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SEC Legislations

This article provides details about some of the main SEC legislations. You will find here comprehensive information on the major legislations in Securities and Exchange Commission. Take a look at the below information where the list of legislation in SEC is given on yearly basis.

SEC legislations in 1934: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 was passed to govern the secondary trading of securities such as stocks, bonds and debentures. This act is popularly known as the ‘Exchange Act’.
1938: In the year of 1938, the Temporary National Economic Committee was established to study the monopoly powers and to report to Congress with its findings. It was operational till April 3, 1941.
1968: The developing in the field SEC legislations was that the Securities Disclosure Act was established.
1975: In this year the establishment of the Securities and Exchange Act took place.
1980: The Depository Institutions and Deregulation Money Control Act was added to the legislations in Securities and Exchange Commission.
1982: This year witnessed the establishment of the Garn-St. Germain Depository Institutions Act. Later on this act proved to be one of the main contributing factors that led to the Savings and Loan crisis of the late 1980s. 1984: The Insider Trading Sanctions Act was passed in this year.
1988: The establishment of Insider Trading and Securities Fraud Enforcement Act took place and it became part off the Legislation in SEC.
1989: The establishment of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement took place.
1999: In this year the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act was established. It is also known as the Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999
2000: The development in the SEC legislations was the formation of the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000.
2002: The establishment of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. It is also known as the Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act'.
2007: The formation of the Regulation NMS Act (Regulation National Market System). It is a kind of regulation published and described by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC as "steps designed to modernize and strengthen the national market system for equity.