H.R. 2356 · 114th Congress
Fair Access to Investment Research Act of 2015
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What it does: CRS summary · Reported to House without amendment · Jan 28, 2016
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
Fair Access to Investment Research Act of 2015
(Sec. 2) This bill directs the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to revise a specified regulation to create a safe harbor for certain publications or distributions of research reports by brokers or dealers distributing securities.
The revised regulation shall declare that, even if a broker or dealer participates in the registered offering of a covered investment fund's securities, the investment fund research report shall not be deemed to constitute an offer for sale nor an offer to sell a security that is the subject of the offering pursuant to a registration statement that the issuer proposes to file, or has filed, or that is effective.
The covered investment fund research report shall indeed be deemed to satisfy the regulation's requirements as well as those of any self-regulatory organization.
The SEC shall not impose specified conditions and requirements when implementing the safe harbor.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Fair Access to Investment Research Act of 2015
Latest action (Jan 28, 2016): Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 304.
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector · Origin: House · Introduced: May 15, 2015
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.