A bill to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Latest action. Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Directs the Securities Exchange Commission to establish a National Market Board Authority for the purpose of creating a National Market Board to regulate a National Market System. Specifies the preferred qualifications of individuals to be appointed to the Board. States that the Board shall have the authority to regulate and govern the System, subject to Commission oversight, including the authority to: (1) establish the criteria for the eligibility of securities to be traded within the System; (2) establish, run, and regulate a consolidated transactional reporting system and a composite quotation system; (3) establish rules necessary in the public interest to insure fair and equitable treatment of participants in, users of, and members of the System; (4) establish membership criteria for the System, except that no bank, insurance company, or investment company, or any subsidiary or affiliate of a bank, insurance company, or investment company, may be a member of the System; and (5) establish minimum rates of commissions, if the Board determines that such minimum rates are necessary in the public interest or to insure fair dealing in securities.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on May 8, 1974. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
4 steps remain before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on May 8, 1974: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the House
- Passage by the Senate
- The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.
How likely is it to become law?
Civibrief does not forecast outcomes and this page has no opinion about this one. What the record supports is a base rate, which is a fact about the whole pile, not a prediction about this measure.
In the 93rd Congress (1973-74), 651 of the 23,396 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 2.8 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one is not there yet: 4 steps are still outstanding, listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
W. STUCKEY (D-GA) introduced it on May 8, 1974. No cosponsors are recorded.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on May 8, 1974, 19118 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 19118 days ago, on May 8, 1974.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 93rd Congress has not finished by January 3, 1975 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
Every answer above is assembled from this measure's own record on Congress.gov and from published counts of what Congress has passed before. Civibrief does not predict outcomes and takes no position on any measure.
Vote history
- HouseIn committee, no floor vote yet
- SenateAwaits House passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers