HR 2919 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Improving Investment Research for Small and Emerging Issuers Act

Latest action · Jul 10, 2019 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. IntroducedMay 22, 2019
  2. Passed HouseJul 9, 2019
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Improving Investment Research for Small and Emerging Issuers Act

This bill requires the Securities and Exchange Commission to report on investment research regarding small issuers, including emerging growth companies and companies considering initial public offerings. The report must (1) include topics such as the availability of such research and potential conflicts of interest relating to its production and distribution, and (2) make recommendations for increasing small-issuer investment research.

Cosponsors 1

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on May 22, 2019.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-UTBen McAdamsOriginalMay 22, 2019

Committees 2

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseFinancial Services Committee
Referred May 22, 2019
SenateBanking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
Referred Jul 10, 2019

Actions 8

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jul 10, 2019Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
  2. Jul 9, 2019Ms. Waters moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
  3. Jul 9, 2019Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5283)
  4. Jul 9, 2019DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2919.
  5. Jul 9, 2019Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5283)
  6. Jul 9, 2019Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  7. May 22, 2019Introduced in House
  8. May 22, 2019Referred 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
HouseDebate and remarks H5282, H5283Text printed H5282Andy Barr R-KY, Bill Huizenga R-MI, Maxine Waters D-CAJul 9, 2019

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.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, section 8, clause I (relating to the general welfare of the United States); and Article I, section 8, clause 3 (relating to the power to regulate interstate commerce).

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 86, May 22, 2019, page H4120.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
Serial No. 116-110INSIDER TRADING AND STOCK OPTION GRANTS: AN EXAMINATION OF CORPORATE INTEGRITY IN THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC105 pagesFinancial Services CommitteeSep 17, 2020

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 6139Improving Investment Research for Small and Emerging Issuers ActReintroduction ofJul 11, 2018

Titles 4

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

Official Title as Introduced
To require the Securities and Exchange Commission to carry out a study to evaluate the issues affecting the provision of and reliance upon investment research into small issuers.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Improving Investment Research for Small and Emerging Issuers Act
Short Title(s) as Passed House
Improving Investment Research for Small and Emerging Issuers Act
Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
Improving Investment Research for Small and Emerging Issuers Act

Subjects

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

Text 3

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jul 10, 2019Referred in Senate
  2. Jul 9, 2019Engrossed in House
  3. May 22, 2019Introduced in House

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