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To require the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Securities and Exchange Commission to carry out a study on the racial gap in stock ownership, and for other purposes.

Introduced: October 9, 2020 Introduced by: Meeks, Gregory W. Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill requires the Federal Reserve Board and the Securities and Exchange Commission to jointly report on the racial gap in stock ownership and to provide recommendations for legislative or administrative changes to raise stock ownership among African Americans and any other group less likely to own stocks.

What's happening now October 9, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

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Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Oct 9, 2020
Lawson, Al
· Oct 9, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8566: To require the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Securities and Exchange Commission to carry out a study on the racial gap in stock ownership, and for other purposes.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8566/
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"H.R. 8566: To require the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Securities and Exchange Commission to carry out a study on the racial gap in stock ownership, and for other purposes.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8566/.
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H.R. 8566, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8566/.
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[H.R. 8566: To require the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Securities and Exchange Commission to carry out a study on the racial gap in stock ownership, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8566/)
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