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S 548 114th Congress Senate Finance and Financial Sector Accounting and auditing Appropriations Budget deficits and national debt Corporate finance and management Financial services and investments

A bill to clarify that funding for the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board is not subject to the sequester.

Introduced: February 24, 2015 See on congress.gov
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Feb 24, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
Feb 24, 2015
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Makes any sequestration ordered by the President under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) inapplicable to funding of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.

What's happening now February 24, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 1048 Related bill To clarify that funding for the standard setting body designated pursuant to section 19(b) of the Securities Act of 193…
  • HR 1050 Identical bill To clarify that funding for the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board is not subject to the sequester.
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
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All 1 Democratic 1
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Murphy, Christopher
Connecticut · Feb 24, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 548: A bill to clarify that funding for the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board is not subject to the sequester.. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-548/
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"S. 548: A bill to clarify that funding for the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board is not subject to the sequester.." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-548/.
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