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H.R. 2873 111th Congress House

Enhanced S.E.C. Enforcement Authority Act

Official title: To provide enhanced enforcement authority to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Introduced: June 15, 2009 See on congress.gov
Finance and Financial Sector Banking and financial institutions regulationCivil actions and liabilityEvidence and witnessesFederal district courts
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Financial services and investmentsJudicial procedure and administrationSecuritiesSecurities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
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 Everywhere this bill has been 9 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 3, 2009
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Dec 2, 2009
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Dec 2, 2009
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H13404)
Dec 2, 2009
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H13404)
Dec 2, 2009
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2873.
Dec 2, 2009
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H13404-13405)
Dec 2, 2009
Mr. Kanjorski moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Jun 15, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Jun 15, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Latest action December 3, 2009

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

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Enhanced S.E.C. Enforcement Authority Act - Amends the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Company Act of 1940, and the Investment Company Act of 1940 to declare that, in any action or proceeding instituted under such Acts by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in a U.S. district court for any judicial district, subpoenas issued by or on behalf of the court to compel the attendance of witnesses or the production of documents or tangible things (or both) may be served in any other district (thus granting the SEC nationwide service of process).

States that such subpoenas may be served and enforced without application to the court or a showing of cause.

Denies application to subpoenas so issued of the requirement of Rule 45 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that, on timely motion, the issuing court quash or modify any subpoena that requires a person who is neither a party nor a party's officer to travel more than 100 miles from where that person resides, is employed, or regularly transacts business in person (except that the person may be commanded to attend a trial by traveling from any such place within the state where the trial is held).

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2873: Enhanced S.E.C. Enforcement Authority Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2873/
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"H.R. 2873: Enhanced S.E.C. Enforcement Authority Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2873/.
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