’34 Act
E24306
The ’34 Act is a foundational U.S. federal securities law that regulates secondary trading of securities, mandates ongoing disclosure by public companies, and established the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| ’34 Act canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T193708 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: ’34 Act Context triple: [U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, shortName, ’34 Act]
-
A.
’33 Act
The ’33 Act is a foundational U.S. federal securities law that governs the initial offering and sale of securities to the public, emphasizing disclosure to protect investors.
-
B.
Enabling Act of 1933
The Enabling Act of 1933 was a pivotal German law that granted Adolf Hitler’s government the power to enact legislation without parliamentary consent, effectively establishing his dictatorial rule.
-
C.
Taft–Hartley Act
The Taft–Hartley Act is a 1947 U.S. federal labor law that significantly restricted the powers of labor unions and amended the original National Labor Relations Act.
-
D.
Public Law 79-304
Public Law 79-304 is a U.S. federal statute enacted in 1946 that, among other postwar economic measures, established the Joint Economic Committee of Congress to analyze and report on the nation’s economic conditions and policies.
-
E.
McMahon Act
The McMahon Act is a landmark 1946 U.S. law that established civilian control over nuclear energy and restricted the sharing of atomic information, laying the foundation for American nuclear policy during the early Cold War.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: ’34 Act Target entity description: The ’34 Act is a foundational U.S. federal securities law that regulates secondary trading of securities, mandates ongoing disclosure by public companies, and established the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
-
A.
’33 Act
The ’33 Act is a foundational U.S. federal securities law that governs the initial offering and sale of securities to the public, emphasizing disclosure to protect investors.
-
B.
Enabling Act of 1933
The Enabling Act of 1933 was a pivotal German law that granted Adolf Hitler’s government the power to enact legislation without parliamentary consent, effectively establishing his dictatorial rule.
-
C.
Taft–Hartley Act
The Taft–Hartley Act is a 1947 U.S. federal labor law that significantly restricted the powers of labor unions and amended the original National Labor Relations Act.
-
D.
Public Law 79-304
Public Law 79-304 is a U.S. federal statute enacted in 1946 that, among other postwar economic measures, established the Joint Economic Committee of Congress to analyze and report on the nation’s economic conditions and policies.
-
E.
McMahon Act
The McMahon Act is a landmark 1946 U.S. law that established civilian control over nuclear energy and restricted the sharing of atomic information, laying the foundation for American nuclear policy during the early Cold War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal statute
ⓘ
securities law ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934
ⓘ
surface form:
Exchange Act
|
| aimsTo |
maintain fair and orderly markets
ⓘ
promote market transparency ⓘ protect investors ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
issuers meeting certain asset and shareholder thresholds
ⓘ
issuers with securities registered on national securities exchanges ⓘ |
| authorizes |
SEC enforcement actions
ⓘ
SEC rulemaking ⓘ civil liability for securities fraud ⓘ |
| citation | 15 U.S.C. § 78a et seq. ⓘ |
| complements |
U.S. Securities Act of 1933
ⓘ
surface form:
Securities Act of 1933
|
| containsRule | Rule 10b-5 ⓘ |
| containsSection |
Section 10(b)
ⓘ
Section 13(a) ⓘ Section 13(d) ⓘ Section 14(a) ⓘ Section 16 ⓘ Section 21D ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| empowers | Securities and Exchange Commission ⓘ |
| enactedBy | United States Congress ⓘ |
| establishedAgency | Securities and Exchange Commission ⓘ |
| focus | post-issuance trading of securities ⓘ |
| fullName |
U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934
ⓘ
surface form:
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
|
| governs |
broker-dealers
ⓘ
clearing agencies ⓘ national securities exchanges ⓘ securities associations ⓘ transfer agents ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | federal law of the United States ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| partOf |
New Deal
ⓘ
surface form:
New Deal financial reforms
|
| primaryPurpose |
mandate ongoing disclosure by public companies
ⓘ
prevent fraud and manipulation in securities markets ⓘ regulate secondary trading of securities ⓘ |
| regulates |
secondary trading of bonds
ⓘ
secondary trading of other securities ⓘ secondary trading of stocks ⓘ |
| requires |
Form 10-K annual reports
ⓘ
Form 10-Q quarterly reports ⓘ SEC filings ⓘ
surface form:
Form 8-K current reports
insider trading disclosures ⓘ periodic reporting by public companies ⓘ proxy statement disclosures ⓘ |
| signedBy |
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
ⓘ
surface form:
Franklin D. Roosevelt
|
| yearEnacted | 1934 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: ’34 Act Description of subject: The ’34 Act is a foundational U.S. federal securities law that regulates secondary trading of securities, mandates ongoing disclosure by public companies, and established the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.