Public Law 73-291

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United States federal statute securities law

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 U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ⓘ
surface form: Exchange Act
codifiedIn Title 15 of the United States Code ⓘ
complements U.S. Securities Act of 1933 ⓘ
surface form: Securities Act of 1933
containsSection Section 10(b) ⓘ
Section 12 ⓘ
Section 13 ⓘ
Section 14 ⓘ
Section 15 ⓘ
Section 16 ⓘ
Section 21 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
createdAgency Securities and Exchange Commission ⓘ
surface form: 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 Securities and Exchange Commission ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
grantsAuthorityTo Securities and Exchange Commission ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
hasTitle U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ⓘ
surface form: 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 Public Law 73-291 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Pub.L. 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 U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ⓘ
surface form: Securities Exchange Act of 1934
signedBy President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
signingPresident President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
statutesAtLargeCitation 48 Stat. 881 ⓘ
subjectMatter capital markets regulation ⓘ
securities regulation ⓘ
yearEnacted 1934 ⓘ

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