Senate Bill 3540
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Reward Work Act
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Mar 19, 2020
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
3540
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 Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
Reward Work Act
This bill revises provisions related to stock buybacks.
An issuer of securities may not purchase its own securities on a national exchange if the issuer has (1) received specified financial assistance related to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic, and (2) repurchased more than $1 billion worth of its own securities in the last five years. Additionally, one-third of such issuer's board of directors must be elected by employees for the issuer to be allowed to register securities.
The bill also repeals the Securities and Exchange Commission regulation (Rule 10b-18) that generally provides a safe harbor from market manipulation liability for an issuer engaging in a stock buyback.
March 19, 2020
03/19/2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
03/19/2020
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Feb 8, 2022 11:23:05 PM