HR 5160 · 107th Congress · Commerce
Business, Investors', and Employees' Bill of Rights Act of 2002
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Introduced2
Committee3
House Vote4
Senate5
EnactedLatest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.(2002-10-18)
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Business, Investors', and Employees' Bill of Rights Act of 2002 - Amends the Federal criminal code, the judicial code, the bankruptcy code, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and other related Federal law to: (1) establish criminal penalties for securities fraud and designated corporate practices; and (2) declare that debts incurred in violation of securities fraud laws are nondischargeable in bankruptcy. Establishes the Retirement Security Fraud Bureau in the Department of Justice. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) treat the acquiring corporation in a corporate expatriation transaction as a domestic corporation; and (2) treat as ordinary income the unrealized built-in gain on options to acquire stock by a corporate insider of an expatriate corporation. Provides for executive accountability, including application of the "golden parachute" excise tax to deferred compensation paid by a corporation following a major decline in its stock value, or if it declares bankruptcy. Mandates that: (1) national securities exchanges and associations prohibit insider loans; and (2) the Securities and Exchange Commission require disgorgement of proceeds resulting from misconduct by an issu…
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19 Democrats