S.Amdt. 476

SA 476. Mr. REED (for himself and Mr. Grassley) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1790, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for military activities
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. _____. PCAOB ENFORCEMENT TRANSPARENCY.

(a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``PCAOB
Enforcement Transparency Act of 2019''.
(b) Open Meetings Authorized.--Section 105(c)(2) of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (15 U.S.C. 7215(c)(2)) is amended
to read as follows:
``(2) Public hearings.--Hearings under this section shall
be open to the public, unless the Board, on its own motion or
after considering the motion of a party, orders otherwise.''.
(c) Publication of Determinations.--Section 105(d)(1)(C) of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (15 U.S.C. 7215(d)(1)(C)) is
amended by striking ``(once any stay on the imposition of
such sanction has been lifted)''.
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