US Congress House Bill 2728 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10)
Status: Introduced on August 1 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-08-22 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Corporate Politics Transparency Act - Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require that quarterly and annual reports of an issuer, any proxy solicitation or consent or authorization in respect of any security, and the issuer's registration statement disclose total political expenditures in support of or in opposition to any candidate for federal, state, or local public office made by the issuer during the preceding six-year period. Requires such disclosures to include: (1) the name and political party affiliation of each candidate in support of whom or in opposition to whom a political expenditure was made; (2) the amount of each such expenditure; (3) the public office that such candidate was or is seeking; (4) the relevant state, city, or district; and (5) a statement of the issuer's interest in and reason for making such expenditure.

Corporate Politics Transparency Act

Rep. Gary Ackerman [D-NY]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D-OH]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-08-22	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
2011-08-01	House	Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/2728/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr2728/BILLS-112hr2728ih.pdf