H. J. RES. 109 is a resolution aimed at nullifying a rule from the Securities and Exchange Commission related to "Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 121." This rule is identified as part of the federal regulations under chapter 8 of title 5 of the United States Code. The...
Congress wants to cancel a rule they don't like from a big financial group called the SEC, but they don't really explain why they want to get rid of it.
H.R. 4790, titled the "Prioritizing Economic Growth Over Woke Policies Act," aims to amend federal securities laws regarding disclosure requirements, establish a Public Company Advisory Committee, and make other changes. The bill seeks to limit the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC)...
H.R. 4790 is a bill that wants companies to only share really important information that would matter a lot to investors, and it doesn’t want companies to be forced to talk about things like the environment unless they are really important for business. It also plans to make a special group to help companies but worries that it might cost a lot of money without watching spending closely.
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...
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.
S. 5127, titled the “8-K Trading Gap Act of 2024,” seeks to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The bill requires the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to create rules preventing certain company leaders, like officers and directors, from buying or selling...
The bill wants to make sure that important company bosses, like officers and directors, can't buy or sell company stocks when they know something special is happening that others don't know yet. There would be some special rules for trades that are planned way in advance.
H. R. 189 aims to change the way the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) leases office space. It removes the SEC's authority to lease office space directly and instead allows the Administrator to handle this task. The bill also requires a report to be submitted to...
H. R. 189 is like when a teacher tells the school janitor to find a classroom for the art club instead of letting the art club pick the room themselves. Now, the teacher has to report back on how they manage all the rooms in the school to make sure everything is going well.
The Evaluating DeFi Opportunities Act proposes that the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and the Secretary of the Treasury collaborate to conduct a study on decentralized finance, also known as DeFi. The study will examine aspects...
The Evaluating DeFi Opportunities Act wants some important people in finance to work together and learn about DeFi, which is like a cool new way to do money stuff online, and then tell the grown-ups in Congress what they found out.
H.R. 8531, also known as the "DASHBOARD Act of 2024," requires the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to develop new rules for how companies, known as commercial data operators, share information about the value of the personal data they collect from users. The bill...
The DASHBOARD Act of 2024 wants companies to tell people how much their information is worth, how it's being used, and let them delete it if they want, while also making sure to show the total value of this data in money terms to make everything clear and fair.
H.R. 10020, known as the “Stop Woke Investing Act,” aims to change the way shareholder proposals are handled by public companies. It requires the Securities and Exchange Commission to amend its rules so that companies can limit the number of shareholder proposals based on their size—2 for...
H.R. 10020, or the “Stop Woke Investing Act,” is a plan to change how companies let people suggest new ideas, making sure only the ideas that really affect a company's money get picked, and fewer ideas can be suggested by smaller companies.
S. J. RES. 59 is a joint resolution that expresses Congress's disapproval of a specific rule made by the Securities and Exchange Commission related to "Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 121." This resolution argues that the rule, published in the Federal Register on April 11,...
S. J. RES. 59 is like a big "no thank you" from Congress to a rule they didn't like from a special group in charge of making money rules. They want to make sure this rule doesn't count anymore.
H. R. 189 proposes to change the law so that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) can no longer lease office space on its own; instead, the General Services Administration (GSA) will handle these leases. The bill also asks the Comptroller General to update a 2016...
The new bill wants a different group, instead of the SEC, to handle renting their office spaces, and it also wants someone to check how many offices these groups rent now.
H.R. 4763, titled the "Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act," aims to create a regulatory framework for managing digital assets in the United States, overseen by both the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission. The bill defines...
This bill is like a set of rules to make sure new digital money (like Bitcoin) is used safely in the U.S. The rules are watched over by two big brothers, the CFTC and the SEC, to help everyone play fair and avoid getting tricked.
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...
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.
H.R. 7030, titled the "Review the Expansion of Government Act of 2024" or "REG Act of 2024," requires the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to review its final rules every five years to determine if any changes are needed to help with capital formation, maintain fair markets, and...
The "REG Act of 2024" is like asking the grown-ups who make rules for trading companies to check their rules every five years to see if they still make sense and keep everyone safe while playing fair. They also have to make sure these rules don’t pile up and cause confusing problems.
H. J. RES. 109 is a joint resolution by the United States Congress expressing disapproval of a rule by the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to "Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 121." The resolution declares that this rule should have no legal power or effect. The opinion that...
The big group of people in charge of making rules (Congress) said they don't like a new rule made by the people who check money stuff (the SEC) because they think it shouldn't be a rule at all. So now, they're telling everyone that this new money rule shouldn't count anymore.
H.R. 7092, known as the "Protecting Private Job Creators Act," aims to remove certain regulatory requirements for fixed-income securities. Specifically, the bill proposes that Section 240.15c2–11 of the Code of Federal Regulations should not apply to these types of...
H.R. 7092 wants to make it so that some money rules don't apply to certain kinds of lending investments, like bonds. This makes it easier for businesses to get money without the same rules that are used for stocks.
The joint resolution, S. J. RES. 72, proposes congressional disapproval of a rule proposed by the Securities and Exchange Commission. This rule is related to improving and standardizing climate-related disclosures for investors. The resolution states that the proposed rule shall not be...
The Senate has a plan to stop a new rule from the SEC that would make companies share more about what they're doing to help the planet. If they stop this rule, it might be harder for people who invest money to know what companies are doing about climate change.
H. R. 8240 is a bill that directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to conduct an audit of the information technology systems used by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The audit will assess how the SEC spends on IT compared to other financial regulators...
The bill wants to check how the SEC's computer systems are working and if they are safe. It asks an important group to look for problems and suggest ways to make the SEC's computers better and safer.
H. J. RES. 109 expresses Congress's disapproval of a rule issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) concerning "Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 121." This resolution indicates that Congress does not agree with the rule and, therefore, it should not be in effect....
Congress is trying to stop a new rule from the SEC (the group that makes rules about money) because they don't agree with it, and they want everyone to forget about it, like erasing chalk from a board.
H. J. RES. 100 is a joint resolution aimed at overturning a rule from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This rule deals with how companies manage and report on cybersecurity risks, strategies, governance, and incidents. The resolution expresses Congress's disapproval of the rule,...
Congress wants to stop a new rule that says how companies should deal with and report computer hacking problems, because they don't like the rule. If they vote "yes," the rule won't count anymore, like it never existed.
S. 3815, also known as the "Improving Disclosure for Investors Act of 2024," directs the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to create rules so that important financial documents can be delivered to investors electronically. The bill defines who must follow these rules,...
S. 3815 wants the people in charge of money (the SEC) to make sure that important papers about money can be sent by email or online, but people can still ask for paper copies if they want.
H. J. RES. 209 is a proposed joint resolution aimed at expressing congressional disapproval of a rule issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This SEC rule involves the registration and amendment processes for financial products like Index-Linked Annuities and...
H. J. RES. 209 is a plan from Congress saying "no" to new rules about certain types of savings plans called annuities. If Congress agrees, these rules won't be used anymore.
H.R. 7625, known as the "RESPOND Act of 2024," aims to address the economic impacts of climate change. It requires the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Securities and Exchange Commission to issue an annual report to Congress that assesses the economic costs related to...
The "RESPOND Act of 2024" is a plan to help understand how climate change affects money and jobs; it asks special groups to study this every year and think about smarter ways to invest in the environment, like choosing stocks that are better for the earth.
The bill titled "Capital Markets Financing and Economic Growth Investments Act of 2023" aims to protect investment choices for investors in the United States. It allows money market funds to maintain stable share prices by using specific pricing methods, like the amortized...
The bill wants to help people in the U.S. make safe investment choices by letting certain funds keep their prices steady, even if their investors include companies, and it doesn't make these funds pay extra fees unless they want to.
H. J. RES. 109 is a legislative measure that expresses Congress's disapproval of a rule from the Securities and Exchange Commission about "Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 121." This bulletin was considered a rule as per chapter 8 of title 5 of the United States Code. By passing...
H. J. RES. 109 is like Congress saying, "We don't want to follow this new rule from a group that helps with counting money because we don't agree with it, so let's make it go away." This means they think the rule shouldn't count or be used anymore.
H.R. 10262, known as the "Analysis and Improvement Act of 2024" or the "AI Act of 2024", requires various financial regulators in the United States to study the benefits and risks of artificial intelligence (AI) in the financial sector. These studies will evaluate how AI is...
The "AI Act of 2024" is a plan to have money bosses look at how computers can help with money. They want to make sure using computers is safe and fair for everyone.
S. 3922, titled the "RESPOND Act of 2024," requires the Federal Reserve Board and the Securities and Exchange Commission to provide Congress an annual report on the economic costs of climate change. This bill also mandates the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board to...
The "RESPOND Act of 2024" wants to know how much money is being lost because of climate change, so it asks important people in charge of money to tell Congress about it every year. It also sets up a group to help plan better investments for the future that don't harm the planet.
H. R. 7019, also known as the "Holding Foreign Insiders Accountable Act," aims to update the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The bill focuses on improving transparency by requiring directors, officers, and major stockholders of foreign private issuers to publicly disclose...
H. R. 7019 is a new rule that asks important people in foreign companies to tell everyone about their stocks to make sure everything is honest and clear. The people in charge of checking these rules have to make sure the new rule is followed very soon.
H.R. 6776, known as the "Antisemitism Inclusion in DEI Act of 2023," is a bill introduced in the House of Representatives. It requires publicly traded companies to report to the Securities and Exchange Commission whether they have diversity, equity, and inclusion programs specifically aimed...
H.R. 6776 is a bill that wants big companies to tell a special group called the SEC if they have special programs to stop people from being mean to Jewish people. These companies have to include this information in their yearly reports.
S. 3476 is a bill aimed at monitoring investments by the United States in foreign entities controlled by adversarial countries. The bill requires the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Securities and Exchange Commission to report regularly on these...
The bill is about keeping an eye on the money the United States might invest in businesses controlled by countries like China, Russia, and Iran to make sure everything is safe and fair. It asks certain leaders to check and tell important details about these investments regularly, so everyone knows what's happening.
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...
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.
S. 5237, titled the "No China in Index Funds Act," aims to stop index funds from investing in companies tied to China. It defines what constitutes a "Chinese company" and prohibits investment companies or hedge funds from holding these investments. If an index fund already...
This bill, called the "No China in Index Funds Act," wants to make a rule that index funds can't invest in companies from China, and if they already have such investments, they need to sell them within 180 days or pay big fines.
H.R. 7758, titled the "No China in Index Funds Act," aims to stop index funds from investing in companies connected to China. The bill requires these funds to remove their current investments in Chinese companies within 180 days from the enactment of the law. If an index fund...
H.R. 7758 is a bill that wants to stop big groups of investments, called index funds, from putting money into companies connected to China, and if they don't follow this rule, they could be punished with a fine. It also gives them about six months to sell any Chinese company investments they already have.
S. 3676 aims to exempt quotations of fixed-income securities from specific regulatory requirements. The bill identifies that the Securities and Exchange Commission's Rule 15c2-11, which primarily deals with over-the-counter markets, should not apply to fixed-income...
This bill is like saying certain rules that usually keep an eye on some types of money and borrowing deals don't have to follow these rules anymore, so businesses can work more easily and borrow money in a special way.
H. R. 7006 is a bill that aims to stop natural asset companies from making agreements involving land or natural resources located in the State of Utah. A "natural asset company" is defined as either a company recognized by a specific Securities and Exchange Commission notice...
H. R. 7006 is a rule that wants to stop certain companies from making deals about land or nature in Utah. It tries to make sure these companies, which are linked to how a big stock market works, don't make plans for Utah's land or nature without rules.
H. J. RES. 119 is a joint resolution expressing congressional disapproval of a specific rule set by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The rule in question is about the documentation of compliance reviews for registered investment advisers who manage private funds. If approved,...
Imagine there's a school rule that some teachers made, but now the class thinks it's not a good rule. This bill is like the class telling the school they don't want to follow that rule anymore about how teachers check on helpers, so they want to cancel it.
The bill, H.R. 9477, proposes changes to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to enhance oversight of actions taken by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) through its delegated functions. It allows the SEC to have a discretionary right to review such actions and defines what...
The bill wants to change some rules about how a big group called the SEC checks on money-related matters. It’s like saying they should have a better way to double-check their homework and tell their parents how they did it every year.
H. R. 4763, known as the “Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act,” proposes a framework for regulating digital assets in the U.S. It directs the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to oversee digital assets, aiming...
The bill is like making new rules to keep digital money safe, just like making sure your toys stay clean and not lost. It tells two big grown-up groups, the CFTC and the SEC, to watch over these special kinds of money so everyone can play fair and no one gets tricked.
H.R. 7760, known as the "No Capital Gains Allowance for American Adversaries Act," aims to change how certain financial gains are taxed. The bill proposes that profits made from sales and dividends connected to companies based in countries like China, Russia, and others...
The bill wants to change how money earned from certain countries like China and Russia is taxed to make sure it's treated the same as regular earnings, which could mean paying more taxes. It also asks the government to tell people about this change and list the companies affected.
H. RES. 1243 establishes procedures for how the House of Representatives will debate and consider three specific bills. First, it allows the House to discuss and make amendments to H.R. 4763, which aims to regulate digital assets through key financial agencies. Second, it...
In Congress, they are planning how to talk about three topics: rules for digital money, stopping banks from giving money directly to people, and making sure only U.S. citizens can vote in Washington, D.C. elections.
H. J. Res. 185 seeks congressional disapproval of a rule issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission. This rule, known as "Regulation S–P," deals with the privacy of consumer financial information and the safeguarding of customer information. The resolution, submitted by...
Congress is thinking about stopping a new rule that helps keep people's money secrets safe. They want to make sure the rule has no power anymore, but they haven't explained why.
S. 4400, known as the "Small Entity Update Act," directs the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to research and create rules about what qualifies as a "small entity" under U.S. securities laws. Within one year of the bill's enactment, and then again every five years,...
Imagine someone making sure small businesses have the right rules to follow when it comes to money. This bill wants the grown-ups in charge of those rules to check every so often if their rules make sense for small businesses and change them if they need to because of things like the prices going up over time, just like how prices might go up for toys or snacks.
H. J. RES. 109 is a joint resolution in the 118th Congress that expresses congressional disapproval of a specific rule issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The rule in question is related to "Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 121," which was published in the Federal Register on...
H. J. RES. 109 is like a big group of grown-ups in charge saying they don’t agree with a special rule made by a team that helps keep track of money in businesses. They want to make sure this rule stops so it doesn’t change how things work with money rules.
S. 5242 aims to amend the Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978 to enhance the confidentiality of certain financial records. The bill introduces reforms to the Bank Secrecy Act and outlines warrant requirements and exceptions for accessing financial records by the...
The bill wants to make money rules safer and stop people from looking at our money secrets without permission, but some parts might be confusing and could make problems for the people who have to follow the rules.
H.R. 8241, titled the "SEC Transparency Act of 2024," aims to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The bill would require the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to testify before Congress at least twice a year about the commission's activities....
Imagine a rule where the leader of a group called the SEC has to tell the people who make the laws what the SEC has been doing twice every year. This bill says the leader needs to do that and sometimes bring the other leaders to join too!
S. 3735, titled the "Protecting Innovation in Investment Act," aims to stop the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from implementing a proposed rule concerning conflicts of interest in the use of predictive data analytics by broker-dealers and investment advisers. The...
S. 3735 is a proposed law that tries to stop a group called the SEC from enforcing a rule about using special math tools called "predictive data analytics" to help people who manage money. This law says the SEC can't make or use any rules like this because it might be bad for money managers, but some people worry it could leave people with money unprotected.
H. RES. 1243 provides guidelines for the consideration of three bills in the House of Representatives. The first bill, H.R. 4763, aims to establish a regulatory framework for digital assets through the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange...
H. RES. 1243 is a plan that helps lawmakers talk about three rules: one makes new rules for digital money, another stops special banks from giving people money directly, and the last one says only certain people can vote in certain places.
H. J. Res. 127 is a joint resolution that seeks to overturn a rule submitted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This rule concerns the enhancement and standardization of climate-related disclosures that investors need to be aware of. The resolution expresses congressional...
H. J. Res. 127 is a plan from Congress to say "no" to a new rule made by a group called the SEC, which wanted to make companies talk about how their work affects the environment. Congress doesn't want this new rule to happen.
H. R. 8222, also known as the “Regulation Advancement for Capital Enhancement Act of 2024” or the “RACE Act of 2024,” proposes changes to the Securities Act of 1933. The bill aims to simplify the approval process for certain securities offerings by allowing offering...
The bill wants to make it faster and easier for companies to sell certain kinds of small stock offerings by letting some get approved automatically without a long review, but it needs to be careful so people can't sneak around the rules.
H.R. 4551, titled the "Protecting Investors’ Personally Identifiable Information Act," aims to stop the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from requiring certain personal information. This includes things like names and Social Security numbers, from being collected in...
H.R. 4551 is a bill that aims to stop the collection of sensitive personal information like names and Social Security numbers in certain financial reports to help keep people's private details safe. Instead, only special codes related to financial transactions will be collected to protect privacy while still keeping track of market activities.
H.R. 8226 is a legislative proposal that directs the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study on major rules issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Every three years, starting one year after the bill's enactment, the Comptroller General...
The bill wants a special government person to check if big rules made by a group that watches over money and stocks are working well every few years, like seeing if they're doing their job and not costing too much. But, if there are more than ten rules, they will only look at the most important ten.
H. R. 8255 aims to establish a minimum public comment period for the Securities and Exchange Commission's proposed rules. The bill mandates that a 60-day public comment period is required for proposed rules, but this can be reduced to 30 days if the Commission determines the...
H. R. 8255 wants to make sure people have enough time to give their thoughts on new rules by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Usually, people get 60 days to comment, but if something super important needs quick action to protect investors, they might only get 30 days, and public holidays don't count in this time.
The bill S. 5233, titled the “No Capital Gains Allowance for American Adversaries Act,” seeks to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat gains and dividends from certain countries of concern as ordinary income, not as capital gains. These countries include China...
The No Capital Gains Allowance for American Adversaries Act is a rule that treats money made from certain countries like China and Russia as regular earnings instead of special earnings, making taxes higher on them, starting January 2025.
H.R. 4763, titled the "Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act," sets out a regulatory framework for digital assets in the U.S. The bill assigns oversight responsibilities to both the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Securities and...
H.R. 4763 is a new law that tries to keep track of and organize things called "digital assets," like special internet money and pictures, using two big helpers, the CFTC and the SEC, to make sure everything is safe and fair. It also wants to make rules so people know the right things to do when using or trading these digital assets.
H. J. RES. 127 aims to disapprove a rule from the Securities and Exchange Commission concerning climate-related disclosures for investors. The resolution, introduced by Mr. Huizenga and other members of the House of Representatives, seeks to nullify the rule which was...
Imagine someone made a rule about sharing clear weather-related information. Some people in charge didn't like it and want to stop it from being used. This bill is about stopping that rule, but it doesn't say why clearly.
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