House Bill 4656
118th Congress(2023-2024)
Protecting American’s Savings Act
Introduced
Introduced in House on Jul 14, 2023
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
4656
Congress
118
Policy Area
Finance and Financial Sector
Finance and Financial Sector
Primary focus of measure is U.S. banking and financial institutions regulation; consumer credit; bankruptcy and debt collection; financial services and investments; insurance; securities; real estate transactions; currency. Measures concerning financial crimes may fall under Crime and Law Enforcement. Measures concerning business and corporate finance may fall under Commerce policy area. Measures concerning international banking may fall under Foreign Trade and International Finance policy area.
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
Protecting American’s Savings Act
This bill prohibits the use of robovoting, or automatic voting in a shareholder vote according to the recommendations of a proxy advisory firm. (Proxy advisory firms provide voting services and advice to clients who invest in public companies for proposals presented at shareholder meetings.) Further, the bill prohibits institutional investors from outsourcing any such voting decisions. Finally, under the bill, no person is required to vote in a shareholder vote.
July 14, 2023
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07/14/2023
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
07/14/2023
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
May 29, 2024 12:35:22 PM