US Congress House Bill 74 (Prior Session Legislation)

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January 6 2009 - Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Pending: House Financial Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Financial Oversight Commission Act of 2009 - Establishes the Financial Oversight Commission to investigate the financial crisis of 2008, including relevant legislation, Executive Order, regulation, plan, policy, practice, or procedure that pertains to: (1) government sponsored enterprises; (2) the stock market; (3) the housing market; (4) credit rating agencies; (5) the financial services sector, including hedge funds, private equity and the insurance industry; and (6) the role of congressional oversight and resource allocation. Directs the Commission to identify, review, and evaluate the lessons learned from the crisis in connection with the structure, coordination, management policies, and procedures of governmental and nongovernmental entities regarding crisis detection, prevention, and response.Requires the Commission to report to the President and Congress its findings, conclusions, and recommendations.

Financial Oversight Commission Act of 2009

Rep Brown-Waite, Ginny	Rep Myrick, Sue Wilkins	Rep Issa, Darrell E.	Rep Burton, Dan
Rep Bilbray, Brian P.	Rep McHugh, John M.	Rep Gallegly, Elton	Rep McCotter, Thaddeus G.
Rep Calvert, Ken	Rep Bachmann, Michele	Rep Stearns, Cliff	Rep Burgess, Michael C.
Rep Souder, Mark E.

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-01-06		Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:HN00074:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-111hr74ih/pdf/BILLS-111hr74ih.pdf