SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT

Bills and resolutions

China: address corrupt business practices that excuse genocide, advance Chinese Communist Party propaganda, advocate on behalf of Chinese Communist Party officials, or invest in certain Chinese industries (see S. 151), S147 [30JA]

SEC: address disclosures by directors, officers, and principal stockholders of foreign private issuers (see S. 1169), S1134 [17AP]

——— allow for registration of venture exchanges (see S. 2068), S2185 [21JN] (see H.R. 6623), H6207 [6DE]

——— create safe harbor for finders and private placement brokers (see H.R. 2590), H1724 [13AP]

——— disclose and report on non-material disclosure mandates (see H.R. 4628), H3574 [13JY]

——— enable shareholders of large public companies to hold corporate management accountable for certain ‘‘woke’’ corporate actions that breach certain fiduciary duties (see S. 189), S172 [31JA]

——— establish Senior Investor Taskforce (see S. 955), S933 [23MR] (see H.R. 2593), H1724 [13AP]

——— exclude qualified institutional buyers and institutional credited investors when calculating holders of security for purposes of mandatory registration threshold (see H.R. 2605), H1725 [13AP]

——— expand access to capital for rural small businesses (see S. 294), S265 [7FE] (see H.R. 298), H203 [11JA]

——— further enhance anti-retaliation protections for whistleblowers (see S. 811), S798 [15MR]

——— improve quality of proxy advisory firms to protect investors and economy and to foster accountability, transparency, responsiveness, and competition in industry (see S. 1799), S1899 [1JN] (see H.R. 448), H275 [24JA] (see H.R. 4589), H3477 [12JY]

——— permit private persons to seek sanctions by filing civil actions (see H.R. 6695), H6814 [11DE]

——— prohibit from requiring issuer to make climate-related disclosures that are not material to investors (see H.R. 317), H232 [12JA]

——— prohibit from requiring issuers to disclose information relative to greenhouse gas emissions (see S. 391), S351 [13FE] (see H.R. 1018), H838 [14FE]

——— prohibit robovoting relative to votes related to proxy or consent solicitation materials (see H.R. 4656), H3612 [14JY]

——— provide liability for certain failures to disclose material information in connection with proxy voting advice (see H.R. 4590), H3477 [12JY]

——— repeal rule making open market stock repurchases by public companies easier and require percentage of company boards to be picked by employees (see H.R. 3694), H2636 [25MY]

——— require disclosure of payments for settlements of disputes regarding sexual abuse and certain types of harassment and discrimination (see S. 1393), S1440 [1MY] (see H.R. 3078), H2126 [2MY]

——— require issuers to disclose information about workforce management policies, practices, and performance in annual reports (see S. 2751), S4355 [11SE] (see H.R. 4578), H3476 [12JY]

——— require issuers to disclose whether their supply chain uses forced labor Uyghurs (see H.R. 4452), H3159 [30JN]

——— require issuers to disclose whether they do business in, or with China or other aggressor nations (see H.R. 4451), H3159 [30JN]

——— require issuers with multi-class stock structure to make certain disclosures in any proxy or consent solicitation material (see H.R. 2795), H1914 [24AP]

——— require public companies provide sexual harassment claim disclosures and any financial settlements paid out to victims in reports, and require such companies implement mandatory sexual harassment training (see H.R. 6157), H5228 [1NO]

——— require public companies to disclose gender, race, ethnicity, and veteran status of their board directors, nominees, and senior executive officers (see S. 2007), S2122 [15JN] (see H.R. 4177), H2958 [15JN]

——— require publicly traded companies to disclose if company has diversity, equity, and inclusion program to combat antisemitism (see H.R. 6776), H6941 [13DE]

——— require reporting of certain expenditures for political activities (see H.R. 4863), H3949 [25JY]

——— revise definition of facility (see H.R. 6027), H5042 [24OC]

——— revise shareholder threshold for registration under Securities Exchange Act for issuers that receive support through certain Federal universal service support mechanisms (see S. 3242), S5402 [7NO] (see H.R. 4360), H3142 [23JN]

——— specify certain registration statement contents for emerging growth companies and permit issuers to file draft registration statements for confidential review (see H.R. 2610), H1725 [13AP]

Remarks in House

SEC: establish Senior Investor Taskforce (H.R. 2593), H2721–H2723 [5JN]

——— expand access to capital for rural small businesses (H.R. 298), H502–H504 [30JA], H657 [2FE], H1269 [10MR]

——— require covered issuers to carry out racial equity audit every 2 years, H227 [12JA], H662 [2FE], H2107 [28AP]

——— require issuers with multi-class stock structure to make certain disclosures in any proxy or consent solicitation material (H.R. 2795), H2653, H2654 [30MY]

——— specify certain registration statement contents for emerging growth companies and permit issuers to file draft registration statements for confidential review (H.R. 2610), H2725, H2726 [5JN]

Remarks in Senate

SEC: expand access to capital for rural small businesses (S. 294), S4325 [7SE]

——— further enhance anti-retaliation protections for whistleblowers (S. 811), S768 [14MR], S3741 [27JY]

Reports filed

Enhancing Multi-Class Share Disclosures Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 2795) (H. Rept. 118–79), H2664 [30MY]

Senior Security Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 2593) (H. Rept. 118–93), H2739 [5JN]

Specify Registration Statement Contents for Emerging Growth Companies and Permit Issuers To File Draft Registration Statements With SEC for Confidential Review: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 2610) (H. Rept. 118–89), H2739 [5JN]

Texts of

H.R. 298, Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act, H503 [30JA]

H.R. 2593, National Senior Investor Initiative Act, H2721 [5JN]

H.R. 2610, specify certain registration statement contents for emerging growth companies and permit issuers to file draft registration statements with SEC for confidential review, H2725 [5JN]

H.R. 2795, Enhancing Multi-Class Share Disclosures Act, H2653 [30MY]

S. 294, Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act, S4325 [7SE]