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15 U.S.C. 7214: Inspections of registered public accounting firms

Created in 2002 by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-204). Changed by 3 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

3 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 15 U.S.C. 7211, 15 U.S.C. 7214a, 15 U.S.C. 7215.

This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

    How it got here

    2022

    • Pub. L. 117–328, §301(1), substituted "a foreign jurisdiction" for "the foreign jurisdiction described in clause (i)". (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023) Law text · (i)
    • Pub. L. 117–328, §301(2)(A), substituted "2" for "3" in heading. (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023) Law text · (i)
    • Pub. L. 117–328, §301(2)(B), substituted "2" for "3". (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023) Law text · (i)

    2020

    • Pub. L. 116–222 added subsec. (i). Law text · (i)

    2010

    • Pub. L. 111–203 designated existing provisions as par. (1), inserted heading, and added par. (2). (Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act) Law text · (a)

    Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.