To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to prohibit any national securities exchange from effecting any transaction in a security issued by a corporation unless the corporation's registration with the exchange includes a certification that the corporation currently is in compliance with the provisions of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 governing contributions and expenditures by corporations which were in effect with respect to elections held during 2008.

Bill: 113-hr-1115
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2013-03-13
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Business records

Corporate finance and management

Elections, voting, political campaign regulation

Licensing and registrations

Securities
Latest action: action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-03-13
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require the application for registration of a security on a national securities exchange, as well as periodic reports by issuers of securities, to contain a statement certifying that the issuer is in compliance with the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 with respect to contributions and expenditures it made in the most recent quarter and year, as such Act applied to elections held in 2008.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1115 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 13, 2013 Mr. Grayson introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services A BILL To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to prohibit any national securities exchange from effecting any transaction in a security issued by a corporation unless the corporation’s registration with the exchange includes a certification that the corporation currently is in compliance with the provisions of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 governing contributions and expenditures by corporations which were in effect with respect to elections held during 2008.

1. Prohibiting Transactions on National Securities Exchanges in Securities of Corporations Not Certifying Compliance with Existing Rules Governing Political Contributions and Expenditures (a) Registration Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ( 15 U.S.C. 78l(b) ) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (4) If the issuer is a corporation, a statement certifying that the issuer is in compliance with section 316 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 with respect to contributions and expenditures made by the corporation in the most recent quarter and year, as such section applied with respect to elections held in 2008. . (b) Periodic reports Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ( 15 U.S.C. 78m(a) ) is amended— (1) at the end of paragraph (1), by striking the period and inserting a semicolon; (2) at the end of paragraph (2), by striking the period and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (3) the statement required under section 12(b)(4). . (c) Effective Date The amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to transactions effected on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.