STOCK Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act of 2012 or STOCK Act - Amends the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 to prohibit Members of Congress and congressional employees from using any nonpublic information derived from their positions as Members or congressional employees, or gained from performance of the individual's duties, for personal benefit. Directs the congressional ethics committees to issue rules or regulations to carry out the purposes of this prohibition. Declares that such Members and employees are not exempt from the insider trading prohibitions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5. Subjects violators of these prohibitions to appropriate punitive, disciplinary, and other remedial actions. Amends the Commodity Exchange Act to apply to Members and congressional employees its prohibitions against certain transactions involving the purchase or sale of any commodity in interstate commerce, or for future delivery, or any swap. Amends the Ethics in Government Act to require Members, congressional officers, and congressional employees to file reports on financial transactions. Directs the Comptroller General to report on the role of political intell…