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S 1256 116th Congress Senate Finance and Financial Sector Accounting and auditing Administrative remedies Banking and financial institutions regulation Corporate finance and management Public participation and lobbying

PCAOB Enforcement Transparency Act of 2019

Introduced: April 30, 2019 Introduced by: Reed, Jack Democratic · Rhode Island See on congress.gov
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Apr 30, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2522-2523)
Apr 30, 2019
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

PCAOB Enforcement Transparency Act of 2019

This bill makes Public Company Accounting Oversight Board disciplinary proceedings open to the public unless the board, on its own motion or after considering the motion of a party, orders otherwise.

What's happening now April 30, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2522-2523)

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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Apr 30, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1256: PCAOB Enforcement Transparency Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1256/
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"S. 1256: PCAOB Enforcement Transparency Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1256/.
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S. 1256, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1256/.
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