PUBLIC COMPANY ACCOUNTING REFORM AND INVESTOR PROTECTION ACT

Bills and resolutions

Budget: clarify that the standard setting body designated pursuant to the Securities Act, Securities Investor Protection Corp., and Public Accounting Oversight Board funding is not subject to the sequester (see S. 1780), S8565 [9DE]

Economy: jump-start economic recovery through formation and growth of new businesses (see S. 310), S707 [13FE] (see H.R. 714), H546 [14FE]

Public Company Accounting Oversight Board: prohibit from requiring public companies to use specific auditors or the use of different auditors on a rotating basis (see S. 1526), S6646 [19SE] (see H.R. 1564), H2025 [15AP]

——— promote transparency by making disciplinary proceedings open to the public (see S. 848), S3029 [25AP]

Letters

Financial deregulation legislation: Barbara Roper, Consumer Federation of America, H7483 [4DE]

——— William Samuel, AFL–CIO, H7482 [4DE]

Remarks in House

Public Company Accounting Oversight Board: prohibit from requiring public companies to use specific auditors or the use of different auditors on a rotating basis (H.R. 1564), H4182–H4184 [8JY]

Remarks in Senate

Economy: jump-start economic recovery through formation and growth of new businesses, S204 [23JA]

——— jump-start economic recovery through formation and growth of new businesses (S. 310), S3748 [22MY], S5602 [10JY], S5991–S5993 [29JY]

Public Company Accounting Oversight Board: promote transparency by making disciplinary proceedings open to the public (S. 848), S3041 [25AP]

Reports filed

Audit Integrity and Job Protection Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 1564) (H. Rept. 113–142), H4212 [8JY]

Statements

Legislative Proposals To Relieve the Red Tape Burden on Investors and Job Creators: Anne Simpson, California Public Employees’ Retirement System, H7481 [4DE]

Texts of

H.R. 1564, Audit Integrity and Job Protection Act, H4182 [8JY]