Search Results: keywords:"public company accounting oversight board"

  • H. R. 8339 — To make improvements to the securities laws, and for other purposes.
    Status:Reported in House
    Words:6,393

    The SEC Reform and Restructuring Act aims to enhance securities laws in the United States. It includes measures for the SEC to evaluate the costs and benefits of its regulations, requires periodic reviews of final rules, and mandates regular reports to Congress about its...

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    The SEC Reform and Restructuring Act is a plan to make the rules about buying and selling company shares better. It wants the SEC, which makes sure things are fair and safe, to tell others what it’s doing and check its rules often to keep everything working well.

  • H. R. 8228 — To amend the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to transfer the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board to the Securities and Exchange Commission, and for other purposes.
    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:2,469

    H.R. 8228 is a bill that aims to change the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 by moving the responsibilities of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The bill proposes creating a new entity within the SEC called the Office of Public Accounting...

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    H.R. 8228 is a bill that wants to move a group that checks if companies are telling the truth about their money from its own place to join another bigger group that watches over businesses. This change aims to make things less complicated but might have some tricky parts to figure out.

  • H. R. 8339 — To make improvements to the securities laws, and for other purposes.
    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:6,239

    The SEC Reform and Restructuring Act aims to improve how the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) makes and reviews regulations. It requires the SEC to assess the costs and benefits of its rules and consider their cumulative effects. Additionally, the bill proposes...

    Simple Explanation

    The SEC Reform and Restructuring Act is a plan to make the SEC, which helps keep companies honest and safe in money matters, work better and be clearer. It wants to make sure new rules aren't too much trouble and are fair, and it also wants to check how the SEC handles technology and company checks.

  • H. R. 8239 — To improve the consideration by the Securities and Exchange Commission of the costs and benefits of regulations and orders of the Commission.
    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:1,828

    H. R. 8239, titled the “SEC Regulatory Accountability Act,” aims to improve how the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) considers the costs and benefits of its regulations and orders. It requires the SEC to evaluate problems, identify market impacts, and assess costs and...

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    H. R. 8239 is a plan to make sure the people in charge of keeping our money safe, like the SEC, think about how much their rules will help or hurt everyone before they make them. It also checks to make sure the rules aren't too hard to follow and that they keep checking if the rules are working well.