Stock Option Accounting Reform Act
Latest action · Jul 29, 2002 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
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.
- IntroducedJul 17, 2002
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Cosponsors 31
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 17, 2002 to Oct 3, 2002; 12 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Original | Jul 17, 2002 |
| R-PA | Don Sherwood | Original | Jul 17, 2002 |
| D-TX | Gene Green | Original | Jul 17, 2002 |
| D-MS | Gene Taylor | Original | Jul 17, 2002 |
| R-NY | Jack Quinn | Original | Jul 17, 2002 |
| R-PA | James C. Greenwood | Original | Jul 17, 2002 |
| R-NY | John E. Sweeney | Original | Jul 17, 2002 |
| R-NE | Lee Terry | Original | Jul 17, 2002 |
| R-CT | Nancy L. Johnson | Original | Jul 17, 2002 |
| R-PA | Phil English | Original | Jul 17, 2002 |
| R-IN | Steve Buyer | Original | Jul 17, 2002 |
| R-NE | Tom Osborne | Original | Jul 17, 2002 |
| R-UT | Chris Cannon | Jul 18, 2002 | |
| R-MT | Denny Rehberg | Jul 18, 2002 | |
| R-IL | Donald A. Manzullo | Jul 18, 2002 | |
| R-KY | Ed Whitfield | Jul 18, 2002 | |
| D-CA | Henry A. Waxman | Jul 18, 2002 | |
| R-CA | Jerry Lewis | Jul 18, 2002 | |
| D-MO | Karen McCarthy | Jul 18, 2002 | |
| R-AL | Robert B. Aderholt | Jul 18, 2002 | |
| R-NC | Sue Wilkins Myrick | Jul 18, 2002 | |
| R-PA | Curt Weldon | Jul 24, 2002 | |
| R-NE | Doug Bereuter | Jul 24, 2002 | |
| R-IL | John Shimkus | Jul 24, 2002 | |
| R-OH | Paul E. Gillmor | Jul 24, 2002 | |
| R-CA | Edward R. Royce | Jul 26, 2002 | |
| R-KY | Ernie Fletcher | Jul 26, 2002 | |
| R-AZ | Jim Kolbe | Sep 10, 2002 | |
| R-NJ | Marge Roukema | Sep 10, 2002 | |
| R-PA | Patrick J. Toomey | Oct 3, 2002 | |
| R-CO | Thomas G. Tancredo | Oct 3, 2002 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jul 17, 2002 |
| Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee | Referred Jul 29, 2002 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 29, 2002Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
- Jul 17, 2002Introduced in House
- Jul 17, 2002Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 107-46 | CONFLICT DIAMONDS69 pages | Ways and Means Committee | Oct 10, 2001 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To allow the Financial Accounting Standards Board to develop standards of financial accounting and reporting related to the treatment of stock options.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Stock Option Accounting Reform Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector.
- Accounting
- Accounting and financial statements
- Administrative procedure
- Commerce
- Corporate collapse
- Corporate governance
- Employee stock options
- Executive compensation
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Financial statements
- Government Operations and Politics
- Information disclosure (Securities law)
- Labor and Employment
- Standards
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 17, 2002Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
