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110th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 6987
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 22, 2008
Mr. Feeney (for himself, Mr. Roskam, and Mr. Garrett of New Jersey) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services
A BILL
To amend the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to require officers to repay bonus amounts received during a year in which their company is subject to a taxpayer bailout, as well as the two previous years.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the
Taxpayer Bailout Protection Act of
2008
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Repayment of bonus in case of taxpayer bailout
In general
Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (15 U.S.C. 7243) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
Repayment of bonus in case of taxpayer bailout
In general
An officer of an issuer shall pay to the Department of the Treasury any amounts received by such officer during a year as a bonus or other incentive-based or equity-based compensation from the issuer during—
a year in which the issuer is subject to a taxpayer bailout; and
the two years prior to a year in which the issuer is subject to a taxpayer bailout.
Taxpayer bailout defined
For purposes of this
subsection, and with respect to an issuer, the term taxpayer
bailout
means—
the placement of the issuer under conservatorship, receivership, or other assumption of the management, governance, and control of the issuer by the Department of the Treasury or the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve; or
an emergency loan of public funds made to the issuer by the Department of the Treasury or the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, if the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve determines that such a loan is necessary to prevent the imminent failure of the issuer.
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Effective date
The amendment made by this section shall take effect with respect to bonuses and other incentive-based or equity-based compensation received by an officer after the date of the enactment of this Act.