U.S. Congress (indirectly through SEC oversight)

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The U.S. Congress is the federal legislature of the United States, responsible for making national laws and overseeing federal agencies and regulatory frameworks, including those related to financial markets.

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Generate an image of U.S. Congress (indirectly through SEC oversight) (The U.S. Congress is the federal legislature of the United States, responsible for making national laws and overseeing federal agencies and regulatory frameworks, including those related to financial markets.)

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bicameral legislature ⓘ
branch of the United States federal government ⓘ
federal legislature ⓘ
canAmendStatuteGoverning U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ⓘ
canMandateRulemakingBy U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ⓘ
canRequestReportsFrom U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ⓘ
conductsOversightThrough budgetary control over agencies ⓘ
congressional hearings ⓘ
subpoena power ⓘ
confirmsOfficialsFor U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Senate confirmation of Commissioners) ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Article I of the United States Constitution ⓘ
controlsBudgetFor U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (through appropriations) ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
createsByStatute U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ⓘ
delegatesAuthorityTo U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ⓘ
enactsLaw Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act ⓘ
Investment Advisers Act of 1940 ⓘ
Investment Company Act of 1940 ⓘ
Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act ⓘ
Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002 ⓘ
Securities Act of 1933 ⓘ
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ⓘ
hasChamber United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
hasCommittee House Committee on Appropriations ⓘ
House Committee on Financial Services ⓘ
Senate Committee on Appropriations ⓘ
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs ⓘ
hasOversightRole federal executive agencies ⓘ
federal regulatory framework for financial markets ⓘ
hasPower to investigate financial market abuses through committees ⓘ
to levy taxes related to financial transactions and markets ⓘ
to regulate interstate commerce, including securities transactions ⓘ
holdsHearingOn investor protection ⓘ
market structure and trading practices ⓘ
securities regulation ⓘ
systemic financial risk ⓘ
influencesPolicyArea capital formation and corporate disclosure ⓘ
enforcement priorities in securities regulation ⓘ
market transparency and fairness ⓘ
meetsAt United States Capitol ⓘ
overseesAgencyIndirectly U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ⓘ
overseesThroughCommittee U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ⓘ
federal financial regulatory agencies ⓘ
primaryFunction to make federal law ⓘ
regulatesDomain financial markets (through legislation and oversight) ⓘ
securities markets (through legislation and oversight) ⓘ
secondaryFunction to oversee the implementation of federal law by agencies ⓘ

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Financial Industry Regulatory Authority → mandateFrom → U.S. Congress (indirectly through SEC oversight) ⓘ
Wage and Investment Division → oversightBy → United States Congress (through oversight of IRS) ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Congress (indirectly through SEC oversight)