US Congress House Bill 2277 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: Introduced on May 1 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-05-01 - Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Pending: House Financial Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

End Congressional Stock Market Abuse Act of 2017 This bill amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to prohibit Members of Congress from: (1) receiving a discounted purchase price or a premium sales price in a securities transaction, or (2) purchasing a nonpublic offering of a covered security available on a U.S. or foreign exchange. This prohibition shall not apply if the Member of Congress reasonably believes that the discount or premium was obtained in a manner generally available to the public.

End Congressional Stock Market Abuse Act of 2017

Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]

Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-05-01	House	Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
2017-05-01	House	Introduced in House

SB350 (Related) 2017-02-09 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/2277/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr2277/BILLS-115hr2277ih.pdf