IIB 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2623 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 30, 2009 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs 
AN ACT 
To amend the Federal securities laws to clarify and expand 
the definition of certain persons under those laws. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. FORMERLY ASSOCIATED PERSONS. 
(a) MEMBER OR EMPLOYEE OF THE MUNICIPAL SE-
CURITIES RULEMAKING BOARD.—Section 15B(c)(8) of 
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78o– 
4(c)(8)) is amended by striking ‘‘any member or em-
ployee’’ and inserting ‘‘any person who is, or at the time 
of the alleged misconduct was, a member or employee’’. 
(b) PERSON ASSOCIATED WITH A GOVERNMENT SE-
CURITIES BROKER OR DEALER.—Section 15C of the Se-
curities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78o–5) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(1)(C), by striking ‘‘or 
seeking to become associated,’’ and inserting ‘‘seek-
ing to become associated, or, at the time of the al-
leged misconduct, associated or seeking to become 
associated’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)(2)(A), by inserting ‘‘, seek-
ing to become associated, or, at the time of the al-
leged misconduct, associated or seeking to become 
associated’’ after ‘‘any person associated’’; and 
(3) in subsection (c)(2)(B), by inserting ‘‘, 
seeking to become associated, or, at the time of the 
alleged misconduct, associated or seeking to become 
associated’’ after ‘‘any person associated’’. 
(c) PERSON ASSOCIATED WITH A MEMBER OF A NA-
TIONAL SECURITIES EXCHANGE OR REGISTERED SECURI-
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TIES ASSOCIATION.—Section 21(a)(1) of the Securities 
Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78u(a)(1)) is amended 
by inserting ‘‘, or, as to any act or practice, or omission 
to act, while associated with a member, formerly associ-
ated’’ after ‘‘member or a person associated’’. 
(d) PARTICIPANT
OF
A REGISTERED CLEARING 
AGENCY.—Section 21(a)(1) of the Securities Exchange 
Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78u(a)(1)) is amended by insert-
ing ‘‘or, as to any act or practice, or omission to act, while 
a participant, was a participant,’’ after ‘‘in which such 
person is a participant,’’. 
(e) OFFICER OR DIRECTOR OF A SELF-REGULATORY 
ORGANIZATION.—Section 19(h)(4) of the Securities Ex-
change Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78s(h)(4)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘any officer or director’’ and in-
serting ‘‘any person who is, or at the time of the al-
leged misconduct was, an officer or director’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘such officer or director’’ and 
inserting ‘‘such person’’. 
(f) OFFICER OR DIRECTOR OF AN INVESTMENT COM-
PANY.—Section 36(a) of the Investment Company Act of 
1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a–35(a)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘a person serving or acting’’ and 
inserting ‘‘a person who is, or at the time of the al-
leged misconduct was, serving or acting’’; and 
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(2) by striking ‘‘such person so serves or acts’’ 
and inserting ‘‘such person so serves or acts, or at 
the time of the alleged misconduct, so served or 
acted’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 29, 2009. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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