HR 3671 · 107th Congress 2001โ€“2003, ended

Independent Investment Advisers Act of 2002

Latest action · Feb 11, 2002 Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedFeb 4, 2002
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Independent Investment Advisers Act of 2002 - Amends the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to require investment advisers that publish any analysis or report regarding a company or its securities to disclose prominently: (1) the amount of fees received from the company during the five-year period preceding the date of publication; (2) any merger or acquisition transaction handled by the adviser that involves debt or equity instruments of that company during such five-year period; (3) any personal debt or equity holdings that the investment adviser have in the company; and (4) the extent to which the investment adviser has debt or equity holdings in that company.

Instructs the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to prohibit an investment adviser from engaging in transactions with respect to any security of a company during the 30 days beginning on the date on which such adviser publishes any analysis or report regarding such company or its securities.

Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to instruct the SEC to prohibit any independent public accountant or associated person from engaging in (auditor) trading or transactions with respect to any security of a company during the 30 days preceding, and the 30 days following, the date on which the accountant certifies any financial document regarding the company or its securities.

Cosponsors 6

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 14, 2002 to Mar 13, 2002.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CABob FilnerFeb 14, 2002
D-PAChaka FattahFeb 14, 2002
D-NJBill Pascrell, Jr.Feb 26, 2002
D-ASEni F. H. FaleomavaegaFeb 26, 2002
D-NYMajor R. OwensFeb 26, 2002
D-CASam FarrMar 13, 2002

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseFinancial Services Committee
Referred Feb 4, 2002
Capital Markets Subcommittee
Referred Feb 11, 2002

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 11, 2002Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
  2. Feb 4, 2002Introduced in House
  3. Feb 4, 2002Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E65)
  4. Feb 4, 2002Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
ExtensionsDebate and remarks E65Alcee L. Hastings D-FLFeb 4, 2002

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To require investment advisers to make prominent public disclosures of ties with companies being analyzed by them, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
Independent Investment Advisers Act of 2002

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Feb 4, 2002Introduced in House

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