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H.R. 6251 114th Congress House

PCAOB Enforcement Transparency Act of 2016

Official title: 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: September 28, 2016 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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Sep 28, 2016
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Sep 28, 2016
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 28, 2016

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

PCAOB Enforcement Transparency Act of 2016

This bill 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
  • S 1084 PCAOB Enforcement Transparency Act of 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6251: PCAOB Enforcement Transparency Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6251/
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"H.R. 6251: PCAOB Enforcement Transparency Act of 2016." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6251/.
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H.R. 6251, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6251/.
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