Public Law 73-291

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Public Law 73-291 is the federal statute enacted in 1934 that established the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and created the primary framework for regulating securities trading and exchanges in the United States.

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instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
securities law ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Exchange Act ⓘ
codifiedIn Title 15 of the United States Code ⓘ
complements Securities Act of 1933 ⓘ
containsSection Section 10(b) ⓘ
Section 12 ⓘ
Section 13 ⓘ
Section 14 ⓘ
Section 15 ⓘ
Section 16 ⓘ
Section 21 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
createdAgency U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ⓘ
dateSigned 1934-06-06 ⓘ
enactedBy 73rd United States Congress ⓘ
enforcementMechanism civil enforcement by the SEC ⓘ
criminal penalties for willful violations ⓘ
private rights of action under certain provisions ⓘ
established U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ⓘ
grantsAuthorityTo U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ⓘ
hasTitle Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ⓘ
historicalContext enacted in response to the 1929 stock market crash ⓘ
part of New Deal financial reforms ⓘ
jurisdiction federal law of the United States ⓘ
keyProvision Section 10(b) anti-fraud provision ⓘ
Section 12 registration of securities on exchanges ⓘ
Section 13 periodic reporting requirements ⓘ
Section 14 proxy regulation ⓘ
Section 15 regulation of brokers and dealers ⓘ
Section 16 insider reporting and short-swing profit rules ⓘ
Section 21 enforcement powers of the SEC ⓘ
primaryCodification 15 U.S.C. § 78a et seq. ⓘ
publicLawNumber Pub.L. 73–291 ⓘ
linked to: Public Law 73-291
purpose to prevent inequitable and unfair practices on securities exchanges and over-the-counter markets ⓘ
to protect investors ⓘ
to provide for regulation of securities transactions on national securities exchanges ⓘ
to regulate securities exchanges and over-the-counter markets ⓘ
regulates broker-dealers ⓘ
insider trading ⓘ
over-the-counter securities markets ⓘ
proxy solicitations ⓘ
securities exchanges ⓘ
securities trading ⓘ
tender offers ⓘ
shortTitle Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ⓘ
signedBy Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
signingPresident Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
statutesAtLargeCitation 48 Stat. 881 ⓘ
subjectMatter capital markets regulation ⓘ
securities regulation ⓘ
yearEnacted 1934 ⓘ

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Public Law 73-291 → publicLawNumber → Pub.L. 73–291 ⓘ
linked to: Public Law 73-291