House Bill 3848
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Stop Wall Street Looting Act
Introduced
Introduced in House on Jul 18, 2019
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
3848
Congress
116
Policy Area
Finance and Financial Sector
Finance and Financial Sector
Primary focus of measure is U.S. banking and financial institutions regulation; consumer credit; bankruptcy and debt collection; financial services and investments; insurance; securities; real estate transactions; currency. Measures concerning financial crimes may fall under Crime and Law Enforcement. Measures concerning business and corporate finance may fall under Commerce policy area. Measures concerning international banking may fall under Foreign Trade and International Finance policy area.
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
Stop Wall Street Looting Act
This bill generally revises provisions related to the regulation of private equity funds. Among other things, the bill
- increases financial and legal liability for these funds in the event of certain violations of law,
- gives employee compensation higher priority in bankruptcies, and
- generally prohibits the payment of dividends for two years from an acquired asset firm to a private equity fund.
The bill modifies the tax treatment of carried interest—compensation that is typically received by a partner of a private equity fund and is based on a share of the fund's profits. (Under current law, carried interest is taxed as investment income rather than at ordinary income tax rates.) Among other things, the bill treats as ordinary income the net capital gain with respect to a private equity fund.
July 18, 2019
08/12/2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
07/18/2019
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, the Judiciary, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
07/18/2019
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Nov 1, 2022 1:50:31 PM