H.R. 5648: Stop Wall Street Looting Act

117th Congress · introduced 2021-10-20 · Finance and Financial Sector · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

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Where it came from: introduced 2021-10-20 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
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Official title

Stop Wall Street Looting Act

Plain summary

Stop Wall Street Looting Act This bill generally revises provisions related to the regulation of private equity funds. Among other things, the bill increases financial and legal liability for these funds in the event of certain violations of law, gives employee compensation higher priority in bankruptcies, and generally prohibits the payment of dividends for two years from an acquired asset firm to a private equity fund. The bill modifies the tax treatment of carried interest—compensation that is typically received by a partner of a private equity fund and is based on a share of the fund's profits. (Under current law, carried interest is taxed as investment income rather than at ordinary income tax rates.) Among other things, the bill treats as ordinary income the net capital gain with respect to a private equity fund.

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Official text

Stop Wall Street Looting Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] · 16 cosponsors

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Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Rick Larsen (D-WA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] reported raising $1.0 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Words on this page, explained (3)

Bill: A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Capital gains: The profit from selling something you own, such as stock or real estate, for more than you paid. A capital gains tax is a tax on that profit.
Rulemaking: The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117hr5648.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/hr>

Record fed-us-cong117-hr5648 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117