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SEC Regulatory Accountability Act

USA117th CongressHR-9603| House 
| Updated: 12/15/2022
Ann Wagner

Ann Wagner

Republican Representative

Missouri

Financial Services Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
SEC Regulatory Accountability Act This bill direct the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to make specified considerations before issuing securities regulations. Specifically, the SEC must identify the nature and source of the problem that the proposed regulation is designed to address; adopt a regulation only upon a reasoned determination that its benefits justify its costs; identify and assess available alternatives to any regulation; and ensure that any regulation is accessible, consistent, written in plain language, and easy to understand. In determining the costs and benefits of a proposed regulation, the SEC must consider its impact on investors, market liquidity, small businesses, and competition. In addition, the SEC must periodically review its existing regulations to determine if they are outmoded, ineffective, insufficient, or excessively burdensome and review, modify, streamline, expand, or repeal them accordingly. Whenever it adopts or amends a major rule, the SEC must state (1) the regulation's purposes and intended consequences, (2) metrics for measuring the regulation's economic impact, (3) the assessment plan to be used to assess whether the regulation has achieved its stated purposes, and (4) any foreseeable unintended or negative consequences of the regulation.
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Bill from Previous Congress

HR 115-78
SEC Regulatory Accountability Act
Dec 15, 2022
Introduced in House
Dec 15, 2022
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HR 115-78
    SEC Regulatory Accountability Act


  • December 15, 2022
    Introduced in House


  • December 15, 2022
    Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Finance and Financial Sector

SEC Regulatory Accountability Act

USA117th CongressHR-9603| House 
| Updated: 12/15/2022
SEC Regulatory Accountability Act This bill direct the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to make specified considerations before issuing securities regulations. Specifically, the SEC must identify the nature and source of the problem that the proposed regulation is designed to address; adopt a regulation only upon a reasoned determination that its benefits justify its costs; identify and assess available alternatives to any regulation; and ensure that any regulation is accessible, consistent, written in plain language, and easy to understand. In determining the costs and benefits of a proposed regulation, the SEC must consider its impact on investors, market liquidity, small businesses, and competition. In addition, the SEC must periodically review its existing regulations to determine if they are outmoded, ineffective, insufficient, or excessively burdensome and review, modify, streamline, expand, or repeal them accordingly. Whenever it adopts or amends a major rule, the SEC must state (1) the regulation's purposes and intended consequences, (2) metrics for measuring the regulation's economic impact, (3) the assessment plan to be used to assess whether the regulation has achieved its stated purposes, and (4) any foreseeable unintended or negative consequences of the regulation.
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

HR 115-78
SEC Regulatory Accountability Act
Dec 15, 2022
Introduced in House
Dec 15, 2022
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HR 115-78
    SEC Regulatory Accountability Act


  • December 15, 2022
    Introduced in House


  • December 15, 2022
    Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Ann Wagner

Ann Wagner

Republican Representative

Missouri

Financial Services Committee

Finance and Financial Sector

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted