR]

———increase limitation on capital losses (see S. 978), S5128 [5MY] (see H.R. 1857), H4396 [1AP]

———increase limitation on capital losses and index such limitation to inflation (see H.R. 1968), H4522 [2AP]

———increase limitation on the capital loss carryovers of individuals (see H.R. 884), H1043 [4FE] (see H.R. 1070), H1604 [13FE]

———increase national limitation on qualified energy conservation bonds and clarify that certain programs constitute a qualified conservation purpose (see S. 222), S337 [13JA]

———make permanent the sales tax deduction, child credit, repeal of estate tax, and deduction for higher education expenses, and extend the capital gains and dividend rates (see H.R. 4270), H14743 [10DE]

———modify certain rules applicable to regulated investment companies (see H.R. 4337), H15499 [16DE]

———modify limitations on deduction of interest by financial institutions which hold tax-exempt bonds (see S. 279), S652 [16JA]

———modify private activity bond rules to except certain uses of intellectual property from the definition of private business use (see H.R. 3443), H9275 [31JY]

———permanently extend estate tax relief (see S. 2784), S11430 [17NO]

———permit issuance of tax-exempt bonds for certain air and water pollution control facilities (see H.R. 4243), H13628 (see H.R. 4243), H14371 [8DE]

———permit issuance of tax-exempt bonds for financing clean energy improvements under State and local property assessed clean energy programs (see H.R. 4155), H13353 [19NO]

———provide a full exclusion for gain from certain small business stocks (see S. 78), S41 [6JA]

———provide a temporary exclusion of the gain on the sale or exchange of certain small business stock (see H.R. 4236), H13628 (see H.R. 4236), H14371 [8DE]

———provide an income tax credit to holders of bonds financing new advanced broadband infrastructure (see H.R. 760), H778 [28JA]

———provide for rollover of gain from divesting certain qualified securities of businesses engaged in Iran or Sudan discouraged activities (see H.R. 3516), H9279 [31JY]

———provide for tax-exempt qualified small issue bonds to finance agricultural processing property (see H.R. 115), H32 [6JA]

———provide permanent incentives for economic growth (see H.R. 470), H194 [13JA]

———provide special rules for investments lost in a fraudulent Ponzi-type scheme (see H.R. 1159), H2631 [24FE]

———provide that certain net capital gain of individuals 65 or over shall not be subject to tax (see H.R. 396), H160 [9JA]

———provide that corporate tax benefits based upon stock option compensation expenses be consistent with accounting expenses shown in corporate financial statements for such compensation (see S. 1491), S7868 [22JY]

———provide that the volume cap for private activity bonds shall not apply to bonds for facilities for the furnishing of water and sewage facilities (see H.R. 537), H325 [14JA]

———provide the same tax treatment of commercial and noncommercial investors in oil and natural gas and related commodities (see S. 1588), S8992 [6AU]

———provide transparency relative to fees and expenses charged to participant-directed defined contribution plans (see H.R. 2779), H6414 [9JN]

———reform estate and gift tax (see H.R. 2023), H4685 [22AP]

———reform laws relative to individuals, estate and gift taxes, corporate rates, capital gains and dividends, retirement savings, lifetime savings, life skills, and certain medical care (see H.R. 99), H31 [6JA]

———repeal alternative minimum tax limitations on private activity bond interest (see S. 138), S43 [6JA]

———repeal estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 205), H35 [6JA]

———repeal sunset on reduction of capital gains rates for individuals and on taxation of dividends of individuals at capital gain rates (see S. 567), S3025 [11MR]

———repeal termination of the estate tax, increase estate and gift tax unified credit, and coordinate a reduction in the maximum rate of tax with a phaseout of the deduction for State death taxes (see H.R. 3905), H11711 [22OC]

———restore estate tax, increase estate tax unified credit, and reduce the minimum estate tax rate (see H.R. 1986), H4579 [21AP]

———treat gold, silver, platinum, and palladium, in either coin or bar form, in the same manner as equities and mutual funds for purposes of the maximum capital gains rate for individuals (see S. 1367), S7070 [25JN]

———treatment of bonds issued to finance renewable energy resource facilities, conservation and efficiency facilities, and other specified greenhouse gas emission technologies (see H.R. 3525), H9279 [31JY]

———treatment of publicly traded partnerships directly or indirectly deriving income from providing investment adviser and related asset management services (see H.R. 2762), H6306 [8JN]

Transportation: permit private vanpool contractors providing public transportation to purchase rolling stock and credit certain expenditures toward the local matching share of public transportation projects costs (see S. 1795), S10487 [15OC] (see H.R. 1571), H3526 [17MR]

———provide new infrastructure funding through Federal bonding to empower States and local governments to complete significant infrastructure projects across all modes of transportation (see S. 238), S388 [14JA]

Cloture motions

Dept. of Justice: improve enforcement of mortgage fraud, securities fraud, financial institution fraud and other frauds related to Federal assistance and relief programs (S. 386), S4657 [23AP], S4740 [27AP]

———improve enforcement of mortgage fraud, securities fraud, financial institution fraud and other frauds related to Federal assistance and relief programs (S. 386), motion to proceed, S4399 [2AP]

Letters

Allegations of insider trading against Pequot Capital Management, Inc.: Senator Specter, S19 [6JA]

Allocation of additional Troubled Asset Relief Program funding: several Representatives, H5005 [30AP]

Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act (FERA): Chuck Canterbury, Fraternal Order of Police, S4738 [27AP]

———Jon Adler, Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association, S4739 [27AP]

———Joseph E.B. White, Taxpayers Against Fraud (organization), S4739 [27AP]

———Richard Delonis, National Association of Assistant U.S. Attorneys, S4739 [27AP]

———Scott J. Grossfield, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, S4739 [27AP]

Mutual Fund Transparency Act: several individuals, S10857 [28OC]

Prohibit use of Troubled Asset Relief Program funds for purchase of common stock: Representative Sessions, H5005 [30AP]

Provide additional transparency for certain financial swaps contracts: Gary Gensler, CFTC, H14717 [10DE]

Require any amounts repaid by financial institutions receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance be used for debt reduction: Timothy F. Geithner, Sec. of the Treasury, S7178 [7JY]

Require the CFTC to take certain actions to prevent the manipulation of energy markets: Bart Chilton, CFTC, S6457 [10JN]

Require Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients to repay excessive bonuses paid to employees and pay an excise tax on amounts not repaid: Edward Kleinbard, Committee on Taxation (Joint), S1478 [4FE]

Troubled Asset Relief Program: Lawrence H. Summers, S570 [15JA], S13077 [12DE]

———Senator Levin, S578 [15JA]

———several organizations, S579, S586 [15JA]

Lists

American International Group, Inc. (AIG) bailout beneficiaries, S3581 [19MR]

Organizations supporting H.R. 4154, Permanent Estate Tax Relief for Families, Farmers, and Small Businesses Act, H13486 [3DE]

Top lenders responsible for subprime loans, H5278 [6MY]

Messages

Emergency Economic Stabilization Act Report: President Bush, S304 [12JA], H170 [13JA]

Press releases

Credit Suisse Announces Its Compensation Structure for 2009 and 2010, H11732 [23OC]

Remarks in House

American International Group, Inc. (AIG): awarding of bonuses to executives after receiving Government bailout funds, H3415, H3417, H3418, H3423 [16MR], H3446, H3447, H3448, H3449, H3472, H3473, H3475, H3477, H3478, H3505, H3506, H3519 [17MR], H3530, H3532, H3536, H3608, H3610, H3614-H3618, H3620, H3624 [18MR], H3656-H3664, H3687, H3691-H3697 [19MR], H3710-H3712, H3721 [23MR], H3792, H3793, H3812-H3820 [24MR], H4049-H4051 [26MR], H5088 [4MY], H5988 [21MY], H6146 [3JN], H6676-H6678 [12JN], H8032 [14JY], H9256, H9257 [31JY], H11433 [15OC], H11464 [20OC]

———business practices that precipitated Government bailout, H3689 [19MR], H4066 [30MR], H4512 [2AP]

———merits of going into receivership rather than receiving Government bailout funds, H3627-H3629 [18MR]

———use of Government bailout funds to make payments to French banks, H3530 [18MR]

Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Act: delay sunset (H.R. 2675), H6328, H6330 [9JN]

Commodity Exchange Act: bring greater transparency and accountability to commodity markets, H14705-H14709 [10DE]

———prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy commodities, H6978 [18JN]

———provide for regulation of energy derivatives, H7644, H7647, H7668 [26JN]

Congressional Commission on Financial Accountability and Preparedness: establish (H.R. 2111), H5267 [6MY], H5550 [13MY], H5687 [18MY]

Constitutional amendments: prohibit the U.S. from owning stock in corporations (H.J. Res. 57), H7256 [25JN]

Credit: restore definition of NRSRO from ``Nationally Registered Statistical Rating Organization'' to ``Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization'', H14752 [11DE]

Dept. of Justice: improve enforcement of mortgage fraud, securities fraud, financial institution fraud and other frauds related to Federal assistance and relief programs (S. 386), H5106 [5MY], H5260-H5270 [6MY], H5550 [13MY], E1090, E1100 [7MY], E1295-E1300 [3JN]

———improve enforcement of mortgage fraud, securities fraud, financial institution fraud and other frauds related to Federal assistance and relief programs (S. 386), Senate amendment, H5686-H5688 [18MY], E1198 [19MY]

Dept. of the Treasury: authorize issuance of U.S. War Bonds to aid in funding operations in Iraq and Afghanistan (H.R. 4385), E3022 [17DE]

———disapprove expenditures exceeding certain amounts for the Troubled Asset Relief Program intended to bailout financial institutions (H.J. Res. 3), H369 [15JA], H447-H468, H475, H476 [22JA], H596 [27JA], H3710 [23MR], E127 [22JA], E133 [23JA], E136 [26JA], E155 [27JA], E174 [2FE]

———establish a market for municipal securities and cooperate with the FRS in establishment of municipal securities funding facilities services (H.R. 1669), E738 [23MR]

———impose transfer tax on certain securities exchanges in order to recoup the net cost of the Troubled Asset Relief Program, H1047 [9FE]

———improve authority of Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (S. 383), H3847-H3851 [25MR]

———issue Re-Build America Bonds to finance essential infrastructure projects (H.R. 852), H1252 [12FE]

———prohibit use of Troubled Asset Relief Program funds for purchase of common stock, H5004, H5007 [30AP]

———require any amounts repaid by financial institutions receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance be used for debt reduction, H8207 [16JY], H14881 [15DE]

———require any amounts repaid by financial institutions receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance be used for debt reduction (H.R. 2119), H6910 [17JN]

———require certain stock option warrants to be sold at public auction upon repayment of the associated assistance provided under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (H.R. 3232), E1824 [16JY]

———require Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program to include the effect of the program on small businesses in oversight, audits, and reports (H.R. 3179), H9527-H9529 [15SE]

———require Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients to repay excessive bonuses paid to employees and pay an excise tax on amounts not repaid, H3812 [24MR]

———transmit copies of documents on break-up of, negotiations on additional assistance, and payment of executive bonuses to American International Group, Inc. (AIG) (H. Res. 251), H3479 [17MR], H3540 [18MR], H3656, H3694-H3696 [19MR], H3819 [24MR], H5460-H5463, H5466 [12MY], H6147 [3JN], H6676 [12JN], H9256, H9257 [31JY]

———validity of analysis of financial status of banks as rationale for receipt of Troubled Asset Relief Program funds, H10463 [6OC]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent, H5817-H5819 [20MY]

Economy: address decline in stock market, H3068 [6MR]

———comparison of the economic recovery of the corporate and financial sectors with that of working class citizens, H11358, H11359 [14OC]

———Government bailout of financial institutions, H53, H55-H63 [7JA], H76-H81 [8JA], H144, H155 [9JA], H188-H191 [13JA], H508, H510, H514 [26JA], H879 [3FE], H1014, H1032, H1034 [4FE], H1068 [9FE], H1148 [10FE], H2838 [26FE], H4107 [30MR], H4755, H4760 [27AP], H4844 [28AP], H5276-H5278 [6MY], H6055 [2JN], H7735 [7JY], H9470 [14SE], H10043 [29SE], H13457 [2DE], H14951 [15DE]

———impact of free enterprise economic system, H5568-H5572 [13MY], H9990-H9993 [25SE], H11776 [26OC]

———limit compensation for executives at companies that receive Federal bailout funds, H155 [9JA]

———reform the financial regulatory system of the U.S., H13010, H13012 [17NO]

———regulation of U.S. financial markets, H3486-H3491 [17MR], H3615-H3620 [18MR], H3711 [23MR], H3790 [24MR], H4003, H4019, H4020 [25MR], H4231, H4232 [31MR], H4498 [2AP], H4980-H4987 [29AP], H7072 [19JN], H8071 [14JY], H10526 [7OC], H11433 [15OC], H11559 [21OC], H11731 [23OC], H11764 [26OC], H13469 [3DE], H15474 [16DE]

———require companies receiving Federal bailout funds to disclose executive compensation, H334 [15JA]

———suspend capital gains tax, schedule Government-sponsored enterprises for privatization, repeal Full Employment Act, and suspend mark-to-market accounting requirements, H3516, H3520 [17MR]

———systemic risk regulation, H13116 [18NO], H14491 [10DE], E2976 [11DE]

Financial institutions: awarding of bonuses to executives after receiving Government bailout funds, H6665 [12JN]

———clarify financing for Systemic Dissolution Fund comes exclusively from financial industry assets, H14760, H14761 [11DE]

———grant CFTC and SEC authority to ban abusive swaps, disregard balance sheet risk relative to bona fide hedging end users, and ensure illegal swaps are rendered invalid, H14718-H14721 [10DE], E3008 [15DE]

———provide additional transparency for certain swaps contracts, H14716-H14718 [10DE], E3008 [15DE]

———require swap dealers and major participants to execute their standardized swaps on exchanges or swap execution platforms, H14493 [10DE]

Financial Markets Commission: establish (H.R. 2253), E1094 [7MY]

Financial Services Oversight Council: application of systemic risk and assessment factors in regulation of U.S. financial markets, H14675 [10DE]

FRS: require disclosure of detailed information regarding the mortgage-backed securities purchase program, H363-H365 [15JA]

GAO: study feasibility of optional, premium-based additional coverage for securities investors to protect against fraud, H14490 [10DE]

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.: posting of quarterly profits, H11385 [15OC]

Government: prohibit the Federal Government from holding security interests (H.R. 4118), E2821 [19NO]

Government regulations: amend securities laws to clarify and expand the definition of certain persons under those laws (H.R. 2623), H8975, H8976 [29JY]

———grant CFTC and SEC authority to ban abusive swaps, disregard balance sheet risk relative to bona fide hedging end users, and ensure illegal swaps are rendered invalid, H14718-H14721 [10DE], E3008 [15DE]

Investments: ensure uniform and accurate credit rating of municipal bonds and review the municipal bond insurance industry, H286 [14JA], E122 [22JA]

———regulate over-the-counter derivatives markets (H.R. 3795), E2705 [4NO]

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.: anniversary of bankruptcy filing, H9496 [15SE]

Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization: make liable for gross negligence in determining credit ratings, E2985 [14DE]

Obama, President: proposal to reform U.S. financial regulatory system, H7115 [23JN], H8414 [21JY], H8589 [23JY], H8812 [27JY], H9496 [15SE]

Ohio National Financial Services, Inc.: anniversary, E2224 [9SE]

Power resources: prohibit transfer or receipt of carbon credit derivatives, H7646 [26JN]

———regulate certain transactions involving energy commodities and strengthen enforcement authorities of FERC under Natural Gas Act and Federal Power Act, H7658 [26JN]

Public Utility Holding Company Act: make technical corrections and conforming amendments to Federal securities laws relative to repeal (H.R. 2947), H9524-H9526 [15SE]

SEC: allow certain credit rating agencies to deregister as Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations, H14758 [11DE]

———delegate regulation of investment advisers to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, H14747, H14748 [11DE]

———establish an Investor Advisory Committee (H.R. 3318), E1943 [24JY]

———failure to investigate Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC ponzi scheme, H14431 [9DE]

———funding, H8193, H8209 [16JY]

———limit liability of credit rating organizations, H14727, H14728 [10DE]

———prohibit creation of new private right of action against credit rating agencies, H14680-H14682 [10DE]

———provide enhanced enforcement authority (H.R. 2873), H13404, H13405 [2DE], E2879 [3DE]

———reinstate uptick rule on short sales of securities and suspend application of mark-to-market accounting principles (H.R. 1406), H3112 [10MR], E613 [10MR]

———reinstate uptick rule on short sales of securities (H.R. 302), H3068 [6MR]

———restore definition of NRSRO from ``Nationally Registered Statistical Rating Organization'' to ``Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization'', H14751, H14752 [11DE]

———strengthen oversight of credit rating agencies and improve accountability and accuracy of credit ratings, H14679 [10DE]

———suspend application of mark-to-market accounting principles, H4512 [2AP]

Securities: make Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization liable for gross negligence in determining credit ratings, E2985 [14DE]

Small Business Investment Act: extend programs (S. 1513), H8916-H8918 [28JY], H8988 [29JY]

———extend programs (S. 1929), H11986, H11987 [28OC]

Social Security: invest trust funds in marketable interest-bearing securities and insured certificates of deposit, and protect trust funds from public debt limit (H.R. 219), E3 [6JA]

Taxation: allow a credit for clean renewable water supply bonds (H.R. 4132), E2829 [19NO]

———allow eligible veterans to use qualified veterans mortgage bonds to refinance home loans (H.R. 2756), E1341 [8JN]

———exclude from gross income discharges of personal indebtedness outside of bankruptcy (H.R. 2445), E1161 [14MY]

———impose a tax on certain securities transactions to fund job creation and deficit reduction (H.R. 4191), E3005 [15DE]

———increase limitation on the capital loss carryovers of individuals (H.R. 884), E209 [4FE]

———make permanent the sales tax deduction, child credit, repeal of estate tax, and deduction for higher education expenses, and extend the capital gains and dividend rates (H.R. 4270), E2961 [10DE]

———permanently extend estate tax relief, H4384 [1AP]

———permit issuance of tax-exempt bonds for certain air and water pollution control facilities (H.R. 4243), E2906 [8DE]

———permit issuance of tax-exempt bonds for financing clean energy improvements under State and local property assessed clean energy programs (H.R. 4155), E2836 [19NO]

———provide a temporary exclusion of the gain on the sale or exchange of certain small business stock (H.R. 4236), H14399 [9DE]

———provide for economic stabilization, capital utilization, and enterprise reform (H.R. 7264), H3826 [24MR]

———provide for rollover of gain from divesting certain qualified securities of businesses engaged in Iran or Sudan discouraged activities, H154 [9JA]

———provide permanent incentives for economic growth (H.R. 470), H304-H311 [14JA], H329 [15JA], H448 [22JA], H579, H598, H599 [27JA], H891 [3FE], H1193 [11FE], H2914, H2919 [3MR], H13269 [19NO]

———provide transparency relative to fees and expenses charged to participant-directed defined contribution plans (H.R. 2779), E1355 [9JN]

———reform estate and gift tax, H11724, H11725 [23OC]

———reform laws relative to individuals, estate and gift taxes, corporate rates, capital gains and dividends, retirement savings, lifetime savings, life skills, and certain medical care (H.R. 99), H179-H181 [13JA], H2830 [25FE], E4 [6JA], E25 [7JA]

———repeal estate tax, H13118 [18NO], H13358 [1DE], H13473-H13479, H13491-H13494 [3DE]

———repeal termination of the estate tax, increase estate and gift tax unified credit, and coordinate a reduction in the maximum rate of tax with a phaseout of the deduction for State death taxes, H13486 [3DE]

———repeal termination of the estate tax, increase estate and gift tax unified credit, and coordinate a reduction in the maximum rate of tax with a phaseout of the deduction for State death taxes (H.R. 3905), E2913 [8DE]

———treatment of publicly traded partnerships directly or indirectly deriving income from providing investment adviser and related asset management services, H14399, H14401, H14403 [9DE]

Remarks in Senate

American International Group, Inc. (AIG): awarding of bonuses to executives after receiving Government bailout funds, S3097, S3099-S3103, S3109 [16MR], S3123, S3126, S3129, S3132-S3134, S3141, S3144-S3148, S3150 [17MR], S3324, S3327, S3329, S3353, S3356, S3359-S3361 [18MR], S3381, S3385, S3515, S3579-S3581 [19MR]

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: impact of stimulus funding on free enterprise economic system, S7993-S7997 [23JY]

Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Act: delay sunset (S. 1219), S6382 [9JN]

———extend Dept. of Justice Antitrust Division leniency program (H.R. 2675), S6741 [17JN]

Bush, George W.: evaluation of economic policies, S9302 [14SE]

Business and industry: require a supermajority shareholder vote to approve excessive compensation of any employee of a publicly-traded company (S. 1006), S5290 [7MY]

CFTC: authorize enforcement of ``reckless conduct standard'' in antimarket manipulation cases (S. 1682), S9557 [17SE]

———ensure that all agreements, contracts, and transactions with respect to commodities are carried out on a regulated exchange (S. 272), S626 [15JA]

———take certain actions to prevent the manipulation of energy markets, S6871, S6878-S6880 [22JN]

———take certain actions to prevent the manipulation of energy markets (S. 1225), S6456, S6457 [10JN], S6758 [18JN]

Committee on the Investigation of the Economic Crisis (Senate, Select): establish, S4545-S4554 [22AP]

———establish (S. Res. 62), S7531 [15JY]

Committee on the Judiciary (Senate): hearings on increased fraud enforcement in financial markets, S2315 [13FE]

Commodity Exchange Act: prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy and agricultural commodities (S. 447), S2336 [13FE]

———prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy commodities, S6693 [17JN], S8235 [29JY], S9651 [22SE]

———require energy commodities to be traded only on regulated markets (S. 221), S338 [13JA], S6759 [18JN]

Courts: allow for private right of action against secondary violators that provide substantial assistance in aiding-and-abetting securities fraud (S. 1551), S8564 [30JY]

Credit: require mortgage servicers to consider options that better serve the interest of homeowners and investors prior to modifying certain mortgage loans, S5088-S5092 [5MY]

Crime: increase penalties for violations of securities protections that involve targeting senior citizens (S. 1659), S9268 [10SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: increase amount available to purchase commodities for emergency food assistance program (S. 2805), S11604 [19NO]

Dept. of Justice: improve enforcement of mortgage fraud, securities fraud, financial institution fraud and other frauds related to Federal assistance and relief programs (S. 386), S1681-S1684 [5FE], S2315 [13FE], S2359 [23FE], S3066 [12MR], S4531-S4561 [22AP], S4603-S4621, S4628-S4633, S4653, S4657 [23AP], S4725, S4735-S4741 [27AP], S4774-S4781, S4784 [28AP], S5183 [6MY], S13363 [17DE]

———improve enforcement of mortgage fraud, securities fraud, financial institution fraud and other frauds related to Federal assistance and relief programs (S. 386), House amendment, S5494, S5495 [14MY]

———improve enforcement of mortgage fraud, securities fraud, financial institution fraud and other frauds related to Federal assistance and relief programs (S. 386), motion to proceed, S4408-S4415, S4420, S4424 [20AP], S4498 [21AP]

———improve enforcement of mortgage fraud, securities fraud, financial institution fraud and other frauds related to Federal assistance and relief programs (S. 386), unanimous-consent agreement, S4554 [22AP], S4763 [27AP]

———improve enforcement of mortgage fraud, securities fraud, financial institution fraud and other frauds related to Federal assistance and relief programs (S. 386), unanimous-consent request, S4723 [24AP]

———provide grants to States to protect older Americans from misleading and fraudulent marketing practices, with the goal of increasing retirement security, S4612 [23AP]

Dept. of the Treasury: allocate Troubled Asset Relief Program funds to local governments suffering significant losses due to highly-rated investments in failed financial institutions (S. 116), S88 [6JA]

———allow use of Troubled Asset Relief Program funds to improve enforcement of mortgage fraud, securities fraud, financial institution fraud and other frauds related to Federal assistance and relief programs, S4559 [22AP]

———authorize issuance of U.S. War Bonds to aid in funding operations in Iraq and Afghanistan (S. 2846), S12710 [8DE]

———disapprove expenditures exceeding certain amounts for the Troubled Asset Relief Program intended to bailout financial institutions (S.J. Res. 5), S322 [13JA], S559, S561-S563, S565-S589 [15JA], S643-S646 [16JA]

———effects of economic bailout on bonds, S6640-S6643 [16JN]

———impose certain requirements on public-private investment fund programs, S4616 [23AP]

———improve authority of Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (S. 383), S1613 [4FE]

———increase oversight for certain expenditures for the Troubled Asset Relief Program intended to bailout financial institutions, S3102 [16MR], S4527 [22AP]

———prohibit additional Troubled Asset Relief Program funds to General Motors Corp., and Chrysler LLC and distribute federally-owned shares of such companies' stock to taxpayers, S5900 [1JN], S6152 [4JN], S6875 [22JN], S8181-S8183 [28JY], S8223-S8225 [29JY]

———prohibit additional Troubled Asset Relief Program funds to General Motors Corp., and Chrysler LLC and distribute federally-owned shares of such companies' stock to taxpayers (S. 1198), S6240 [8JN], S6418 [10JN], S6755 [18JN], S7159 [7JY], S7348 [10JY]

———prohibit additional Troubled Asset Relief Program funds to General Motors Corp., and Chrysler LLC and distribute federally-owned shares of such companies' stock to taxpayers (S. 1198), unanimous-consent request, S7229 [8JY]

———prohibit use of Troubled Asset Relief Program funds for purchase of common stock, S4608 [23AP], S4949 [30AP], S5101-S5103, S5105, S5110 [5MY]

———provide for expenditure of remaining Troubled Asset Relief Program funds for the benefit of consumers, S4254-S4256 [2AP]

———require any amounts repaid by financial institutions receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance be used for debt reduction, S4606, S4607 [23AP], S4951-S4953 [30AP], S6334 [9JN], S6703 [17JN], S7177, S7178 [7JY], S10824, S10836 [28OC]

———require any amounts repaid by financial institutions receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance be used for debt reduction (S. 1243), S6550 [11JN], S7356 [10JY]

———require any amounts repaid by financial institutions receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance be used to reduce the reauthorization level of the program, S5094-S5097 [5MY]

———require congressional approval for certain expenditures for the Troubled Asset Relief Program intended to bailout financial institutions (S. 64), S250 [9JA], S280 [12JA], S568 [15JA]

———require Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients to repay excessive bonuses paid to employees and pay an excise tax on amounts not repaid, S1478, S1479 [4FE], S1835, S1855 [6FE], S2193 [12FE]

———return Troubled Asset Relief Program funds not set aside for purchasing toxic assets to the Treasury for debt reduction, S4154 [1AP], S4255, S4256 [2AP]

———Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program funding to audit and investigate recipients of non-recourse Federal loans under certain Federal assistance and relief programs, S4556 [22AP]

Economy: establish a Federal Board of Certification to enhance the transparency, credibility, and stability of financial markets (S. 1592), S9002 [6AU]

———Government bailout of financial institutions, S239-S244, S250-S252 [9JA], S293 [12JA], S320, S329 [13JA], S366 [14JA], S2578 [27FE], S2904 [9MR], S3060 [12MR], S5312 [11MY], S6429 [10JN], S7531-S7533 [15JY], S10835-S10837 [28OC]

———impact of subprime mortgage lending, S3967 [30MR]

———provide new infrastructure funding through Federal bonding to empower States and local governments to complete significant infrastructure projects, S7552 [15JY]

———reform the financial regulatory system of the U.S., S11031 [3NO], S11094 [4NO], S11149-S11151 [5NO], S11484 [18NO]

———regulation of U.S. financial markets, S240-S244 [9JA], S329-S331 [13JA], S2578-S2581 [27FE], S3003-S3005 [11MR], S3109 [16MR], S3966-S3969 [30MR], S4542 [22AP], S5582-S5588 [19MY], S9314-S9317 [14SE], S9527 [17SE], S9650 [22SE], S9721-S9723 [23SE], S9898 [29SE], S10470 [15OC]

———role of strong initial public offering (IPO) market in sustained economic recovery, S13284 [16DE]

———sale of Treasury bills for debt reduction, S9074 [7AU]

———systemic risk regulation, S6635-S6637 [16JN]

FBI: authorize additional field agents to investigate financial crimes (S. 481), S2484 [25FE]

Federal agencies and departments: elevate the Inspector General of certain entities to an Inspector General appointed pursuant to the Inspector General Act (H.R. 885), S8266 [29JY]

———elevate the Inspector General of certain entities to an Inspector General appointed pursuant to the Inspector General Act (S. 1354), S8266 [29JY]

Federal employees: enhance Thrift Savings Plan through automatic enrollment, opt-out options, agency matching contributions, creating a mutual fund window, and Roth IRA investments, S6143 [4JN], S6245 [8JN]

Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission: appointment of members, S7531, S7532 [15JY]

Financial institutions: authorize regulation of credit default swaps and other swap agreements (S. 961), S5067 [4MY]

———awarding of bonuses to executives after receiving Government bailout funds, S3352 [18MR], S11251 [6NO]

———create a financial stability council to oversee the financial regulatory activities of the Government (S. 664), S3611-S3613 [23MR], S6682 [17JN]

———modify current money laundering statute to include certain entities involved in financial transactions, such as hedge funds, private investment vehicles, and company formation agents, S4560, S4561 [22AP]

———prohibit certain affiliations between commercial banking and investment banking companies (S. 2886), S13321 [16DE]

Financial Markets Commission: establish, S4543, S4545, S4547-S4552 [22AP]

———establish (S. 298), S3358 [18MR], S9256 [10SE]

Financial Services Systemic Risk Oversight Council: establish (S. 2756), S11249, S11250 [6NO]

Government: prohibit from holding ownership interests in private companies, S6875 [22JN]

———prohibit from holding ownership interests in private companies (S. 1242), S6533, S6549 [11JN], S7287 [9JY]

Government regulations: comprehensively regulate derivatives markets to increase transparency and reduce risks in the financial system (S. 1691), S9655 [22SE]

———ensure that all agreements, contracts, and transactions with respect to commodities are carried out on a regulated exchange, S5485 [14MY]

Indian Development Finance Corp.: establish (S. 439), S2326 [13FE]

Investments: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for increasing the capital loss deduction, S4133 [1AP]

———regulate over-the-counter derivatives markets, S11484 [18NO]

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.: anniversary of bankruptcy filing, S9301, S9314 [14SE]

Obama, President: proposal to reform U.S. financial regulatory system, S6682, S6692-S6695, S6700 [17JN]

Pequot Capital Management, Inc.: allegations of insider trading, S19 [6JA]

SBA: surety bond guarantee program improvement, S1484, S1485, S1523 [4FE], S2032 [9FE]

SEC: commend Enforcement Division for investigations into insider trading, S10559 [20OC]

———prohibit use of flash orders by high-frequency traders, S8184-S8186 [28JY]

———provide additional funding for investigations and enforcement proceedings involving financial institutions, S4614, S4615, S4621 [23AP]

———reinstate uptick rule and effectively regulate abusive short selling activities, S6985-S6987 [24JN], S8183-S8186 [28JY]

———reinstate uptick rule and effectively regulate abusive short selling activities (S. 605), S3120, S3121 [16MR], S3536-S3539 [19MR], S10559 [20OC]

———require disclosure of financial relationships between brokers and dealers and mutual fund companies, and of certain commissions paid by mutual fund companies (S. 1964), S10855 [28OC]

———require investment advisers to private funds to register with the SEC (S. 1276), S6654 [16JN]

———require registration by hedge funds (S. 344), S1058-S1061 [29JA]

———tribute to employees, S10277-S10279 [8OC]

Small Business Investment Act: extend programs (S. 1513), S8101 [24JY]

———extend programs (S. 1929), S10740 [26OC]

———extend programs (S. 1929), House amendment, S10943 [29OC]

Social Security: treat certain income received by hedge fund managers as ordinary income and reduce increase in tobacco excise taxes to fund State Children's Health Insurance Program extension, S875 [27JA], S972, S978, S979 [28JA]

Taxation: allow a credit for clean renewable water supply bonds (S. 1371), S7087 [25JN]

———impose an excise tax on bonuses paid to employees by businesses that receive Federal emergency economic assistance and limit amount of compensation that employees may defer from taxation (S. 651), S3563, S3578 [19MR], S3583, S3586 [23MR]

———increase national limitation on qualified energy conservation bonds and clarify that certain programs constitute a qualified conservation purpose, S1827 [6FE], S2126 [11FE]

———increase national limitation on qualified energy conservation bonds and clarify that certain programs constitute a qualified conservation purpose (S. 222), S341 [13JA]

———modify limitations on deduction of interest by financial institutions which hold tax-exempt bonds (S. 279), S654 [16JA]

———provide a full exclusion for gain from certain small business stocks (S. 78), S83 [6JA]

———provide a point of order against additional estate tax relief unless an equal amount of aggregate tax relief is provided to middle-income individuals, S4278 [2AP]

———provide that corporate tax benefits based upon stock option compensation expenses be consistent with accounting expenses shown in corporate financial statements for such compensation (S. 1491), S7880-S7884 [22JY]

———provide the same tax treatment of commercial and noncommercial investors in oil and natural gas and related commodities (S. 1588), S8997 [6AU]

———rates, S1492, S1523 [4FE], S3103-S3106 [16MR]

———repeal alternative minimum tax limitations on private activity bond interest (S. 138), S115 [6JA]

———temporarily increase limitation on the capital loss deductions for individuals, S1826, S1827, S1855 [6FE]

Transportation: provide new infrastructure funding through Federal bonding to empower States and local governments to complete significant infrastructure projects across all modes of transportation, S12068 [1DE]

———provide new infrastructure funding through Federal bonding to empower States and local governments to complete significant infrastructure projects across all modes of transportation (S. 238), S390 [14JA]

Reports filed

Derivatives Markets Transparency and Accountability Act: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 977) (H. Rept. 111-385), H15508 [23DE]

Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act (FERA): Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 386), S2827 [5MR]

———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 386) (S. Rept. 111-10), S3609 [23MR]

Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (S. 383) (H. Rept. 111-41), H3702 [19MR]

Transmittal of Documents on Break-Up of, Additional Assistance, and Payment of Executive Bonuses to American International Group, Inc. (AIG): Committee on Financial Services (House) (H. Res. 251) (H. Rept. 111-84), H4731 [23AP]

Statements

Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act (FERA): Executive Office of the President, S4533 [22AP]

Increase Amount Available To Purchase Commodities for Emergency Food Assistance Program: Senator Specter, S11604 [19NO]

Regulation of U.S. Financial Markets: Gary Gensler, S5585 [19MY]

12 American Solutions for Jobs & Prosperity: American Solutions (organization), H2914 [3MR]

Summaries

Authorizing the Regulation of Swaps Act (S. 961), S5068 [4MY]

Ending Excessive Corporate Deductions for Stock Options Act (S. 1491), S7884 [22JY]

Hedge Fund Transparency Act (S. 344), S1059 [29JA]

Prevent Excessive Speculation Act (S. 447), S2340 [13FE]

Tables

Expenditure levels by Troubled Asset Relief Program programs, H5277 [6MY]

Total funds subject to Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP) oversight, H5277 [6MY]

Texts of

H.J. Res. 3, disapprove expenditures exceeding certain amounts for the Troubled Asset Relief Program intended to bailout financial institutions, H447 [22JA]

H.R. 1541, Small Business Act and Small Business Investment Act reauthorization, H3468 [17MR]

H.R. 2623, amend securities laws to clarify and expand the definition of certain persons under those laws, H8975 [29JY]

H.R. 2675, Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Act of 2004 Extension Act, H6329 [9JN]

H.R. 2873, Enhanced S.E.C. Enforcement Authority Act, H13404 [2DE]

H.R. 2947, Securities Law Technical Corrections Act, H9524 [15SE]

H.R. 3179, SIG TARP Small Business Awareness Act, H9528 [15SE]

S. 221, require energy commodities to be traded only on regulated markets, S339 [13JA]

S. 272, Derivatives Trading Integrity Act, S627 [15JA]

S. 279, Municipal Bond Market Support Act, S654 [16JA]

S. 383, Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program Act, S1613 [4FE], H3847 [25MR]

S. 386, Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act (FERA), S1682-S1684 [5FE], S4777-S4781 [28AP], H5260-H5264 [6MY]

S. 439, Indian Development Finance Corporation Act, S2326-S2329 [13FE]

S. 447, Prevent Excessive Speculation Act, S2337-S2340 [13FE]

S. 605, reinstate SEC uptick rule and effectively regulate abusive short selling activities, S3121 [16MR]

S. 1006, Excessive Pay Shareholder Approval Act, S5291 [7MY]

S. 1219, Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Act of 2004 Extension Act, S6382 [9JN]

S. 1276, Private Fund Transparency Act, S6654 [16JN]

S. 1371, Clean Renewable Water Supply Bond Act, S7088 [25JN]

S. 1491, Ending Excessive Corporate Deductions for Stock Options Act, S7884 [22JY]

S. 1513, Small Business Act and Small Business Investment Act programs extension, S8101 [24JY], H8916 [28JY]

S. 1588, Stop Tax-Breaks for Oil Profiteering (STOP) Act, S8998 [6AU]

S. 1592, Federal Board of Certification Act, S9003 [6AU]

S. 1682, Derivatives Market Manipulation Prevention Act, S9557-S9559 [17SE]

S. 1691, Comprehensive Derivatives Regulation Act, S9655-S9673 [22SE]

S. 1929, Small Business Act and Small Business Investment Act programs extension, S10740 [26OC], S10943 [29OC]

S. 1964, Mutual Fund Transparency Act, S10856 [28OC]

S. 2805, increase amount available to purchase commodities for emergency food assistance program, S11605 [19NO]

S. Res. 62, Committee on the Investigation of the Economic Crisis (Senate, Select) establishment, S2716-S2718 [3MR]

Transcripts

Price of Oil—Historic Oil Prices Were Result of Financial Speculation From Wall Street and Not Supply and Demand: 60 Minutes (television program), S339-S341 [13JA]