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Insider Trading Prohibition Act

Fraud offenses and financial crimes · Government information and archives · Securities
Sponsor
Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
D · RI
Key facts
Introduced: Apr 4, 2022
Chamber: Senate
Cosponsors: 1
Congress: 117th
Latest action · Jul 28, 2022
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.

Summary

Insider Trading Prohibition Act

This bill generally provides statutory authority for the prohibition against securities trading, as well as related communications to others, by a person who has access to material, nonpublic information and is aware or recklessly disregards that the information is material and nonpublic. Further, that person must either be aware or recklessly disregards that the information has been obtained wrongfully or that the trading would be wrongful.

The bill also provides, for purposes of establishing a violation of this prohibition, that it is not necessary for such a person to know specifically how such information was obtained or whether a personal benefit was paid or promised.

Summary by Congressional Research Service.

Timeline

  1. Jul 28, 2022
    Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
  2. Apr 5, 2022
    Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 117-621.
  3. Apr 4, 2022
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1937-1938)
  4. Apr 4, 2022
    Introduced in Senate

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