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SENATE 2360117th CongressCommittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.

8–K Trading Gap Act of 2021

Last Action
4/5/2022

Actions

  • 2022-04-05Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
  • 2022-04-05Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 117-621.
  • 2021-07-15Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
  • 2021-07-15Introduced in Senate

CRS Summary

As of 2021-07-15 (00)

8–K Trading Gap Act of 2021

This bill requires certain publicly traded companies to create policies reasonably designed to prevent executive officers and directors from trading their securities after a significant corporate event but before disclosing that event through a public filing. Certain companies required by regulation to adopt a code of ethics are exempt from this requirement.

Subjects

  • Banking and financial institutions regulation
  • Business records
  • Corporate finance and management
  • Government information and archives
  • Securities
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