Friday, July 16, 2010

Financial Reform Bill Passes

As you probably have heard, the Financial Reform Bill, also known as the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and also known as the Restoring American Financial Stability Act, also known as the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009, was passed by the Senate yesterday.

Jim Hamilton, writer for the "Jim Hamilton's World of Securities Regulations" Blog has a great overview of the Bill. His entry can be found at: http://jimhamiltonblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/congress-approves-historic-and-sweeping.html.

For the full-text bill

HR 4173
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:HR4173:
(Over 1200 pages)

S 3217
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=2&vote=00208

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