To direct the Securities and Exchange Commission to revise its rules so as to increase the threshold amount for requiring issuers to provide certain disclosures relating to compensatory benefit plans.
Capital Markets Improvement Act of 2016
TITLE I--ENCOURAGING EMPLOYEE OWNERSHIP
(Sec. 101) This bill directs the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to revise regulations to require an issuer to furnish investors with additional specified disclosures regarding compensatory benefit plans if the aggregate sales price or amount of securities sold during any consecutive 12-month period exceeds $10 million (currently $5 million), indexed for inflation every five years.
TITLE II--FAIR ACCESS TO INVESTMENT RESEARCH
(Sec. 201) The SEC shall revise a specified regulation to create a safe harbor for certain publications or distributions of research reports by brokers or dealers distributing securities.
The revised regulation shall declare that, even if a broker or dealer participates in the registered offering of a covered investment fund's securities, the investment fund research report shall not be deemed to constitute an offer for sale nor an offer to sell a security that is the subject of the offering pursuant to a registration statement that the issuer proposes to file, or has filed, or that is effective.
The covered investment fund research report shall be deemed to satisfy the regulation's requirements as well as those of any self-regulatory organization.
The SEC shall not impose specified conditions and requirements when implementing the safe harbor.
TITLE III--SMALL BUSINESS MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS, SALES, AND BROKERAGE SIMPLIFICATION
(Sec. 301) The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is amended to exempt from its registration requirements certain merger and acquisition brokers and associated persons.
This registration exemption, however, shall be denied to brokers who:
A broker shall not be exempt from registration if the broker is subject to:
This Act may not be construed to limit any other authority of the SEC to exempt any person, or any class of persons, from any provision of this Act, including any related rule or regulation.
TITLE IV--SMALL COMPANY DISCLOSURE SIMPLIFICATION
(Sec. 401) The bill exempts emerging growth companies and issuers with total annual gross revenues of less than $250 million from the requirement to use Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) for financial statements and other mandatory periodic reporting filed with the SEC. Such companies, however, may elect to use XBRL for such reporting.
(Sec. 402) The SEC shall: (1) analyze the costs and benefits to such issuers of the requirement to use XBRL for financial statements and other mandatory periodic reporting; and (2) report to certain congressional committees on the results of such analysis as well as on progress in implementing XBRL reporting within the SEC, and use of XBRL data by the SEC and by investors.
TITLE V--STREAMLINING EXCESSIVE AND COSTLY REGULATIONS REVIEW
(Sec. 501) Within 5 years after enactment of this Act, and thereafter at least once within each 10-year period, the SEC shall:
The SEC shall report to certain congressional committees the steps it has taken to implement the results of its decision, including any action to amend or repeal the target regulation.
The bill declares that SEC determinations made pursuant to this Act are final and not subject to judicial review.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 176.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 303.
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 595, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the DeSaulnier amendment No. 1.
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the DeSaulnier amendment No. 1, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. DeSaulnier demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 595, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Huizenga amendment No. 2.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 595, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Sherman amendment No. 3.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 595, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Issa amendment No. 6.
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Issa amendment No. 6, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Issa demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 595, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Carolyn Maloney (NY) amendment No. 7.
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Carolyn Maloney amendment No. 7, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Ellison demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
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Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 302.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 306.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 304.
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 251.
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 114-16.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 693.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was on adoption of amendments, which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.
The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 1675.
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. (consideration: CR H537)
The House adopted the amendment as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H526-528)
Ms. Frankel (FL) moved to recommit with instructions to the Committee on Financial Services. (consideration: CR H537; text: CR H537)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with an amendment to insert a new section into that defines and prohibits bad actors from making use of any exemption or regulation made by the bill. The amendment also prohibits the SEC from amending or repealing any regulation if it would weaken the protections for American seniors provided by the legislation.
The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H538)
On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by recorded vote: 184 - 241 (Roll no. 60). (consideration: CR H538)
Roll Call #60 (House)Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 265 - 159 (Roll no. 61).
Roll Call #61 (House)On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 265 - 159 (Roll no. 61).
Roll Call #61 (House)Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.