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HR3959Referred to Committee

Protecting Private Job Creators Act

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-06-12
Introduced
7
Cosponsors
HR
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Type

Sponsor

Troy Downing
Troy Downing
Republican · MT · Representative
Votes with party: 96.4% (557 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/D000634

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (7)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

  • Cleo Fields (D-LA-6)Original· 2025-06-12
  • Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-5)· 2025-09-30
  • David Scott (D-GA-13)· 2025-10-08
  • Ann Wagner (R-MO-2)· 2025-10-10
  • Pete Sessions (R-TX-17)· 2025-12-16
  • Tim Moore (R-NC-14)· 2025-12-18
  • Michael Lawler (R-NY-17)· 2026-01-09

Latest Action

The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 448.

2026-02-25

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

  • House Committee on Financial ServicesReported By · 2026-02-25

Previously

  • Financial Services CommitteeReported By · 2026-02-25
  • Financial Services CommitteeMarkup By · 2025-12-16
  • House Committee on Financial ServicesMarkup By · 2025-12-16
  • House Committee on Financial ServicesReferred To · 2025-06-12
  • Financial Services CommitteeReferred To · 2025-06-12

Plain-English Summary

Protecting Private Job Creators Act This bill provides statutory authority for an exemption from specified disclosure requirements applicable to fixed-income securities (e.g., corporate bonds or a certificate of deposit). Under current securities regulations, brokers and dealers are generally prohibited from publishing securities quotations (i.e., the sale price) in over-the-counter (i.e., not on a national exchange) markets unless they have certain information about the securities issuer in their records. The Securities and Exchange Commission issued a series of orders (with the latest order issued in November 2024) granting an exemption to this rule to fixed-income securities that comply with specified safe-harbor rules. The bill provides statutory authority for this exemption.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Finance and Financial Sector
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Open text viewRead on Congress.gov

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