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H.R. 1077 109th Congress House

Realtime Investor Protection Act

Official title: To improve the access of investors to regulatory records with respect to securities brokers, dealers, and investment advisers.

Introduced: March 3, 2005 See on congress.gov
Finance and Financial Sector BrokersCivil actions and liabilityCommerceConsumer education
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 Everywhere this bill has been 9 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 7, 2005
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Apr 6, 2005
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Apr 6, 2005
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text as amended: CR H1788-1789)
Apr 6, 2005
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text as amended: CR H1788-1789)
Apr 6, 2005
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1077.
Apr 6, 2005
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1788-1790)
Apr 6, 2005
Mrs. Kelly moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Mar 3, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Mar 3, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 7, 2005

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Realtime Investor Protection Act - Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require a registered securities association to: (1) establish and maintain a registration information system on its members and their associated persons; and (2) establish and maintain a toll-free telephone listing, and a readily accessible electronic or other process, to receive and promptly respond to inquiries regarding that information. (Currently such an association is required to maintain a toll-free telephone listing to receive inquiries regarding disciplinary actions involving its members and their associated persons.)

Amends the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to authorize the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to require an investment adviser to: (1) file with the SEC any fee, application, report, or notice required to be filed through any entity designated by the SEC for that purpose; and (2) pay the reasonable costs associated with such filing and the establishment and maintenance of the telephone and electronic systems required by this Act.

Directs the SEC to require the designated entity to establish and maintain a toll-free telephone listing, and a readily accessible electronic or other process, to receive and promptly respond to inquiries regarding registration information (including disciplinary actions, regulatory, judicial, and arbitration proceedings, involving investment advisers and persons associated with investment advisers).

Requires that such information to include information on an investment adviser (and the persons associated with that adviser) whether the investment adviser is registered with the Commission or regulated solely by a State.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1077: Realtime Investor Protection Act. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-1077/
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