S 836
111th Congress
Senate
Finance and Financial Sector
Congressional oversight
Evidence and witnesses
Financial crises and stabilization
A bill to provide enhanced authority to the Congressional Oversight Panel established pursuant to the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.
Introduced: April 20, 2009
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In committee
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Passed House
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To President
Became law
Apr 20, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4449)
Apr 20, 2009
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4449)
Apr 20, 2009
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Amends the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA) to grant subpoena power to the Congressional Oversight Panel (which reviews the current state of the financial markets and the regulatory system) to require the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of books, records, correspondence, memoranda, papers, documents, tapes, and materials.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4449)
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1