PoliticalRepoPoliticalRepo

United States · Bill · HR

H.R. 975 (101st)

Securities Law Enforcement Remedies Act of 1990

openUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

9 February 1989

Last action

Status

For Further Action See H.R.5325.

Sponsors

Subjects

Discovery layer

Source updated

5 February 2024

Summary

Securities Law Enforcement Remedies Act of 1989 - Title I: Amendments to the Securities Act of 1933 - Amends the Securities Act of 1933 to authorize a court to prohibit any person from serving as an officer or director of an issuer of registered securities if such person is found to have violated provisions of such Act or any rules or regulations promulgated pursuant to such Act. Authorizes the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to bring a civil action to impose monetary penalties for such violation not exceeding the greater of: (1) $100,000 for a natural person or $500,000 for any other person; or (2) the gross amount of pecuniary gain to such person as a result of the violation. Title II: Amendments to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 - Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to authorize the SEC to prohibit persons from serving as officers or directors of any issuer of registered securities if such a person is found to have failed to comply with or to have caused a failure to comply with certain reporting requirements of such Act. Authorizes a court, upon a proper showing by the SEC, to prohibit persons from serving as officers or directors of any issuer of registered securities. Authorizes the SEC to impose monetary penalties in administrative proceedings against such persons. Limits the amount of such a penalty to $100,000 for a natural person or $500,000 for any other person. Title III: Amendments to the Investment Company Act of 1940 - Amends the Investment Company Act of 1940 to authorize the SEC to impose such monetary penalties in administrative proceedings instituted against investment advisers and certain other persons for violations of such Act and the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. Authorizes a court to prohibit persons from serving as officers or directors of an issuer of registered securities if such a person is found to have violated provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940 or any rules or regulations promulgated pursuant to such Act. Authorizes the SEC to bring a civil action to impose upon any such person a penalty not exceeding the greater of: (1) $100,000 for a natural person or $500,000 for any other person; or (2) the gross amount of pecuniary gain to such a person as a result of the violation. Title IV: Amendments to the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 - Amends the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to authorize the SEC to impose such monetary penalties in administrative proceedings instituted against investment advisors for violations of such Act and the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the Investment Company Act of 1940. Authorizes a court to prohibit persons from serving as officers or directors of an issuer of registered securities if such a person is found to have violated provisions of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 or any rules or regulations promulgated pursuant to such Act.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

No timeline events have been ingested for this record yet.

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.

Documents

4 official files

Reported in House (text)

View fileDownload file

Sponsors

No sponsors or actors listed by the source.

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.

Sources

PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.