US Congress Senate Bill 331 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 27 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-01-27 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Supplemental Anti-Fraud Enforcement for our Market Act or the SAFE Markets Act - Authorizes: (1) the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to hire an additional 500 agents who shall be dedicated to investigating violations of the law relating to the U.S. financial markets; (2) the Attorney General to hire an additional 50 Assistant United States Attorneys who shall be dedicated to prosecuting such violations; and (3) the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to hire 100 additional enforcement staff members who shall be dedicated to prosecuting such violations.

SAFE Markets Act

Sen. Evan Bayh [D-IN]	Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]	Sen. Lindsey Graham [R-SC]
Sen. Tim Johnson [D-SD]	Sen. Joseph Lieberman [I-CT]	Sen. Bill Nelson [D-FL]	Sen. Pat Roberts [R-KS]
Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]	Sen. Jeff Sessions [R-AL]	Sen. Richard Shelby [R-AL]	Sen. Olympia Snowe [R-ME]
Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-01-27		Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/331/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/s331/BILLS-111s331is.pdf