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HR 2728 112th Congress House Finance and Financial Sector Business records Corporate finance and management Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Political advertising Securities

Corporate Politics Transparency Act

Introduced: September 7, 2011 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Aug 22, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
Aug 1, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Aug 1, 2011
Introduced in House
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 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 political 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 a political 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.

What's happening now August 22, 2011

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

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 2
D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Nov 30, 2011
KUCINICH, DENNIS
· Oct 25, 2011
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Oct 25, 2011
Polis, Jared
· Sep 7, 2011
CAPUANO, MICHAEL
· Aug 1, 2011
GUTIERREZ, LUIS
· Aug 1, 2011
SLAUGHTER, LOUISE
· Aug 1, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2728: Corporate Politics Transparency Act. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-2728/
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"H.R. 2728: Corporate Politics Transparency Act." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-2728/.
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H.R. 2728, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-2728/.
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