To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require the Securities and Exchange Commission to issue rules that prohibit officers and directors of certain companies from trading securities in anticipation of a current report, and for other purposes.
8–K Trading Gap Act of 2021
This bill requires certain publicly traded companies to create policies reasonably designed to prevent executive officers and directors from trading their securities after a significant corporate event but before disclosing that event through a public filing. Certain companies required by regulation to adopt a code of ethics are exempt from this requirement.
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
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