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S. 1907 112th Congress Senate

PCAOB Enforcement Transparency Act of 2011

Official title: A bill to promote transparency by permitting the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board to allow its disciplinary proceedings to be open to the public, and for other purposes.

Introduced: November 18, 2011 Introduced by: Jack Reed Democratic · Rhode Island See on congress.gov
Finance and Financial Sector Accounting and auditingAdministrative remediesBanking and financial institutions regulationCorporate finance and managementPublic participation and lobbying
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Nov 18, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7832)
Nov 18, 2011
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7831-7832)
Nov 18, 2011
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action November 18, 2011

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7832)

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

PCAOB Enforcement Transparency Act of 2011 - Amends the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to make Public Company Accounting Oversight Board disciplinary proceedings public unless the Board, on its own motion or after considering the motion of a party, orders otherwise.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3503 To amend the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to make Public Company Accounting Oversight Board disciplinary proceedings open…
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Nov 18, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1907: PCAOB Enforcement Transparency Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1907/
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