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HR 4630 111th Congress House

Corporate Politics Transparency Act

Official title: To amend the securities laws to require that registration statements, quarterly and annual reports, and proxy solicitations of public companies include a discl… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the securities laws to require that registration statements, quarterly and annual reports, and proxy solicitations of public companies include a disclosure to shareholders of any expenditure made by that company in support of or in opposition to any candidate for Federal, State, or local public office.

Introduced: February 22, 2010 See on congress.gov
Finance and Financial Sector Business recordsCorporate finance and managementElections, voting, political campaign regulationSecurities
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Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Feb 22, 2010
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 22, 2010

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Corporate Politics Transparency Act - Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require that quarterly and annual reports of an issuer, any proxy solicitation or consent or authorization in respect of any security, and the issuer's registration statement disclose total independent expenditures in support of or in opposition to any candidate for federal, state, or local public office made by the issuer during the preceding six-year period.

Requires such disclosures to include: (1) the name and political party affiliation of each candidate in support of whom or in opposition to whom an independent expenditure was made; (2) the amount of each such expenditure; (3) the public office that such candidate was or is seeking; (4) the relevant state, city, or district; and (5) a statement of the issuer's interest in and reason for making such expenditure.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
D
Chu, Judy
California · Apr 26, 2010
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Himes, James A.
Connecticut · Mar 2, 2010
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Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · Feb 22, 2010
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4630: Corporate Politics Transparency Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4630/
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"H.R. 4630: Corporate Politics Transparency Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4630/.
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H.R. 4630, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4630/.
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