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HR 5614 115th Congress House Finance and Financial Sector Advisory bodies Banking and financial institutions regulation Business records Congressional oversight Government information and archives Securities

PCAOB Transparency Act

Introduced: April 25, 2018 Introduced by: Budd, Ted Republican · North Carolina See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Apr 25, 2018
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PCAOB Transparency Act

This bill amends the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to require congressional access upon request to specified information possessed by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB). The bill eliminates the PCAOB Investor Advisory Group.

The bill also provides that fines collected for violations of the rules of the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board shall generally be credited to the Treasury.

What's happening now April 25, 2018

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 10 Related bill Financial CHOICE Act of 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5614: PCAOB Transparency Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5614/
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"H.R. 5614: PCAOB Transparency Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5614/.
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H.R. 5614, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5614/.
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