To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to transfer authorities and duties of registered national securities associations to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

119 HR 2689 IH: To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to transfer authorities and duties of registered national securities associations to the Securities and Exchange Commission. U.S. House of Representatives 2025-04-07 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2689 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 7, 2025 Mrs. McClain introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services A BILL To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to transfer authorities and duties of registered national securities associations to the Securities and Exchange Commission. 1. Transfer of authorities and duties of registered national securities associations to the Commission (a) In general The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ( 15 U.S.C. 78a et seq. ) is amended by inserting after section 15G the following: 15H. Transfer of authorities and duties of registered national securities associations to the Commission (a) In general All authorities and duties provided to a national securities association (including a registered national securities association) under the securities laws shall, on the effective date of this section, be transferred to the Commission. (b) Deeming Any reference in a law, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to a national securities association (including a registered national securities association) shall be deemed a reference to the Commission. . (b) Rulemaking Notwithstanding subsection (c), the Securities and Exchange Commission shall issue rules to carry out section 15H of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended by subsection (a), before the effective date described in subsection (c). (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date that is 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act.