H.R. 774: Senior Investor Protections Enhancement Act of 2011
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H.R. 774: Senior Investor Protections Enhancement Act of 2011
112th Congress · introduced 2011-02-17 · Finance and Financial Sector · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2011-02-17 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-19] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Senior Investor Protections Enhancement Act of 2011
Plain summary
Senior Investor Protections Enhancement Act of 2011 - Amends the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Company Act of 1940, and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to authorize the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to impose, in addition to any other civil penalty, a maximum civil penalty of $50,000 for each violation that is directed toward, targets, or is committed against a person who at the time of the violation is age 62 or older. Directs the United States Sentencing Commission to review and amend federal sentencing guidelines and policy statements to ensure that guideline offense levels and enhancements appropriately punish criminal violations of the securities laws against seniors.
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Official text
Senior Investor Protections Enhancement Act of 2011
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-19] · 2 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
André Carson (D-IN)
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Words on this page, explained (2)
- Authorization
- A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.
- Securities
- Financial investments that can be bought and sold, such as stocks and bonds.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hr774.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hr>
Record fed-us-cong112-hr774 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112