HR 3973 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Market Data Protection Act of 2017

Latest action · Nov 14, 2017 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

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. IntroducedOct 5, 2017
  2. Passed HouseNov 13, 2017
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Market Data Protection Act of 2017

(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, and the operator of the consolidated audit trail (a database that tracks trading in equities and options markets) to develop internal risk control mechanisms to protect stored market data.

The operator of the consolidated audit trail may not accept market data until these mechanisms are developed.

Cosponsors 1

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Oct 5, 2017.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CABrad ShermanOriginalOct 5, 2017

Committees 2

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseFinancial Services Committee
Referred Oct 5, 2017Markup Oct 12, 2017Reported Nov 9, 2017
SenateBanking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
Referred Nov 14, 2017

Actions 13

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Nov 14, 2017Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
  2. Nov 13, 2017Mr. Huizenga moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
  3. Nov 13, 2017Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9140-9142)
  4. Nov 13, 2017DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3973.
  5. Nov 13, 2017Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H9140)

In the Congressional Record 3

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
HouseDebate and remarks H9735Warren Davidson R-OHNov 29, 2018
HouseDebate and remarks H3352Warren Davidson R-OHApr 17, 2018
HouseDebate and remarks H9140–H9142Text printed H9140Bill Huizenga R-MI, Brad Sherman D-CA, Warren Davidson R-OHNov 13, 2017

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.

Committee report

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate

  1. Nov 9, 2017H.R. 3973, Market Data Protection Act of 2017As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on October 12, 2017

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: . . . make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.'' Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 160, October 5, 2017, page H7888.

CRS reports 1

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 1

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Titles 4

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

Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require certain entities to develop internal risk control mechanisms to safeguard and govern the storage of market data.
Short Titles as Introduced
Market Data Protection Act of 2017
Short Titles as Reported to House
Market Data Protection Act of 2017
Short Titles as Passed House
Market Data Protection Act of 2017

Subjects

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

Text 4

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Nov 14, 2017Referred in Senate
  2. Nov 13, 2017Engrossed in House
  3. Nov 9, 2017Reported in House
  4. Oct 5, 2017Introduced in House

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