Greater Accountability in Pay Act

Bill: 116-hr-4242
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2019-09-06
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Business records

Corporate finance and management

Securities

Wages and earnings
Latest action: action_date: 2019-12-11
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 267.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-09-06
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Greater Accountability in Pay Act of 2019 </b></p> <p>This bill requires specified issuers of securities to disclose compensation information regarding executive officers and employees. </p>

action_date: 2019-12-11
action_desc: Reported to House
text: <p><b>Greater Accountability in Pay Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires specified issuers of securities to disclose compensation information regarding executive officers and employees. </p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4242 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 6, 2019 Ms. Velázquez introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services A BILL To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require issuers to disclose information on pay raises made to executives and non-executive employees, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Greater Accountability in Pay Act of 2019 . 2. Pay raise disclosures Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ( 15 U.S.C. 78m ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (s) Pay raise disclosures An issuer required to file an annual report under this section or section 15(d), that is not an emerging growth company, shall include in such report— (1) the percentage increase in the median of the annual total compensation of all executive officers (as such term is defined in section 240.3b–7 of title 17, Code of Federal Regulations) of the issuer over the last completed fiscal year; (2) the percentage increase in the median of the annual total compensation of all employees of the issuer, excluding executive officers, over the last completed fiscal year; (3) the ratio of the percentage described in paragraph (1) to the percentage described in paragraph (2); (4) a comparison of the percentage described in paragraph (1) to the percentage change over the same period in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor; and (5) a comparison of the percentage described in paragraph (2) to the percentage change over the same period in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor. .

tv_txt: IB Union Calendar No. 267 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4242 [Report No. 116–336] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 6, 2019 Ms. Velázquez introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services December 11, 2019 Additional sponsor: Mr. Sherman December 11, 2019 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on September 6, 2019 A BILL To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require issuers to disclose information on pay raises made to executives and non-executive employees, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Greater Accountability in Pay Act . 2. Pay raise disclosures Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ( 15 U.S.C. 78m ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (s) Pay raise disclosures An issuer required to file an annual report under this section or section 15(d), that is not an emerging growth company, shall include in such report— (1) the percentage increase in the median of the annual total compensation of all executive officers (as such term is defined in section 240.3b–7 of title 17, Code of Federal Regulations) of the issuer over the last completed fiscal year; (2) the percentage increase in the median of the annual total compensation of all employees of the issuer, excluding executive officers, over the last completed fiscal year; (3) the ratio of the percentage described in paragraph (1) to the percentage described in paragraph (2); (4) a comparison of the percentage described in paragraph (1) to the percentage change over the same period in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor; and (5) a comparison of the percentage described in paragraph (2) to the percentage change over the same period in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor. .

December 11, 2019 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed