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Sarbanes Oxley Section
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Short title; table of contents.
Sarbanes Oxley Section
2.
Definitions.
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3.
Commission rules and enforcement.
TITLE I—PUBLIC COMPANY ACCOUNTING OVERSIGHT
BOARD
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101.
Establishment; administrative
provisions.
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102.
Registration with the Board.
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103.
Auditing, quality control, and
independence standards and rules.
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Inspections of registered public
accounting firms.
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105.
Investigations and disciplinary
proceedings.
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106.
Foreign public accounting firms.
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107.
Commission oversight of the Board.
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108.
Accounting standards.
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109.
Funding.
TITLE II—AUDITOR INDEPENDENCE
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201.
Services outside the scope of practice
of auditors.
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202.
Preapproval requirements.
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203.
Audit partner rotation.
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204.
Auditor reports to audit committees.
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205.
Conforming amendments.
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206.
Conflicts of interest.
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207.
Study of mandatory rotation of
registered public accounting firms.
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208.
Commission authority.
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209.
Considerations by appropriate State
regulatory authorities.
TITLE III—CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY
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301.
Public company audit committees.
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302.
Corporate responsibility for financial
reports.
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303.
Improper influence on conduct of audits.
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304.
Forfeiture of certain bonuses and profits.
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305.
Officer and director bars and
penalties.
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306.
Insider trades during pension fund
blackout periods.
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307.
Rules of professional responsibility
for attorneys.
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308.
Fair funds for investors.
TITLE IV—ENHANCED FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES
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401.
Disclosures in periodic reports.
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402.
Enhanced conflict of interest
provisions.
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403.
Disclosures of transactions involving
management and principal stockholders.
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404.
Management assessment of internal
controls.
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405.
Exemption.
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406.
Code of ethics for senior financial officers.
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407.
Disclosure of audit committee financial
expert.
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408.
Enhanced review of periodic disclosures
by issuers.
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409. Real time issuer disclosures.
TITLE V—ANALYST CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
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501.
Treatment of securities analysts by
registered securities associations and
national securities exchanges.
TITLE VI—COMMISSION RESOURCES AND AUTHORITY
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601.
Authorization of appropriations.
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602.
Appearance and practice before the
Commission.
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603.
Federal court authority to impose penny
stock bars.
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604.
Qualifications of associated persons of
brokers and dealers.
TITLE VII—STUDIES AND REPORTS
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701.
GAO study and report regarding
consolidation of public accounting firms.
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702.
Commission study and report regarding credit
rating agencies.
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703.
Study and report on violators and violations
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704.
Study of enforcement actions.
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705.
Study of investment banks.
TITLE VIII—CORPORATE AND CRIMINAL FRAUD
ACCOUNTABILITY
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801.
Short title.
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802.
Criminal penalties for altering
documents.
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803.
Debts nondischargeable if incurred in
violation of securities fraud laws.
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804.
Statute of limitations for securities
fraud.
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805.
Review of Federal Sentencing Guidelines
for obstruction of justice and extensive
criminal fraud.
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806.
Protection for employees of publicly
traded companies who provide evidence of
fraud.
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807.
Criminal penalties for defrauding
shareholders of publicly traded companies.
TITLE IX—WHITE-COLLAR CRIME PENALTY
ENHANCEMENTS
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901.
Short title.
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902.
Attempts and conspiracies to commit
criminal fraud offenses.
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903.
Criminal penalties for mail and wire fraud.
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904.
Criminal penalties for violations of
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974.
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905.
Amendment to sentencing guidelines
relating to certain white-collar offenses.
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906.
Corporate responsibility for financial
reports.
TITLE X—CORPORATE TAX RETURNS
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1001. Sense of the Senate regarding the
signing of corporate tax returns by
chief executive officers.
TITLE XI—CORPORATE FRAUD AND ACCOUNTABILITY
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1101.
Short title.
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1102.
Tampering with a record or otherwise
impeding an official proceeding.
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1103.
Temporary freeze authority for the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
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1104.
Amendment to the Federal Sentencing
Guidelines.
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1105.
Authority of the Commission to prohibit
persons from serving as officers
or directors.
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1106.
Increased criminal penalties under
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
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1107.
Retaliation against informants.
Sarbanes Oxley Auditing Standards
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