PUBLIC COMPANY ACCOUNTING OVERSIGHT BOARD

Bills and resolutions

Business and industry: promote transparency by making disciplinary proceedings open to public (see S. 865), S826 [16MR]

——— require auditor independence standards applicable to past audits of company occurring before it was public to treat auditor as independent if auditor meets established professional standards (see H.R. 2606), H1725 [13AP]

Federal employees: prohibit sums in Thrift Savings Plan from being invested in securities listed on certain foreign exchanges (see S. 1650), S1704 [17MY] (see H.R. 3455), H2426 [17MY]

Law enforcement: require Federal financial regulators to create public database of people who have committed financial crimes or have civil liability for financial misdeeds (see S. 1900), S2029 [8JN]

Remarks in House

SEC: prohibit funding to implement rule entitled ‘‘Amendments to Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Auditing Standards Related to a Company’s Noncompliance With Laws and Regulations; And Other Related Amendments’’, H5631 [8NO]

Remarks in Senate

Business and industry: promote transparency by making disciplinary proceedings open to public (S. 865), S832 [16MR]

Federal employees: prohibit sums in Thrift Savings Plan from being invested in securities listed on certain foreign exchanges, S3726 [27JY]