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HR 3701 116th Congress House Finance and Financial Sector Banking and financial institutions regulation Civil actions and liability Financial services and investments Government studies and investigations Securities Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Strengthening Fraud Protection Provisions for SEC Enforcement Act of 2019

Introduced: July 11, 2019 Introduced by: Gonzalez, Vicente Democratic · Texas See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 21, 2020
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 321.
Feb 21, 2020
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 116-399.
Jul 16, 2019
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jul 16, 2019
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 33 - 25.
Jul 11, 2019
Introduced in House
Jul 11, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Strengthening Fraud Protection Provisions for SEC Enforcement Act of 2019

This bill establishes a 10-year statute of limitations for an action or proceeding by the Securities and Exchange Commission for a civil monetary penalty.

The statute of limitations is tolled any time an alleged violator is either absent from the United States or has no reasonably ascertainable place of abode or work within the United States.

What's happening now February 21, 2020

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 321.

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Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Jul 17, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3701: Strengthening Fraud Protection Provisions for SEC Enforcement Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3701/
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"H.R. 3701: Strengthening Fraud Protection Provisions for SEC Enforcement Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3701/.
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H.R. 3701, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3701/.
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