HOUSE 936116th CongressReferred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Shareholders United Act of 2019
- Last Action
- 1/31/2019
Actions
- 2019-01-31Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2019-01-31Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2019-01-31Introduced in House
- 2019-01-31Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2019-01-31 (00)
Shareholders United Act of 2019
This bill requires an issuer of securities, in order to make a disbursement for a political purpose, to assess the preferences of shareholders in the year before the disbursement. If a majority of shareholders are prohibited from expressing partisan or political preferences by law, contract, or a requirement to meet a fiduciary duty, the issuer may not make such a disbursement.
Cosponsors (16)
- Harley Rouda (D-CA)
- Henry Johnson (D-GA)
- Salud Carbajal (D-CA)
- ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
- JANICE SCHAKOWSKY (D-IL)
- Darren Soto (D-FL)
- EARL BLUMENAUER (D-OR)
- Mark Pocan (D-WI)
- Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA)
- David Cicilline (D-RI)
- WILLIAM PASCRELL (D-NJ)
- Jared Huffman (D-CA)
- Debra Haaland (D-NM)
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)
- BARBARA LEE (D-CA)
- Rashida Tlaib (D-MI)
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