Congress 109 - HR 5024 - Promoting Transparency in Financial Reporting Act of 2006

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Accounting Administrative procedure Associations, institutions, etc. Auditing Business records Commerce Congress Congressional committees (House) Congressional reporting requirements Congressional witnesses Corporate finance Federal officials Finance and Financial Sector Financial statements Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork House Financial Services Independent regulatory commissions Information disclosure (Securities law) Interactive media Law Nonprofit organizations Science, Technology, Communications Securities and Exchange Commission Social Welfare Standards

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(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on July 17, 2006. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Promoting Transparency in Financial Reporting Act of 2006 - Requires the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Financial Accounting Standards Board, and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board to provide oral testimony by their respective Chairpersons (or a designee), beginning in 2007, and annually for five years, to the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives on their efforts to reduce the complexity in financial reporting to provide more accurate and clear financial information to investors.

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Jul 26, 2006

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Jul 25, 2006

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jul 25, 2006

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5754)
Jul 25, 2006

Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5754)
Jul 25, 2006

DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5024.
Jul 25, 2006

Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5754-5755)
Jul 25, 2006

Mr. Davis (KY) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Jul 17, 2006

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 321.
Jul 17, 2006

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 109-565.
Jun 14, 2006

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Jun 14, 2006

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Apr 21, 2006

Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
Mar 28, 2006

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Mar 28, 2006

Introduced in House

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