105th Congress / Bills / S 1260

Title

A bill to amend the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to limit the conduct of securities class actions under State law, and for other purposes.

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Actions and defenses | Administrative procedure | Appropriations | Authorization -- Securities and Exchange Commission | Budgets | Business | Civil service pensions | Class actions (Civil procedure) | Computers and government | Congress | Congressional reporting requirements | Contracts | Cost accounting | Criminal justice | Data banks | Discovery (Law) | District courts | Economists in government -- Standards | Executive departments | Federal preemption | Finance | Government contractors | Government employees | Governmental investigations | Independent regulatory commissions | Information storage and retrieval systems | Interstate relations | Jurisdiction | Labor | Law | Local laws | Pension funds | Pensions | Politics and government | Public contracts | Regulatory impact statements | Restrictive trade practices | Salaries | Securities | Securities fraud | Securities industry | Securities regulation | State and local government | State courts | State employees | State laws | State politics and government | Stockholders' voting | Subpoena | Technology | Tender offers

Votes on this bill

Date	Chamber	Result	Vote
10/13/98	House	Passed	Session 2, roll call 528: Suspend the Rules and Agree to Conference Report Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act
5/13/98	Senate	Passed	Session 2, roll call 135: On Passage of the Bill S.1260 as amended; Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998
5/13/98	Senate	Agreed to	Session 2, roll call 134: On the Motion to Table Motion to table Sarbanes Amdt. No.2396; To make amendments with respect to the definition of a class action, and for other purposes.
5/13/98	Senate	Agreed to	Session 2, roll call 133: On the Motion to Table Motion to table Re: Sarbanes Amdt. No. 2395; To provide that the appropriate State statute of limitations shall apply to certain actions removed to Federal court.