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HR 4618 109th Congress House

Compliance, Examinations, and Inspections Restructuring Act of 2005

Official title: To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to establish rules and procedures for the delegation of compliance and inspections authority to the operating divi… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to establish rules and procedures for the delegation of compliance and inspections authority to the operating divisions of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 17, 2006 See on congress.gov
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Jan 10, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
Dec 17, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Dec 17, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Latest action January 10, 2006

Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Compliance, Examinations, and Inspections Restructuring Act of 2005 - Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to vest the inspections and examinations authority of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in those administrative divisions or offices to which the SEC has delegated its administrative responsibilities.

Requires the subject of an SEC inquiry or inspection to be notified in writing at least every 120 days regarding the status of an ongoing proceeding.

Requires an SEC administrative division or office to obtain permission to conduct a sweep examination in the same manner and subject to the same procedures as SEC enforcement divisions or offices must follow in conducting a formal investigation or inquiry of registered entities.

Instructs the Chairman of the SEC to appoint an Ombudsman with respect to any problems resulting from SEC regulatory activities.

Expresses the sense of Congress that the SEC should develop and publish guidelines setting forth explicitly the benefit to either an issuer of securities or a registered entity if it self-reports an apparent violation of law, and subsequently becomes the respondent in an SEC civil injunctive action or administrative proceeding regarding the matter that was self-reported.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4618: Compliance, Examinations, and Inspections Restructuring Act of 2005. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-4618/
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