SECURITIES see also Investments

Amendments

CFTC: reauthorize to protect futures customers, make reforms to ensure transparency and accountability, and provide end users with market certainty and risk management to keep costs low (H.R. 2289), H3940, H3948, H3949, H3950, H3951 [9JN]

SEC: protect retail customers from differing standards of conduct for brokers and investment advisers and confusion from rule changes (H.R. 1090), H7241 [27OC]

——— protect retail customers from differing standards of conduct for brokers and investment advisers and confusion from rule changes (H.R. 1090), consideration (H. Res. 491), H7207 [27OC]

Articles and editorials

Kicking Dodd-Frank in the Teeth, H346 [13JA]

Russia Blamed, U.S. Taxpayers on the Hook, as Fracking Boom Collapses, E42 [9JA]

Bills and resolutions

American Infrastructure Fund: establish to provide loans or guarantees to State or local governments for qualified infrastructure projects (see H.R. 413), H430 [20JA]

Budget: clarify that Public Accounting Oversight Board funding is not subject to the sequester (see S. 548), S1075 [24FE] (see H.R. 1050), H1114 [24FE]

——— clarify that Securities Investor Protection Corp., funding is not subject to the sequester (see S. 549), S1075 [24FE] (see H.R. 1049), H1114 [24FE]

——— clarify that the standard setting body designated pursuant to the Securities Act is not subject to the sequester (see S. 550), S1075 [24FE] (see H.R. 1048), H1114 [24FE]

Business and industry: affirm private equity plays an important role in growing and strengthening U.S. businesses and that it has fostered significant investment in the U.S. economy (see H. Res. 464), H6835 [6OC]

——— amend certain securities laws relative to treatment of emerging growth companies (see H.R. 1659), H2108 [26MR] (see H.R. 2064), H2497 [28AP]

——— provide for a report that develops recommended U.S. energy security valuation methods (see H.R. 3923), H7741 [4NO]

CFTC: align exemptions for general solicitation of investment in commodity pools similar to the exemption provided for general solicitation of securities under the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (see H.R. 1954), H2416 [22AP]

——— impose fees and assessments to recover the cost of appropriations to the Commission (see H.R. 2474), H3505 [20MY]

——— provide equal treatment for utility special entities using utility operations-related swaps (see S. 1111), S2473 [28AP] (see H.R. 2041), H2495 [28AP]

——— reauthorize to protect futures customers, make reforms to ensure transparency and accountability, and provide end users with market certainty and risk management to keep costs low (see H.R. 2289), H2956 [13MY]

——— reauthorize to protect futures customers, make reforms to ensure transparency and accountability, and provide end users with market certainty and risk management to keep costs low (H.R. 2289), consideration (see H. Res. 288), H3756 [2JN]

——— specify how clearing requirements apply to certain affiliate transactions (see S. 876), S2040 [26MR] (see H.R. 1317), H1613 [4MR]

Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate): ease burden of Federal tax compliance on small businesses (see S. Res. 252), S6651 [15SE]

Consumers: determine a customer’s net equity based on the customer’s last statement, prohibit certain recoveries, and change how trustees are appointed (see S. 67), S58 [7JA] (see H.R. 1982), H2462 [23AP]

Crime: clearly define and statutorily prohibit insider trading (see S. 702), S1438 [11MR] (see H.R. 1625), H2033 [25MR]

Dept. of the Treasury: guarantee principal and interest payments on bonds issued by Puerto Rico, including its public corporations and instrumentalities, contingent on improvement of public finances management (see H.R. 3725), H6935 [8OC]

——— provide for the purchase of paper U.S. savings bonds with tax refunds (see H.R. 1652), H2107 [26MR]

Economy: jump-start economic recovery through formation and growth of new businesses (see S. 181), S238 [16JA] (see H.R. 962), H1066 [13FE]

FAA: transfer air traffic control functions to a newly created private corporation, transfer personnel to such corporation, and establish an employee stock ownership plan for such personnel (see H.R. 1835), H2305 [16AP]

Federal aid programs: encourage and support partnerships between the public and private sectors to improve our nation’s social programs (see S. 1089), S2431 [27AP] (see H.R. 1336), H1613 [4MR]

Financial institutions: allow mutual capital certificates to satisfy capital requirements for mutual depositories (see H.R. 1661), H2108 [26MR]

——— amend securities, commodities, and banking laws to make information reported to financial regulatory agencies electronically searchable (see H.R. 2477), H3505 [20MY]

——— exclude certain debt securities of collateralized loan obligations from the prohibition against acquiring or retaining an ownership interest in a hedge fund or private equity fund (see H.R. 1841), H2305 [16AP]

——— exempt certain non-financial companies and smaller banking entities from Volcker Rule prohibiting banking entities from proprietary trading and restricting relationships with certain covered funds (see H.R. 4049), H8280 [17NO]

——— improve accountability and transparency in the financial regulatory system, protect access to credit for consumers, and provide sensible relief to financial institutions (see S. 1484), S3456 [2JN]

——— limit ability of banks to engage in certain risky activities and conflicts of interest and restore certain provisions of law to separate investment banking from commercial banking (see S. 1709), S4686 [7JY] (see H.R. 3054), H5171 [14JY]

——— make shareholder registration threshold for savings and loan holding companies the same as for bank holding companies (see H.R. 1334), H1613 [4MR]

——— provide specific credit risk retention requirements to certain qualifying collateralized loan obligations (see H.R. 4166), H9010 [3DE]

——— restore certain provisions of law to separate investment banking from commercial banking (see H.R. 381), H405 [14JA]

Financial Stability Oversight Council: repeal authority to designate certain non-bank financial institutions as systemically important financial institutions (see S. 107), S59 [7JA]

FRS: establish Consumer Financial Protection Bureau application process for interested parties to apply for an area to be designated as a rural area (see S. 871), S2040 [26MR] (see H.R. 1259), H1610 [4MR]

——— reform by limiting emergency lending authority and closing loopholes allowing megabanks to engage in unrestricted commodities activities (see S. 1320), S2849 [13MY] (see H.R. 2625), H3877 [3JN]

Government regulations: revise requirements related to assets pledged by a surety (see H.R. 838), H916 [10FE]

Government-sponsored enterprises: establish scorekeeping rule to ensure that increases in guarantee fees of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac shall not be used to offset provisions that increase the deficit (see S. 752), S1585 [17MR]

——— exercise clean-up call options under securities issued by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac and prohibit new mortgage-backed securities to contain provisions for such options (see H.R. 1224), H1566 [3MR]

Housing: ensure housing finance reform by prohibiting an increase in the guarantee fee to offset other spending and the sale of preferred shares of Government-sponsored enterprises (see S. 2038), S6699 [16SE]

Infrastructure Financing Authority: establish (see S. 1589), S4202 [16JN]

Investments: prohibit trading on material inside information (see H.R. 1097), H1368 [26FE] (see H.R. 1173), H1499 [27FE]

——— protect investors in futures contracts (see H.R. 1163), H1499 [27FE]

——— protect the investment choices of American investors (see S. 1802), S5170 [16JY] (see H.R. 4216), H9269 [10DE]

——— provide end-users with time to meet margin requirements and repeal certain indemnification requirements for regulatory authorities to obtain access to swap data required by swaps entities (see S. 1560), S4103 [11JN]

——— repeal certain indemnification requirements for regulatory authorities to obtain access to swap data required to be provided by swaps entities (see H.R. 1847), H2306 [16AP]

Iran: block Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps access to global economy, require congressional approval of removal from state sponsors of terrorism list, and impose conditions to normalization of economic relations (see H.R. 4257), H9328 [15DE]

Local government: require appropriate Federal banking agencies to treat certain municipal obligations as level 2A liquid assets (see H.R. 2209), H2791 [1MY]

Political campaigns: require disclosure to shareholders of any expenditure made by companies in support of or in opposition to any candidate for Federal, State, or local public office (see H.R. 418), H430 [20JA]

Power resources: promote domestic development and deployment of clean energy technologies (see H.R. 4162), H8970 [2DE]

Public Company Accounting Oversight Board: promote transparency by making disciplinary proceedings open to the public (see S. 1084), S2400 [23AP]

Puerto Rico: provide assistance and support through tax relief and financial and pension reforms (see S. 2381), S8547 [9DE]

SEC: allow the owning of certain securities by, change capital structure requirements of, and revise certain rules relative to business development companies (see H.R. 3868), H7389 [2NO]

——— carry out a pilot program to examine maker-taker pricing (see H.R. 1216), H1565 [3MR]

——— clarify definition of general solicitation under Federal securities law as not applying to events like demo days (see S. 978), S2244 [16AP]

——— enhance civil penalties under Federal securities laws (see S. 1730), S4953 [9JY]

——— establish an Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation and a Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee (see H.R. 3784), H7088 [21OC]

——— exempt certain transactions involving purchases by credited investors from Securities Act (see H.R. 1839), H2305 [16AP]

——— exempt from registration brokers participating in the transfer of ownership of smaller privately-held companies (see H.R. 686), H755 [3FE]

——— exempt issuers with certain total market capitalization from auditor attestation requirements for internal control assessments (see H.R. 3891), H7623 [3NO]

——— extend statute of limitations for certain securities law violations (see S. 1960), S6380 [5AU]

——— improve form 10-K and regulation S-K (see H.R. 1525), H1847 [23MR]

——— increase threshold amount for requiring issuers to provide certain disclosures relative to compensatory benefit plans (see S. 576), S1161 [26FE]

——— permit private persons to seek legal or equitable remedies in a civil action instead of an administrative proceeding (see H.R. 3798), H7137 [22OC]

——— prohibit mandatory pre-dispute arbitration agreements (see H.R. 1098), H1368 [26FE]

——— protect retail customers from differing standards of conduct for brokers and investment advisers and confusion from rule changes (see H.R. 1090), H1164 [25FE]

——— protect retail customers from differing standards of conduct for brokers and investment advisers and confusion from rule changes (H.R. 1090), consideration (see H. Res. 491), H7188 [26OC]

——— provide a safe harbor relative to certain investment fund research reports (see H.R. 2356), H3251 [15MY]

——— provide for a notice-filing registration procedure for brokers participating in the transfer of ownership of smaller companies and provide appropriate regulation of such transfers (see S. 1010), S2272 [20AP]

——— provide smaller public companies with access to capital-raising advantages by eliminating excessive filing requirements and expediting stock registration (see H.R. 2357), H3251 [15MY]

——— refund or credit excess payments made to the Commission (see H.R. 1975), H2417 [22AP]

——— repeal a certain reporting requirement (see H.R. 3032), H5088 [10JY]

——— require all transactions of persons subject to accounting principles or standards to be shown on such persons’ balance sheet (see H.R. 1166), H1499 [27FE]

——— require certain reporting by hedge funds that are the beneficial owner of more than 1 percent of a class of security (see H.R. 3921), H7741 [4NO]

——— require publicly traded companies to disclose to investors information on cybersecurity risks and presence of cybersecurity experts on the board of trustees (see S. 2410), S8793 [17DE]

——— require that repurchase-to-maturity transactions be treated as secured borrowing (see H.R. 1165), H1499 [27FE]

——— review all significant regulations to determine whether such regulations are necessary in the public interest or whether such regulations should be amended or rescinded (see H.R. 2354), H3251 [15MY]

——— revise regulations relative to the qualifications of natural persons as accredited investors (see H.R. 2187), H2769 [30AP]

——— revise rules to increase threshold amount for requiring issuers to provide certain disclosures relative to compensatory benefit plans (see H.R. 1675), H2108 [26MR]

Securities and Derivatives Commission: establish (see H.R. 1167), H1499 [27FE]

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. 603), H661 [28JA] (see H.R. 1520), H1803 [19MR]

Taxation: allow a temporary dividends received deduction from a controlled foreign corporation for certain taxable years (see S. 397), S833 [5FE] (see H.R. 788), H854 [5FE]

——— clarify valuation rule applicable to early termination of certain charitable remainder unitrusts (see H.R. 4192), H9079 [8DE]

——— exempt certain stock of real estate investment trusts from the tax on foreign investment in U.S. real property interests (see S. 915), S2172 [14AP] (see H.R. 2128), H2767 [30AP]

——— expand and make permanent rules relative to investment by nonresident aliens in domestic mutual funds and business development companies (see H.R. 2115), H2653 [29AP]

——— expand availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations (see S. 1212), S2688 [6MY] (see H.R. 2096), H2653 [29AP]

——— extend publicly traded partnership ownership structure to energy power generation projects and transportation fuels (see S. 1656), S4601 [24JN] (see H.R. 2883), H4650 [24JN]

——— extend qualified zone academy bonds and reduce the private business contribution requirement relative to such bonds (see H.R. 3703), H6892 [7OC]

——— impose a tax on certain trading transactions to invest in families and communities, improve infrastructure and the environment, strengthen financial security, expand opportunity and reduce market volatility (see H.R. 1464), H1801 [19MR]

——— impose a tax on certain trading transactions to invest in families and communities, improve infrastructure and the environment, strengthen financial security, expand opportunity, and reduce market volatility (see S. 1371), S3059 [19MY]

——— make permanent certain rules regarding basis adjustments to stock of S corporations making charitable contributions of property (see H.R. 630), H667 [30JA]

——— make the maximum capital gains rate for individuals 15 percent (see H.R. 3017), H5029 [9JY]

——— modify and permanently extend qualified zone academy bonds to facilitate school renovation and construction and treat such bonds as specified tax credit bonds (see S. 1753), S5008 [13JY] (see H.R. 3046), H5117 [13JY]

——— modify certain rules applicable to qualified small issue manufacturing bonds (see H.R. 2890), H4768 [25JN]

——— modify rules for tax-exempt enterprise zone facility bonds and extend tax incentives for empowerment zones (see S. 408), S833 [5FE]

——— modify S corporation shareholder and preferred stock rules relative to banks (see H.R. 2789), H4431 [16JN]

——— permanently extend the tax treatment for certain Build America Bonds (see S. 1515), S3776 [4JN] (see H.R. 2676), H3914 [4JN]

——— permanently modify limitations on deduction of interest by financial institutions which hold tax-exempt bonds (see H.R. 2229), H2792 [1MY]

——— permit Indian tribal governments to be shareholders in S corporations (see H.R. 2626), H3877 [3JN]

——— provide an exception for certain public-private research arrangements from the business use test for purposes of determining private activity bonds (see H.R. 1819), H2268 [15AP]

——— provide for Move America bonds and allow such bonds to be converted into tax credits to support public-private partnerships for infrastructure investment (see S. 1186), S2599 [4MY]

——— provide for the issuance of exempt facility bonds for qualified carbon dioxide capture facilities (see S. 2305), S8159 [19NO]

——— 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. 499), H531 [22JA]

——— reform estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 1544), H1848 [23MR]

——— remove bond requirements and extend filing periods for certain taxpayers subject to Federal excise taxes on distilled spirits, wine, and beer (see S. 904), S2172 [14AP] (see H.R. 2238), H2798 [5MY]

——— repeal estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 173), H42 [6JA] (see H.R. 186), H103 [7JA]

——— repeal estate tax and retain stepped-up basis at death (see H.R. 725), H811 [4FE]

U.S. Cotton Futures Act: modify definition of cotton futures contracts (see S. 1655), S4601 [24JN] (see H.R. 2620), H3757 [2JN]

Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: repeal (see S. 89), S58 [7JA] (see H.R. 171), H42 [6JA]

Water: remove a financial assistance limitation for certain water projects (see H.R. 3756), H6980 [16OC]

Letters

Commodity End-User Relief Act: Americans for Financial Reform (organization), H3778 [3JN]

——— Coalition for Derivatives End-Users, H3935 [9JN]

——— Dave McCurdy, American Gas Association, H3934 [9JN]

——— Dorothy Coleman, National Association of Manufacturers, H3933 [9JN]

——— Micah Hauptman and Barbara Roper, Consumer Federation of America, H3776 [3JN]

——— National Corn Growers Association and Natural Gas Supply Association, H3933 [9JN]

——— R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, H3937 [9JN]

——— several production agriculture associations and agribusinesses, H3932 [9JN]

——— Thomas R. Kuhn, Edison Electric Institute, H3934 [9JN]

End user exemptions for certain derivative sales: Representative Conaway, Committee on Agriculture (House), H68 [7JA]

Mortgage Servicing Asset Capital Requirements Act, Holding Company Registration Threshold Equalization Act, and Community Institution Mortgage Relief Act: James C. Ballentine, American Bankers Association, H5139 [14JY]

Prohibit sale of federally-owned preferred shares of Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac without congressional approval: Anne E. Wall, Dept. of the Treasury, S8857 [18DE]

Swap Data Repository and Clearinghouse Indemnification Correction Act: Representative Conaway, Committee on Agriculture (House), H5146 [14JY]

——— Representative Hensarling, Committee on Financial Services (House), H5146 [14JY]

Remarks in House

American Infrastructure Fund: establish to provide loans or guarantees to State or local governments for qualified infrastructure projects (H.R. 413), H5187 [15JY]

Business and industry: amend certain securities laws relative to treatment of emerging growth companies (H.R. 2064), H5147–H5149 [14JY]

CFTC: encourage Office of the Chief Economist employment applications from members of minority groups, women, disabled persons, and veterans, H3951 [9JN]

——— ensure certain interaffiliate transactions are not regulated as swaps, H345 [13JA]

——— provide status of consultations with U.S. producers and consumers of aluminum, H3950 [9JN]

——— reauthorize to protect futures customers, make reforms to ensure transparency and accountability, and provide end users with market certainty and risk management to keep costs low (H.R. 2289), H3932–H3952 [9JN], E878 [11JN]

——— reauthorize to protect futures customers, make reforms to ensure transparency and accountability, and provide end users with market certainty and risk management to keep costs low (H.R. 2289), consideration (H. Res. 288), H3773–H3781 [3JN]

——— reauthorize to protect futures customers, make reforms to ensure transparency and accountability, and provide end users with market certainty and risk management to keep costs low (H.R. 2289), corrections in engrossment, H3999 [9JN]

——— require a report of any plans of action and milestones to address any known information security vulnerabilities, H3951 [9JN]

——— specify how clearing requirements apply to certain affiliate transactions (H.R. 1317), H8219–H8221 [16NO]

Financial institutions: exclude certain debt securities of collateralized loan obligations from the prohibition against acquiring or retaining an ownership interest in a hedge fund or private equity fund, H81 [7JA], H345, H347–H351 [13JA], E126 [27JA]

——— make shareholder registration threshold for savings and loan holding companies the same as for bank holding companies, H80 [7JA]

——— make shareholder registration threshold for savings and loan holding companies the same as for bank holding companies (H.R. 1334), H5142–H5144 [14JY]

——— restore certain provisions of law to separate investment banking from commercial banking (H.R. 381), H5165 [14JY], H8145 [5NO]

FRS: establish Consumer Financial Protection Bureau application process for interested parties to apply for an area to be designated as a rural area (H.R. 1259), H1571 [4MR], H2121–H2123 [13AP]

Government regulations: provide end user exemptions for certain derivative sales, H67, H76 [7JA], H345 [13JA]

Investments: repeal certain indemnification requirements for regulatory authorities to obtain access to swap data required to be provided by swaps entities, H80 [7JA], H346 [13JA], H3949, H3950 [9JN]

——— repeal certain indemnification requirements for regulatory authorities to obtain access to swap data required to be provided by swaps entities (H.R. 1847), H5145–H5147 [14JY]

Permanent Court of Arbitration: ruling that Russia violated the Energy Charter Treaty when it expropriated Yukos Oil Co., assets, E1084 [20JY]

SEC: exempt certain transactions involving purchases by credited investors from Securities Act (H.R. 1839), H6805–H6808 [6OC]

——— improve form 10-K and regulation S-K (H.R. 1525), H6804, H6805 [6OC]

——— protect retail customers from differing standards of conduct for brokers and investment advisers and confusion from rule changes (H.R. 1090), H7164 [23OC], H7231–H7243, H7244 [27OC], E1556 [28OC], E1567 [2NO]

——— protect retail customers from differing standards of conduct for brokers and investment advisers and confusion from rule changes (H.R. 1090), consideration (H. Res. 491), H7201–H7207 [27OC]

——— repeal a certain reporting requirement (H.R. 3032), H8219 [16NO]

Taxation: clarify valuation rule applicable to early termination of certain charitable remainder unitrusts (H.R. 4192), E1726 [8DE]

U.S. Cotton Futures Act: modify definition of cotton futures contracts (H.R. 2620), H4563, H4564 [23JN]

Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: anniversary, H5317 [21JY], H5386–H5393 [22JY], H5458–H5463 [23JY], E1094 [21JY], E1115 [23JY], E1184 [29JY]

——— impact on economy, H5337, H5387–H5393 [22JY], H5458–H5463 [23JY]

——— repeal, H5300 [21JY]

Remarks in Senate

Crime: clearly define and statutorily prohibit insider trading (S. 702), S1440 [11MR]

Financial institutions: impact of revising certain regulations governing financial assistance for swaps entities, S7892 [10NO], S8287 [2DE]

——— improve accountability and transparency in the financial regulatory system, protect access to credit for consumers, and provide sensible relief to financial institutions (S. 1484), S5444 [22JY]

——— limit ability of banks to engage in certain risky activities and conflicts of interest and restore certain provisions of law to separate investment banking from commercial banking (S. 1709), S4689 [7JY]

Government regulations: provide end user exemptions for certain derivative sales, S74–S77, S81–S85 [8JA]

Government-sponsored enterprises: prohibit sale of federally-owned preferred shares of Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac without congressional approval, S8760 [17DE], S8856, S8857 [18DE]

Public Company Accounting Oversight Board: promote transparency by making disciplinary proceedings open to the public (S. 1084), S2405 [23AP]

Puerto Rico: provide assistance and support through tax relief and financial and pension reforms (S. 2381), S8867–S8869 [18DE]

SEC: enhance civil penalties under Federal securities laws (S. 1730), S4956 [9JY]

——— extend statute of limitations for certain securities law violations (S. 1960), S6386 [5AU]

——— require publicly traded companies to disclose to investors information on cybersecurity risks and presence of cybersecurity experts on the board of trustees (S. 2410), S8795 [17DE]

Taxation: allow a temporary dividends received deduction from a controlled foreign corporation for certain taxable years (S. 397), S836 [5FE]

——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to permanently repeal estate tax, S2000 [26MR]

——— extend publicly traded partnership ownership structure to energy power generation projects and transportation fuels (S. 1656), S8579 [10DE]

——— modify and permanently extend qualified zone academy bonds to facilitate school renovation and construction and treat such bonds as specified tax credit bonds (S. 1753), S5010 [13JY]

——— provide for Move America bonds and allow such bonds to be converted into tax credits to support public-private partnerships for infrastructure investment (S. 1186), S2601 [4MY]

U.S. Cotton Futures Act: modify definition of cotton futures contracts (H.R. 2620), S4979 [9JY]

Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: anniversary, S5058 [14JY], S5197 [21JY], S5448–S5451 [22JY], S5504–S5506 [23JY]

——— impact on economy, S5198 [21JY], S5442–S5444 [22JY], S5504–S5506 [23JY], S8136 [19NO], S8286–S8289 [2DE]

Reports

End User Exemptions for Certain Derivative Sales: Committee on Agriculture (House) (excerpt), H68, H77–H79 [7JA], H352–H354 [13JA]

Reports filed

CFTC Specification of How Clearing Requirements Apply to Certain Affiliate Transactions: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 1317) (H. Rept. 114–311), H7188 [26OC]

——— Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 1317) (H. Rept. 114–311), H8238 [16NO]

Commodity End-User Relief Act: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 2289) (H. Rept. 114–134), H3581 [29MY]

Consideration of H.R. 1090, Retail Investor Protection Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 491) (H. Rept. 114–313), H7188 [26OC]

Consideration of H.R. 2289, Commodity End-User Relief Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 288) (H. Rept. 114–136), H3756 [2JN]

Cotton Futures Contracts Definition Modification Under the U.S. Cotton Futures Act: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 2620) (H. Rept. 114–174), H4591 [23JN]

Craft Beverage Bond Simplification Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 904) (S. Rept. 114–15), S2171 [14AP]

Disclosure Modernization and Simplification Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 1525) (H. Rept. 114–279), H6834 [6OC]

Ease Burden of Federal Tax Compliance on Small Businesses: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. Res. 252), S6651 [15SE]

Financial Regulatory Improvement Act: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 1484), S3455 [2JN]

Helping Expand Lending Practices in Rural Communities Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 1259) (H. Rept. 114–60), H2151 [13AP]

Holding Company Registration Threshold Equalization Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 1334) (H. Rept. 114–200), H5171 [14JY]

Improving Access to Capital for Emerging Growth Companies Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 2064) (H. Rept. 114–203), H5171 [14JY]

Permanent Tax Rules Regarding Basis Adjustments to Stock of S Corporations Making Charitable Contributions of Property: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 630) (H. Rept. 114–16), H865 [9FE]

Real Estate Investment and Jobs Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 915) (S. Rept. 114–25), S2171 [14AP]

Reforming Access for Investments in Startup Enterprises (RAISE) Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 1839) (H. Rept. 114–281), H6834 [6OC]

Retail Investor Protection Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 1090) (H. Rept. 114–304), H7137 [22OC]

SEC Reporting Modernization Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 3032) (H. Rept. 114–337), H8239 [16NO]

Swap Data Repository and Clearinghouse Indemnification Correction Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 1847) (H. Rept. 114–202), H5171 [14JY]

Statements

Commodity End-User Relief Act: Executive Office of the President, H3779 [3JN], H3935 [9JN]

Retail Investor Protection Act: Several Organizations, H7234 [27OC]

Texts of

H. Res. 288, consideration of H.R. 2289, Commodity End-User Relief Act, H3773 [3JN]

H. Res. 491, consideration of H.R. 1090, Retail Investor Protection Act, H7201 [27OC]

H.R. 1090, Retail Investor Protection Act, H7231 [27OC]

H.R. 1259, Helping Expand Lending Practices in Rural Communities Act, H2122 [13AP]

H.R. 1317, CFTC specification of how clearing requirements apply to certain affiliate transactions, H8219 [16NO]

H.R. 1334, Holding Company Registration Threshold Equalization Act, H5142 [14JY]

H.R. 1525, Disclosure Modernization and Simplification Act, H6804 [6OC]

H.R. 1839, Reforming Access for Investments in Startup Enterprises (RAISE) Act, H6806 [6OC]

H.R. 1847, Swap Data Repository and Clearinghouse Indemnification Correction Act, H5145 [14JY]

H.R. 2064, Improving Access to Capital for Emerging Growth Companies Act, H5147 [14JY]

H.R. 2289, Commodity End-User Relief Act, H3940–H3948 [9JN]

H.R. 2620, cotton futures contracts definition modification under U.S. Cotton Futures Act, H4563 [23JN]

H.R. 3032, SEC Reporting Modernization Act, H8219 [16NO]

S. 871, Helping Expand Lending Practices in (HELP) Rural Communities Act, S2048 [26MR]

S. Res. 252, Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) priorities to ease burden of Federal tax compliance on small businesses, S6654–S6656 [15SE]