HR 4139 · 114th Congress · Finance and Financial Sector

Fostering Innovation Act of 2015

Introduced 2015-12-01· Sponsored by Rep. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ-9]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
Committee
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.(2016-05-24)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Fostering Innovation Act of 2015 This bill amends the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 with respect to the requirement that each registered public accounting firm that prepares or issues an audit report for an issuer of securities (other than an emerging growth company) shall attest to, and report on, the internal control assessment made by the management of the issuer. This requirement shall not apply with respect to any audit report prepared for an issuer that: ceased to be an emerging growth company on the last day of its fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of its first sale of common equity securities, had average annual gross revenues of less than $50 million as of its most recently completed fiscal year, and is not a large accelerated filer.…

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H.R. 4139, Fostering Innovation Act of 2015

Apr 19, 2016

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on March 2, 2016

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Cosponsors (2)

1 Democrat1 Republican