Also tagged in: Bank fraud, Criminal investigation, Criminal justice, Department of Justice, Derivative securities, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Finance, Financial services, Fraud, Housing, Mortgages, Prosecution, Secondary mortgage market, Swaps (Finance)
Latest Action: 10/01/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10338) Bill TextA bill to establish a Special Joint Task Force on Financial Crimes. 10/1/2008--Introduced. Financial Crimes Accountability Act of 2008 - Directs the Attorney General to establish within the Department of Justice (DOJ) a Special Joint Task Force on Financial Crimes to: (1) provide direction for the investigation and prosecution of financial crimes (i.e., fraud, misrepresentation, or malfeasance involving financial products); and (2) make recommendations to the Attorney General and the President on allocating resources and coordinating governmental efforts to investigate and prosecute financial crimes.
Latest Action: 09/17/2008 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8954) Bill TextA bill to prohibit the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System from making funds available at a discount rate to private individuals, partnerships, and corporations. 9/17/2008--Introduced. Amends the Federal Reserve Act to repeal the authority of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, in unusual and exigent circumstances, to discount federal reserve bank-indorsed or -secured notes, drafts, and bills of exchange for private individuals, partnerships, or corporations unable to secure adequate credit accommodations from other banking institutions.
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Business, Executive departments, Finance, Government information, Government paperwork, Independent regulatory commissions, Information disclosure (Securities law), Law, Loan defaults, Risk, Securities and Exchange Commission, Securities fraud, Securities industry, Securities regulation, Surety and fidelity
Latest Action: 06/10/2008 - Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. Bill TextTo amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require nationally registered statistical rating organizations to provide additional disclosures with respect to the rating of certain structured securities, and for other purposes. 6/10/2008--Introduced. Credit Rating Agency Transparency and Disclosure Act - Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to instruct the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to promulgate rules that: (1) require nationally recognized statistical rating organizations (NRSROs), with respect to their determination of credit ratings for structured securities, to disclose the information they require from originators, issuers, and underwriters regarding the collateral underlying such securities; (2) establish procedures to disseminate information about processes used by such originators, issuers, and underwriters to assess the accuracy and integrity of their data and fraud detection; and (3) require each NRSRO to maintain on a publicly accessible Internet [...] show full description
Also tagged in: AIDS (Disease), Birth control, Child health, Child welfare, Childbirth, Children, Children's rights, Civil liberties, Civil rights, Clinics, Community organization, Congress, Congress and foreign policy, Congressional reporting requirements, Developing countries, Economic assistance, Education, Elementary and secondary education, Families, Finance, Foreign aid, Foreign policy, Gynecology, Health education, Health policy, Human immunodeficiency viruses, Human rights, International affairs, Job training, Marriage, Maternal health services, Medical care, Medical centers, Medicine, Mortality, Saving and investment, Sex discrimination, Surgery, Vocational education, Women, Women in public life, Women's education, Women's health, Women's rights, World health
Latest Action: 08/03/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10906-10908) Bill TextA bill to reduce child marriage, and for other purposes. 8/3/2007--Introduced. International Child Marriage Prevention and Protection Act of 2007 - Requires the Secretary of State to develop a comprehensive strategy to reduce the incidences of child marriage by further integrating this issue into U.S. development efforts. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on such strategy and on child marriage and related U.S. assistance programs. Authorizes the President to provide assistance for programs to reduce the incidences of child marriage and promote the empowerment of girls, including support for the treatment and reduction of fistula in countries with high rates of such surgery. Requires the Secretary to work through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and other appropriate agencies as part of their ongoing research and data collection activities concerning child marriage. Requires the Secretary to include in the Department [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 03/26/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Bill TextA bill to establish a pilot program to provide low interest loans to nonprofit, community-based lending intermediaries, to provide midsize loans to small business concerns, and for other purposes. 3/26/2007--Introduced. Small Business Intermediary Lending Pilot Program Act of 2007 - Establishes a three-year small business intermediary lending pilot program under which the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) may make direct loans to eligible nonprofit lending intermediaries for the purpose of making fixed interest rate and mid-size loans ($35,000 to $200,000) to startup, newly-established, and growing small businesses. Authorizes the Administrator, under the program, to make one percent, 20-year loans of up to $1 million, on a competitive basis, to up to 20 lending intermediaries. Requires geographic diversity and representation of urban and rural communities under the program.
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