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June 22, 2021 (No short title) A bill to amend the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to institute a trading prohibition for certain issuers that retain public accounting firms that have not been subject to inspection by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, and for other purposes. S. 2201: June 23, 2021: Supply Chain Security Training Act of 2021
The Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act of 2012 (Pub. L. 112–105 (text), S. 2038, 126 Stat. 291, enacted April 4, 2012) is an Act of Congress designed to combat insider trading. It was signed into law by President Barack Obama on April 4, 2012. The law prohibits the use of non-public information for private profit, including ...
The 2020 congressional insider trading scandal was a political scandal in the United States involving allegations that several members of the United States Senate violated the STOCK Act by selling stock at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States and just before a stock market crash on February 20, 2020, using knowledge given to them at a closed Senate meeting.
The bill includes a ban on stock trading by lawmakers and their immediate family, as well as Supreme Court justices. A vote could come this week.
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Even Kelly, who's advocating to ban trading, shows how unclear and haphazard the system can be — he's one of the 54 lawmakers whose name appears in the Insider investigation.
Insider trading is the trading of a public company's stock or other securities (such as bonds or stock options) based on material, nonpublic information about the company. [1] In various countries, some kinds of trading based on insider information is illegal. The rationale for this prohibition of insider trading differs between countries/regions.
June 8, 2012 (No short title) Made Israeli nationals eligible to receive E-2 visas. 112-131: June 8, 2012 John F. Kennedy Center Reauthorization Act of 2012: Reauthorized appropriations for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts through fiscal year 2014 with a few additions regarding a planned addition to the center. 112-132: June ...