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H.R. 4467 117th Congress House

8–K Trading Gap Act of 2021

Official title: To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require the Securities and Exchange Commission to issue rules that prohibit officers and directors of certain c… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require the Securities and Exchange Commission to issue rules that prohibit officers and directors of certain companies from trading securities in anticipation of a current report, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 16, 2021 See on congress.gov
Finance and Financial Sector
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Jul 16, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Jul 16, 2021
Introduced in House
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 Latest action July 16, 2021

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

8–K Trading Gap Act of 2021

This bill requires certain publicly traded companies to create policies reasonably designed to prevent executive officers and directors from trading their securities after a significant corporate event but before disclosing that event through a public filing. Certain companies required by regulation to adopt a code of ethics are exempt from this requirement.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 2360 8–K Trading Gap Act of 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4467: 8–K Trading Gap Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-4467/
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"H.R. 4467: 8–K Trading Gap Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-4467/.
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H.R. 4467, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-4467/.
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