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15 U.S.C. 78x: Public availability of information

Created in 1975 by Public Law 94-29. Changed by 3 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

7 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 12 U.S.C. 3423, 15 U.S.C. 77f, 15 U.S.C. 78m, 15 U.S.C. 78o–7, 15 U.S.C. 78q.

2 parts of federal rules cite it as their authority, written by Securities and Exchange Commission (2).

This Congress

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

    How it got here

    2010

    • Pub. L. 111–203, §929K(1), substituted "subsection (g)" for "subsection (f)". (Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act) Law text · (d)
    • Pub. L. 111–203, §929I(a)(1), substituted "subsection (f)" for "subsection (e)". (Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act) Law text · (d)
    • Pub. L. 111–257 added subsec. (e) and struck out former subsec. (e). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: Law text · (e)
    • Pub. L. 111–203, §929K(2), substituted "subsection (g)" for "subsection (f)" in par. (1). (Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act) Law text · (e)
    • Pub. L. 111–203, §929I(a)(3), added subsec. (e). Former subsec. (e) redesignated (f). (Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act) Law text · (e)
    • Pub. L. 111–203, §929K(4), added subsec. (f). Former subsec. (f) redesignated (g). (Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act) Law text · (f)
    • Pub. L. 111–203, §929I(a)(2), redesignated subsec. (e) as (f). (Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act) Law text · (f)
    • Pub. L. 111–203, §929K(3), redesignated subsec. (f) as (g). (Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act) Law text · (g)

    1990

    • Pub. L. 101–550, §202(a)(1), struck out at end "Nothing in this subsection shall authorize the Commission to withhold information from the Congress." · (b)
    • Pub. L. 101–550, §202(a)(2), added subsecs. (c) to (e). · (c), (d), (e)

    1975

    • Pub. L. 94–29 substituted "For purposes of section 552 of title 5, the term 'records' includes all applications, statements, reports, contracts, correspondence, notices, and other documents filed with or otherwise obtained by the Commission pursuant to this chapter or otherwise" for "N… · (a)
    • Pub. L. 94–29 redesignated subsec. (c) as (b) and substituted "application, statement, report, contract, correspondence, notice, or other document filed with or otherwise obtained by the Commission (1) in contravention of the rules and regulations of the Commission under section … · (b), (c)

    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.