SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT

Amendments

SEC: require disclosure of the total number of a company’s domestic and foreign employees (H.R. 3624), H8238, H8239 [18OC]

——— require disclosure of the total number of a company’s domestic and foreign employees (H.R. 3624), consideration (H. Res. 629), H8157 [16OC]

Bills and resolutions

CFTC and SEC: modify whistleblower incentives and protections (see S. 2529), S5628 [23SE] (see H.R. 4816), H8455 [23OC]

Corporations: prohibit disbursements for a political purpose unless the preferences of shareholders have been assessed about such disbursements (see H.R. 936), H1341 [31JA]

——— require shareholder authorization before a public company may make certain political expenditures (see S. 1630), S3104 [23MY] (see H.R. 4491), H7989 [25SE]

FDA: prevent inter partes review process for challenging patents from diminishing competition in the pharmaceutical industry and provide incentives for drug innovation (see S. 344), S919 [6FE] (see H.R. 990), H1389 [6FE]

Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board: require SEC confirmation of new members and members to be at least 5 years removed from association with municipal securities business and set compensation caps (see S. 1236), S2515 [30AP]

SEC: allow for registration of venture exchanges (see S. 2306), S5141 [29JY] (see H.R. 2899), H4117 [22MY]

——— amend definition of whistleblower (see H.R. 2515), H3447 [3MY]

——— clarify definition and regulation of digital tokens and tax treatment of virtual currency (see H.R. 2144), H3215 [9AP]

——— create a safe harbor for finders and private placement brokers (see H.R. 3768), H5910 [16JY]

——— establish Gender Diversity Advisory Group (see H.R. 3279), H4694 [13JN]

——— establish Senior Investor Taskforce (see S. 1719), S3250 [5JN] (see H.R. 1876), H2826 [26MR]

——— exempt from registration brokers participating in the transfer of ownership of smaller privately-held companies (see H.R. 609), H675 [16JA]

——— expand access to capital for rural small businesses (see S. 566), S1493 [26FE] (see H.R. 2409), H3339 [30AP]

——— issue regulations to require public corporations to disclose political expenditures (see H.R. 1053), H1459 [7FE]

——— issue rules to prohibit officers and directors of certain companies from trading securities in anticipation of a current report (see S. 2488), S5539 [17SE] (see H.R. 4335), H7714 [16SE]

——— permit private persons to seek sanctions by filing civil actions (see H.R. 1259), H2031 [14FE]

——— prohibit mandatory pre-dispute arbitration agreements (see S. 2992), S6888 [5DE] (see H.R. 5336), H9346 [6DE]

——— repeal rule making open market stock repurchases by public companies easier and require percentage of company boards to be picked by employees (see S. 915), S2043 [27MR] (see H.R. 3355), H4917 [19JN]

——— require disclosure of the total number of a company’s domestic and foreign employees (see S. 1843), S3476 [13JN] (see H.R. 3624), H5272 [5JY]

——— require disclosure of the total number of a company’s domestic and foreign employees (H.R. 3624), consideration (see H. Res. 629), H8142 [15OC]

——— require issuers to disclose certain activities and risks relative to climate change (see S. 2075), S4773 [10JY] (see H.R. 3623), H5272 [5JY]

——— require public companies to disclose gender, race, ethnicity, and veteran status of their board directors, nominees, and senior executive officers (see S. 360), S919 [6FE] (see H.R. 1018), H1391 [6FE] (see H.R. 5084), H8877 [14NO]

——— require public companies to disclose in an annual report any substantial financial relationship with any manufacturer or dealer of firearms or ammunition (see H.R. 2364), H3283 [25AP]

——— revise shareholder threshold for registration under Securities Exchange Act for issuers that receive support through certain Federal universal service support mechanisms (see S. 1502), S2923 [16MY]

Letters

Outsourcing Accountability Act: Shane Larson, Communications Workers of America (organization), H8236 [18OC]

Remarks in House

SEC: amend definition of whistleblower (H.R. 2515), H5276–H5278 [9JY]

——— establish Senior Investor Taskforce (H.R. 1876), H3314–H3316 [30AP]

——— exempt companies from requirement to disclose total number of a company’s domestic and foreign employees if they are required to make chief executive officer pay ratio or conflict minerals disclosures, H8238, H8239 [18OC]

——— expand access to capital for rural small businesses (H.R. 2409), H5285–H5287 [9JY]

——— repeal rule making open market stock repurchases by public companies easier and require percentage of company boards to be picked by employees (H.R. 3355), E791 [19JN]

——— require disclosure of the total number of a company’s domestic and foreign employees (H.R. 3624), H8233–H8242 [18OC]

——— require disclosure of the total number of a company’s domestic and foreign employees (H.R. 3624), consideration (H. Res. 629), H8154–H8157 [16OC]

——— require disclosure of the total number of a company’s domestic and foreign employees if it is considered material information for investors, H8239, H8240 [18OC]

——— require public companies to disclose gender, race, ethnicity, and veteran status of their board directors, nominees, and senior executive officers (H.R. 5084), H8927–H8929 [18NO]

Remarks in Senate

CFTC and SEC: modify whistleblower incentives and protections (S. 2529), S5907 [21OC]

SEC: require issuers to disclose certain activities and risks relative to climate change (S. 2075), S4917 [17JY]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 1815, SEC Disclosure Effectiveness Testing Act and H.R. 3624, Outsourcing Accountability Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 629) (H. Rept. 116–237), H8142 [15OC]

Outsourcing Accountability Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 3624) (H. Rept. 116–220), H8094 [4OC]

Texts of

H. Res. 629, consideration of H.R. 1815, SEC Disclosure Effectiveness Testing Act and H.R. 3624, Outsourcing Accountability Act, H8154 [16OC]

H.R. 1876, National Senior Investor Initiative Act, H3314 [30AP]

H.R. 2409, Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act, H5285 [9JY]

H.R. 2515, Whistleblower Protection Reform Act, H5276 [9JY]

H.R. 3624, Outsourcing Accountability Act, H8237 [18OC]

H.R. 5084, Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act, H8927 [18NO]