WALL STREET REFORM AND CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT
Amendments
Enact (H.R. 4173), S4103 [20MY]
House Rules: same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (H. Res. 1487), H5220 [30JN]
Appointments
Conferees: H.R. 4173, provisions, S4170 [25MY], H4300 [9JN]
Articles and editorials
End to Rules-Based Capital Markets, S6155 [22JY]
House of Representative's Reform Package Hurts the Fed's Independence, E34 [15JA]
M.D.G.'s for Beginners . . . and Finishers, S7199 [20SE]
Obama's Good for GOP, Boehner Says, H5214 [30JN]
Uncertainty Principle, S5817 [14JY]
Bills and resolutions
Business and industry: repeal enhanced compensation structure reporting requirement (see H.R. 5998), H6568 [30JY]
Dept. of the Treasury: repeal the Office of Financial Research (see H.R. 5999), H6568 [30JY]
Enact (H.R. 4173): consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 1490), H5302 [30JN]
Government regulations: increase financial industry transparency (see H.R. 6038), H6569 [30JY]
House Rules: same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (see H. Res. 1487), H4973 [29JN]
SEC: repeal section relative to protecting confidentiality of materials submitted to the SEC (see S. 3717), S6883 [5AU] (see H.R. 5924), H6402 (see H.R. 5924), H6454 (see H.R. 5948), H6403 (see H.R. 5948), H6455 (see H.R. 5970), H6404 (see H.R. 5970), H6456 [29JY] (see H.R. 6086), H6626 [10AU]
Cloture motions
Enact (H.R. 4173): conference report, S5774 [13JY], S5880 [15JY]
Conference reports
Provisions (H.R. 4173), H4977-H5200 [29JN]
Letters
Clarify exemption for certain annuity contracts and insurance policies from Federal regulation: Barbara Roper, Consumer Federation of America and Mercer Bullard, Fund Democracy, Inc., S5919 [15JY]
———Daniel J. Barry, Financial Planning Association, S5919 [15JY]
———David P. Sloane, AARP, S5917 [15JY]
———Denise Voigt Crawford, North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc., S5917, S5918 [15JY]
———Denise Voigt Crawford, North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc., and Barbara Roper, Consumer Federation of America, S5918 [15JY]
Federal deposit insurance rates: Sheila C. Bair, FDIC, S5900 [15JY]
GAO audit of FRS monetary policy and discount-lending actions: several economics and finance professors, E34 [15JA]
Provisions: Senators Lincoln and Dodd, S6192 [22JY]
Regulate over-the-counter derivatives markets and improve market transparency: Senator Dodd, Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs (Senate) and Senator Lincoln, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate), H5248 [30JN]
Repeal Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act section relative to protecting confidentiality of materials submitted to the SEC: several organizations, S6889 [5AU]
Lists
Congressional staff who worked on H.R. 4173, provisions, S4140 [24MY], S5835 [14JY], H5255 [30JN]
Organizations supporting H.R. 4173, provisions, S5834 [14JY]
Memorandums
Consumer Bureau vs. SEC/CFTC Powers: Representative Dennis Moore, H5217 [30JN]
Good Is Oft Interred With Their Bones: James D. MacPhee, Mike Menzies, and Sal Marranca, Independent Community Bankers of America (organization), S5832 [14JY]
Motions
Enact (H.R. 4173), S4130, S4136 [24MY], S5880 [15JY], H4289 [9JN], H5260 [30JN]
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]
Congress: accomplishments of the 111th Congress, H5904 [21JY], H6045 [27JY]
———relationship with special interest groups, H3252-H3254 [6MY]
Consumer Financial Protection Agency: establish, H3254 [6MY], H4088 [28MY], H5235 [30JN]
Consumers: protect from predatory mortgage lending practices, H5235 [30JN]
Credit: promulgate regulations regarding debit and credit card interchange transaction fees, H3874 [27MY], H5254, H5256 [30JN]
Economy: analysis of causes and potential remedies of current economic recession, H5228 [30JN]
———clarify regulatory authority of SEC and CFTC over broker-dealers and investment advisors, H5216 [30JN]
———comparison between policies of past Presidential administrations and the Obama administration, H5224, H5225 [30JN]
———Government bailout of financial institutions, H5244 [30JN]
———importance of job creation, H5227, H5230 [30JN]
———regulation of U.S. financial markets, H6027 [26JY]
———require CFTC and SEC to conduct rulemakings to eliminate conflicts of interest arising from control of clearing and trading facilities by swap entities, H5217 [30JN]
Enact (H.R. 4173), H197 [20JA], H366, H367 [26JA], H389, H390 [27JA], H480 [3FE], H2678-H2684 [20AP], H2700, H2702, H2703, H2780 [21AP], H2805, H2806, H2836 [22AP], H2887, H2888, H2889, H2890, H2927-H2933 [27AP], H3003 [28AP], H3018 [29AP], H3083, H3106-H3108 [4MY], H3191-H3199 [5MY], H3252-H3262 [6MY], H3280, H3299, H3302 [11MY], H3315, H3317 [12MY], H3468, H3474 [13MY], H3548 [19MY], H3665 [20MY], H3755, H3756, H3804, H3809-H3814 [25MY], H3844-H3849 [26MY], H3874 [27MY], H4289 [9JN], H4440, H4442 [15JN], H4512 [16JN], H4680 [23JN], H4902 [28JN], E7 [12JA], E613 [21AP], E1230 [29JN]
———conference report, H4907, H4913, H4915, H4953-H4957, H4966 [29JN], H5206, H5207, H5208, H5209, H5212-H5220, H5233-H5261, H5281, H5282, H5294, H5295, H5297 [30JN], H5306 [1JY], H5601, H5602 [14JY], H5670 [15JY], H5805, H5812 [20JY], H5823, H5898 [21JY], H5925, H5961 [22JY], H6148 [27JY], E1237, E1257 [30JN], E1262, E1270, E1272, E1285 [1JY], E1294, E1295 [13JY], E1347-E1349, E1350 [15JY], E1383 [20JY], E1407 [22JY], E1429 [27JY], E1505 [30JY], E2144, E2146 [15DE]
———consideration of conference report (H. Res. 1490), H5223-H5231 [30JN]
———motion to instruct conferees, H4289-H4297 [9JN]
Financial institutions: provide an orderly and transparent bankruptcy process for non-bank financial institutions, H4289-H4297 [9JN], H5233, H5235 [30JN]
———require mortgage lenders participating in Making Home Affordable Program to report monthly to the Dept. of the Treasury, H5225 [30JN]
———waiver of receipt of dividends by Federal mutual holding companies, E2146 [15DE]
FRS: clarify exemptions to interchange fees of prepaid cards used for health care and employee benefits programs and transportation accounts, H5225 [30JN]
———reform manner in which GAO audits the FRS Board of Governors and the manner in which such audits are reported, H3256 [6MY], H3302 [11MY], H4291, H4292 [9JN], H5243, H5253 [30JN]
House Rules: require that legislation and conference reports be available on the Internet prior to consideration by the House, H4289, H4294 [9JN]
———same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (H. Res. 1487), H5212-H5222 [30JN]
Housing: establish a program to assist homeowners experiencing temporary difficulty making mortgage payments, H5258 [30JN]
———reform the regulation of the housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises, H5217 [30JN]
Insurance: streamline regulation of nonadmitted insurance and reinsurance, E1407 [22JY], E1505 [30JY], E2144 [15DE]
Obama, President: evaluation of administration, H5725 [20JY]
Office of Minority and Women Inclusion: establish, H4967 [29JN]
Pensions: provide funding relief to multiemployer defined benefit plans, E1257 [30JN]
SEC: 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]
———review of regulations of investment advisers and broker-dealers, H5255 [30JN]
Securities: clarify definition of hedge funds and private equity funds, H5226 [30JN], E1295 [13JY]
———regulate over-the-counter derivatives markets and improve market transparency, H4957 [29JN], H5245, H5248 [30JN]
Senate: tribute to congressional staff who worked on H.R. 4173, provisions, H5255 [30JN]
Remarks in Senate
Business and industry: require all foreign and domestic companies registered with the SEC to report annually on amounts paid to each country for access to oil, gas, and minerals, S5872 [15JY]
CFTC: provide authority to prevent the trading of futures and swap contracts that are contrary to the public interest, S5906, S5907 [15JY]
———set aggregate position limits across all markets on non-commercial market participants, S5919 [15JY]
Credit: promulgate regulations regarding debit and credit card interchange transaction fees, S4839-S4841 [10JN], S4929-S4931 [15JN], S4977 [16JN], S5925 [15JY]
Dept. of the Treasury: terminate authority under the Troubled Asset Relief Program and commence liquidation, S5900 [15JY]
Economy: comparison between policies of past Presidential administrations and the Obama administration, S5801 [14JY], S7079 [14SE]
———Government bailout of financial institutions, S5801 [14JY]
Enact (H.R. 4173), S2152, S2155-S2157 [26MR], S4110, S4139 [24MY], S4192, S4207, S4208 [25MY], S4404 [26MY], S4497-S4499, S4560 [27MY], S4839-S4841 [10JN], S4929-S4931 [15JN], S4967, S4973, S4977 [16JN], S5167 [21JN]
———conference report, S5656-S5661 [30JN], S5774, S5775 [13JY], S5801-S5803, S5807, S5811, S5814-S5822, S5825, S5828-S5835, S5840-S5842, S5844 [14JY], S5870-S5933, S5943-S5945 [15JY], S6040, S6041 [21JY], S6155 [22JY], S6241-S6243 [26JY], S6513 [29JY]
———insert S. 3217 language in lieu, S4077 [20MY]
———motion to instruct conferees, S4130-S4139 [24MY]
———unanimous-consent agreement, S4076, S4104 [20MY], S5880 [15JY]
FDIC: exempt activities of nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations from risk-based matrix of factors used to assess entities with regard to liquidation authority, S5902 [15JY]
Financial institutions: allow purchase and disposal of securities and other underwriting or market making activities that do not exceed near term demands of clients, customers, or counterparties, S5906 [15JY]
———clarify treatment of U.S. branches and agencies of foreign banks relative to swap desk push out requirements, S5903 [15JY]
———enhance supervision of non-bank financial companies, S5872 [15JY]
———make permanent the temporary increase in deposit insurance coverage, S5871 [15JY]
———mandate minimum leverage and risk-based capital standards on certain financial institutions, S4973 [16JN]
FRS: clarify definition of ``insurance company'' relative to application of orderly liquidation authority to mutual insurance holding companies, S5903 [15JY]
———establish Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, S5891 [15JY]
———exempt auto dealers from regulation by Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, S5911 [15JY]
———permit internal investment managers of certain financial entities to act as an independent representative for evaluation of security-based swap transactions, S5903 [15JY]
———require non-bank financial companies meet statutory minimum capital standards, S5902, S5903 [15JY]
Investments: clarify definition of swap dealers to not include end users that execute swaps through affiliates, S5907 [15JY]
———provide authority to CFTC and SEC to determine if a person dealing under-collateralization of investment swaps is a major swap participant or a major security-based swap participant, S5907 [15JY]
Obama, President: evaluation of administration, S6040, S6041 [21JY]
SEC: provide whistleblower protections for employees of nationally recognized statistical rating organizations, S5872 [15JY]
———repeal section relative to protecting confidentiality of materials submitted to the SEC, S6513 [29JY]
———repeal section relative to protecting confidentiality of materials submitted to the SEC (S. 3717), S6889 [5AU], S7298, S7299 [21SE], S7440 [24SE]
Securities: clarify exemption for certain annuity contracts and insurance policies from Federal regulation, S5917 [15JY]
———direct the SEC and the CFTC to determine if stable value funds and wrap contracts should be treated as swaps, S5906 [15JY]
———prohibit Federal assistance to bailout swap dealers and major swap participants, S5886 [15JY]
———prohibit proprietary trading and certain relationships with hedge funds and private equity funds and address conflicts of interest with respect to certain securitizations, S5886, S5889, S5893-S5899, S5901, S5904, S5932 [15JY]
———regulate over-the-counter derivatives markets and improve market transparency, S5890 [15JY]
Senate: importance of bipartisanship, S5803 [14JY]
———tribute to congressional staff who worked on H.R. 4173, provisions, S4139 [24MY], S5828, S5835 [14JY], S5932 [15JY]
States: retain preemption standard for State consumer financial laws, S5902 [15JY]
Reports filed
Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 4173, Provisions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1490) (H. Rept. 111-518), H5302 [30JN]
Provisions: Committee of Conference (H.R. 4173) (H. Rept. 111-517), H4973, H5202 [29JN]
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]
Same-Day Consideration of Resolutions Allowing Consideration of Certain Legislation: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1487) (H. Rept. 111-516), H4973, H5202 [29JN]
Statements
Regulate Over-the-Counter Derivatives Markets and Improve Market Transparency: Senator Lincoln, S5920-S5925 [15JY]
Tables
Mandatory GAO reports and studies required by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, E1653 [15SE]
Texts of
H. Res. 1487, same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation, H5212 [30JN]
H. Res. 1490, consideration of conference report on H.R. 4173, provisions, H5223 [30JN]
H.R. 4173, provisions, S4239-S4394 [25MY]
S. 3717, repeal section 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]