H.R. 755 · 110th Congress
Promoting Transparency in Financial Reporting Act of 2007
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- House Introduced Jan 31, 2007
- House Passed Feb 27, 2007 412–0
Promoting Transparency in Financial Reporting Act of 2007 - Requires the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Financial Accounting Standards Board, and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board to provide oral testimony by their respective Chairpersons (or a designee), beginning in 2007, and annually for five years, to the Committee on…
What it does: CRS summary · Passed House without amendment · Feb 27, 2007
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Promoting Transparency in Financial Reporting Act of 2007 - Requires the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Financial Accounting Standards Board, and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board to provide oral testimony by their respective Chairpersons (or a designee), beginning in 2007, and annually for five years, to the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives on their efforts to reduce the complexity in financial reporting to provide more accurate and clear financial information to investors.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
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About this bill and sources
Official title: Promoting Transparency in Financial Reporting Act of 2007
Latest action (Feb 28, 2007): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector · Origin: House · Introduced: Jan 31, 2007
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- House Introduced Jan 31, 2007
- House Passed Feb 27, 2007 412–0
Final vote · House · Feb 27, 2007
Passage (two-thirds required) — Passed. Vote details
Speaker of the House: Nancy Pelosi