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15 U.S.C. 77sss: Rules, regulations, and orders

Created in 1998 by the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-353). Not changed since. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

12 parts of federal rules cite it as their authority, written by Securities and Exchange Commission (12).

How it got hereLaws that created or changed it, newest first

1998Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998added it

15 U.S.C. 77sssRules, regulations, and orders

(a)Authority of Commission; subject matter of rules, etc

(b)Rules and regulations effective upon publication

(c)Exemption from liability for any acts taken in good faith in conformity with rules, etc

This CongressBills that change it or would

None we track

past change
enacted this Congress
proposed

This Congress

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

How it got here

1998

Pub. L. 105–353 substituted "chapter 15 of title 44" for "the Federal Register Act". (Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998) Law text · (b)

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.