SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT

Bills and resolutions

Political campaigns: require shareholder authorization before a public company may make certain political expenditures (see H.R. 4790), H1220 [9MR]

SEC: require issuers to make disclosures relative to Iranian investments (see H.R. 5833), H5984 [22JY]

Securities: allow for private right of action against secondary violators that provide substantial assistance in aiding-and-abetting securities fraud (see H.R. 5042), H2640 [15AP]

Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: repeal section relative to protecting confidentiality of materials submitted to the SEC (see S. 3717), S6883 [5AU] (see H.R. 6086), H6626 [10AU]

Letters

Repeal Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act section relative to protecting confidentiality of materials submitted to the SEC: several organizations, S6889 [5AU]

Remarks in House

Business and industry: provide shareholders with an advisory vote on executive compensation and prevent perverse incentives in the compensation practices of financial institutions, H3257 [6MY]

Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: repeal section relative to protecting confidentiality of materials submitted to the SEC (H.R. 6086), H6954 [23SE]

———repeal section relative to protecting confidentiality of materials submitted to the SEC (S. 3717), H6952-H6955 [23SE]

Remarks in Senate

SEC: provide whistleblower protections for employees of nationally recognized statistical rating organizations, S3349 [6MY], S5872 [15JY]

Securities: allow for private right of action against secondary violators that provide substantial assistance in aiding-and-abetting securities fraud, S3399 [7MY], S3618 [12MY], S3664, S3670, S3701 [13MY]

Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: repeal section relative to protecting confidentiality of materials submitted to the SEC (S. 3717), S6889 [5AU], S7298, S7299 [21SE], S7440 [24SE]

Reports filed

Repeal Section of Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Relative to Protecting Confidentiality of Materials Submitted to the SEC: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 3717), S7174 [16SE]

Shareholder Protection Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 4790) (H. Rept. 111-620), H6878 [22SE]

Texts of

S. 3717, repeal section of Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act relative to protecting confidentiality of materials submitted to the SEC, S7299 [21SE], H6952 [23SE]

S. 3717, repeal Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act section relative to protecting confidentiality of materials submitted to the SEC, S6889 [5AU]