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A bill to amend the Securities Investor Protection Act to increase the amount of protection available under such Act to customers of brokers and dealers, and to provide for the applicability of the Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978 to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Public Law 96-433 · H.R. 7939 · 96th Congress · began in the House

Signed by Jimmy Carter (D) on Oct 10, 1980 · Finance and Financial Sector

Sponsor: Rep. James Scheuer (D-NY-11)

Cosponsors (11): Rep. Harley Staggers,

Passage votesYeaNay

  • HouseRecorded vote: 315 yea, 83 nay315–83
  • SenateMethod not stated
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The final version of the law, as each chamber passed it. A chamber that passed it by voice vote or unanimous consent has no count. “Method not stated” means the record does not say how the chamber voted. Where the record has a member-by-member vote, the “Who voted for it” section shows who voted yea.

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Summary

The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.

Amends the Securities Investor Protection Act to increase from $100,000 to $500,000 the maximum amount which the Securities Investor Protection Corporation may distribute to a customer in the liquidation of a broker-dealer. Permits up to $100,000 of such amount (presently, $40,000) to be used to satisfy a claim for cash.

Amends the Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978 to apply its provisions to the Securities and Exchange Commission, except as provided in the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to authorize the Commission to obtain copies of information contained in financial records of a customer from a financial institution without prior notice to the customer upon an ex parte showing to an appropriate district court that the Commission: (1) seeks such records pursuant to a subpoena issued in conformity with the requirements of the Federal securities laws; and (2) has reason to believe that specified acts or results will occur.

Requires, upon expiration of any authorized period of delay of notification, that the customer be served with a copy of the subpoena along with a specified notice which describes the nature of the investigation.

Directs the Commission to compile an annual tabulation of the occasions on which the Commission obtains access to financial records of a customer as authorized under this Act and include such tabulation in its annual report to Congress.

Permits a customer, following the expiration of the period of delay of notification, to reopen the proceeding in the district court. Authorizes such court to grant civil penalties against the Commission or issue injunctive relief if the Commission has obtained records in violation of this Act.

Directs the Office of Personnel Management to initiate a proceeding to determine whether disciplinary action should be taken against an employee of the Commission who acted in a willful and intentional manner and without good faith with respect to the violation.

Authorizes the Commission to transfer financial records to any government authority in accordance with the Right to Financial Privacy Act, but permits customer notice to be delayed upon an appropriate showing under this Act.

Authorizes the Commission to obtain financial records from a financial institution or transfer such records in accordance with the Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978.

Who voted for it

Every House member of the 96th Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 315 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.

315 yea83 nay34 present or did not vote

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Democrats who voted yea(227)

  • Rep. Parren MitchellD-MD-7
  • Rep. Phillip BurtonD-CA-6
  • Rep. Robert GarciaD-NY-21
  • Rep. John ConyersD-MI-1
  • Rep. Louis StokesD-OH-21
  • Rep. Ronald DellumsD-CA-8
  • Rep. Edward RoybalD-CA-25
  • Rep. Anthony BeilensonD-CA-23
  • Rep. Charlie RangelD-NY-19
  • Rep. Benjamin RosenthalD-NY-8
  • Rep. Henry GonzálezD-TX-20
  • Rep. Mickey LelandD-TX-18
  • Rep. Richard BollingD-MO-5
  • Rep. James CormanD-CA-21
  • Rep. Edward PattenD-NJ-15
  • Rep. James ScheuerD-NY-11
  • Rep. Robert EckhardtD-TX-8
  • Rep. Paul SimonD-IL-24
  • Rep. William GrayD-PA-2
  • Rep. Jonathan BinghamD-NY-22
  • Rep. Theodore WeissD-NY-20
  • Rep. Shirley ChisholmD-NY-12
  • Rep. David BoniorD-MI-12
  • Rep. Bill ClayD-MO-1
  • Rep. Bennett StewartD-IL-1
  • Rep. William LehmanD-FL-13
  • Rep. Dante FascellD-FL-15
  • Rep. Sidney YatesD-IL-9
  • Rep. Stephen SolarzD-NY-13
  • Rep. Pete StarkD-CA-9
  • Rep. George BrownD-CA-36
  • Rep. George DanielsonD-CA-30
  • Rep. Richard NolanD-MN-6
  • Rep. John SeiberlingD-OH-14
  • Rep. Charles PriceD-IL-23
  • Rep. Gus HawkinsD-CA-29
  • Rep. William FordD-MI-15
  • Rep. Daniel RostenkowskiD-IL-8
  • Rep. Henry ReussD-WI-5
  • Rep. John BrademasD-IN-3
  • Rep. Frank ThompsonD-NJ-4
  • Rep. Claude PepperD-FL-14
  • Rep. Martin SaboD-MN-5
  • Rep. James OberstarD-MN-8
  • Rep. Richard OttingerD-NY-24
  • Rep. William MoorheadD-PA-14
  • Rep. John DingellD-MI-16
  • Rep. William BrodheadD-MI-17
  • Rep. James ShannonD-MA-5
  • Rep. Robert KastenmeierD-WI-2
  • Rep. Lionel Van DeerlinD-CA-42
  • Rep. Dave ObeyD-WI-7
  • Rep. Peter RodinoD-NJ-10
  • Rep. John FaryD-IL-5
  • Rep. Cardiss CollinsD-IL-7
  • Rep. Robert DrinanD-MA-4
  • Rep. Victor FazioD-CA-4
  • Rep. Daniel AkakaD-HI-2
  • Rep. Robert GiaimoD-CT-3
  • Rep. Henry WaxmanD-CA-24
  • Rep. Robert MatsuiD-CA-3
  • Rep. Harold FordD-TN-8
  • Rep. William BurlisonD-MO-10
  • Rep. James WrightD-TX-12
  • Rep. Bill AlexanderD-AR-1
  • Rep. James BlanchardD-MI-18
  • Rep. Alvin BaldusD-WI-3
  • Rep. Harold JohnsonD-CA-1
  • Rep. John MoakleyD-MA-9
  • Rep. Gerry StuddsD-MA-12
  • Rep. Frank AnnunzioD-IL-11
  • Rep. Ed MarkeyD-MA-7
  • Rep. Clement ZablockiD-WI-4
  • Rep. Joseph AddabboD-NY-7
  • Rep. Albert UllmanD-OR-2
  • Rep. Jerry PattersonD-CA-38
  • Rep. Toby MoffettD-CT-6
  • Rep. Gene MaguireD-NJ-7
  • Rep. Jack BrooksD-TX-9
  • Rep. Gillis LongD-LA-8
  • Rep. Thomas DowneyD-NY-2
  • Rep. James HowardD-NJ-3
  • Rep. Barbara MikulskiD-MD-3
  • Rep. Lindy BoggsD-LA-2
  • Rep. Edward StackD-FL-12
  • Rep. Allan SwiftD-WA-2
  • Rep. Michael LowryD-WA-7
  • Rep. Michael BarnesD-MD-8
  • Rep. George MillerD-CA-7
  • Rep. Nick RahallD-WV-4
  • Rep. Matthew McHughD-NY-27
  • Rep. Tony HallD-OH-3
  • Rep. Raymond LedererD-PA-3
  • Rep. Peter PeyserD-NY-23
  • Rep. Leslie AspinD-WI-1
  • Rep. Harley StaggersD-WV-2
  • Rep. Robert MollohanD-WV-1
  • Rep. Don BonkerD-WA-3
  • Rep. Geraldine FerraroD-NY-9
  • Rep. Anthony CoelhoD-CA-15
  • Rep. Howard WolpeD-MI-3
  • Rep. Timothy WirthD-CO-2
  • Rep. Thomas FoleyD-WA-5
  • Rep. Mike McCormackD-WA-4
  • Rep. Bob CarrD-MI-6
  • Rep. Robert DuncanD-OR-3
  • Rep. William RatchfordD-CT-5
  • Rep. Mario BiaggiD-NY-10
  • Rep. Albert GoreD-TN-4
  • Rep. Herbert HarrisD-VA-8
  • Rep. Thomas SteedD-OK-4
  • Rep. Christopher DoddD-CT-2
  • Rep. Fernand St. GermainD-RI-1
  • Rep. Mary OakarD-OH-20
  • Rep. Morris UdallD-AZ-2
  • Rep. Dale KildeeD-MI-7
  • Rep. John BurtonD-CA-5
  • Rep. John LaFalceD-NY-36
  • Rep. Kenneth HollandD-SC-5
  • Rep. Henry NowakD-NY-37
  • Rep. James HanleyD-NY-32
  • Rep. Norm DicksD-WA-6
  • Rep. Donald BaileyD-PA-21
  • Rep. Joseph FisherD-VA-10
  • Rep. Gladys SpellmanD-MD-5
  • Rep. Jerome TraxlerD-MI-8
  • Rep. Robert EdgarD-PA-7
  • Rep. Edward BolandD-MA-2
  • Rep. Lunsford PreyerD-NC-6
  • Rep. Charles RoseD-NC-7
  • Rep. William CotterD-CT-1
  • Rep. Robert YoungD-MO-2
  • Rep. Butler DerrickD-SC-3
  • Rep. Dick GephardtD-MO-3
  • Rep. Stanley LundineD-NY-39
  • Rep. Leo ZeferettiD-NY-15
  • Rep. Martin FrostD-TX-24
  • Rep. Frank GuariniD-NJ-14
  • Rep. Robert RoeD-NJ-8
  • Rep. Raymond KogovsekD-CO-3
  • Rep. Lester WolffD-NY-6
  • Rep. Joseph MinishD-NJ-11
  • Rep. Mendel DavisD-SC-1
  • Rep. Nicholas MavroulesD-MA-6
  • Rep. Sam GibbonsD-FL-7
  • Rep. Peter KostmayerD-PA-8
  • Rep. Walter JonesD-NC-1
  • Rep. Michael SynarD-OK-2
  • Rep. Neal SmithD-IA-4
  • Rep. Beryl AnthonyD-AR-4
  • Rep. Bo GinnD-GA-1
  • Rep. Berkley BedellD-IA-6
  • Rep. Adam BenjaminD-IN-1
  • Rep. Carl PerkinsD-KY-7
  • Rep. Donald AlbostaD-MI-10
  • Rep. Les AuCoinD-OR-1
  • Rep. Douglas WalgrenD-PA-18
  • Rep. Clarence LongD-MD-2
  • Rep. Ike AndrewsD-NC-4
  • Rep. Don FuquaD-FL-2
  • Rep. Charles WhitleyD-NC-3
  • Rep. Bill HefnerD-NC-8
  • Rep. Wyche FowlerD-GA-5
  • Rep. John HutchinsonD-WV-3
  • Rep. William BonerD-TN-5
  • Rep. James LloydD-CA-35
  • Rep. John WilliamsD-MT-1
  • Rep. Ike SkeltonD-MO-4
  • Rep. Tom HarkinD-IA-5
  • Rep. Brian DonnellyD-MA-11
  • Rep. Tom BevillD-AL-4
  • Rep. Charles WilsonD-TX-2
  • Rep. Leon PanettaD-CA-16
  • Rep. Earl HuttoD-FL-1
  • Rep. William NatcherD-KY-2
  • Rep. Glenn AndersonD-CA-32
  • Rep. Allen ErtelD-PA-17
  • Rep. Ed JonesD-TN-7
  • Rep. Romano MazzoliD-KY-3
  • Rep. Joseph GaydosD-PA-20
  • Rep. James MattoxD-TX-5
  • Rep. Tom DaschleD-SD-1
  • Rep. Martin RussoD-IL-3
  • Rep. Vonno GudgerD-NC-11
  • Rep. Koln McKayD-UT-1
  • Rep. Edward BeardD-RI-2
  • Rep. Abraham KazenD-TX-23
  • Rep. Ronnie FlippoD-AL-5
  • Rep. Floyd FithianD-IN-2
  • Rep. Norman D’AmoursD-NH-1
  • Rep. Daniel MicaD-FL-11
  • Rep. Thomas LukenD-OH-2
  • Rep. Jerome AmbroD-NY-3
  • Rep. Bill NelsonD-FL-9
  • Rep. Joseph EarlyD-MA-3
  • Rep. Jamie WhittenD-MS-1
  • Rep. Austin MurphyD-PA-22
  • Rep. Harold VolkmerD-MO-9
  • Rep. Lee HamiltonD-IN-9
  • Rep. Philip SharpD-IN-10
  • Rep. Stephen NealD-NC-5
  • Rep. Billy TauzinD-LA-3
  • Rep. Joseph WyattD-TX-14
  • Rep. Wes WatkinsD-OK-3
  • Rep. Kika de la GarzaD-TX-15
  • Rep. Daniel GlickmanD-KS-4
  • Rep. Jack BrinkleyD-GA-3
  • Rep. Patricia SchroederD-CO-1
  • Rep. John BreauxD-LA-7
  • Rep. Andy IrelandD-FL-8
  • Rep. Richard WhiteD-TX-16
  • Rep. Druie BarnardD-GA-10
  • Rep. Elliott LevitasD-GA-4
  • Rep. Gus YatronD-PA-6
  • Rep. Carroll HubbardD-KY-1
  • Rep. Eugene AtkinsonD-PA-25
  • Rep. Thomas HuckabyD-LA-5
  • Rep. Beverly ByronD-MD-6
  • Rep. William NicholsD-AL-3
  • Rep. Lawrence FountainD-NC-2
  • Rep. Marvin MathisD-GA-2
  • Rep. Glenn EnglishD-OK-6
  • Rep. Richard ShelbyD-AL-7
  • Rep. David EvansD-IN-6
  • Rep. Douglas ApplegateD-OH-18
  • Rep. Ronald MottlD-OH-23
  • Rep. Sonny MontgomeryD-MS-3

Republicans who voted yea(88)

  • Rep. Stewart McKinneyR-CT-4
  • Rep. Bill GreenR-NY-18
  • Rep. Harold HollenbeckR-NJ-9
  • Rep. Silvio ConteR-MA-1
  • Rep. Pete McCloskeyR-CA-12
  • Rep. Marc MarksR-PA-24
  • Rep. Charles DoughertyR-PA-4
  • Rep. Margaret HecklerR-MA-10
  • Rep. Carl PursellR-MI-2
  • Rep. Frank HortonR-NY-34
  • Rep. Matthew RinaldoR-NJ-12
  • Rep. John BuchananR-AL-6
  • Rep. Joel PritchardR-WA-1
  • Rep. Thomas RailsbackR-IL-19
  • Rep. Lyle WilliamsR-OH-19
  • Rep. Joseph McDadeR-PA-10
  • Rep. Hamilton FishR-NY-25
  • Rep. Jim JeffordsR-VT
  • Rep. Paul FindleyR-IL-20
  • Rep. William WamplerR-VA-9
  • Rep. Jack EdwardsR-AL-1
  • Rep. Donald MitchellR-NY-31
  • Rep. Donald ClausenR-CA-2
  • Rep. Norman LentR-NY-4
  • Rep. Olympia SnoweR-ME-2
  • Rep. Henry HydeR-IL-6
  • Rep. Jim LeachR-IA-1
  • Rep. Thomas EvansR-DE
  • Rep. Elwood HillisR-IN-5
  • Rep. William RoyerR-CA-11
  • Rep. Mark AndrewsR-ND
  • Rep. David EmeryR-ME-1
  • Rep. Robert CoughlinR-PA-13
  • Rep. James BroyhillR-NC-10
  • Rep. Harold SawyerR-MI-5
  • Rep. Larry WinnR-KS-3
  • Rep. Robert McCloryR-IL-13
  • Rep. John ErlenbornR-IL-14
  • Rep. William HarshaR-OH-6
  • Rep. Guy Vander JagtR-MI-9
  • Rep. Virginia SmithR-NE-3
  • Rep. David MarriottR-UT-2
  • Rep. Robin BeardR-TN-6
  • Rep. Arlen ErdahlR-MN-1
  • Rep. Paul TribleR-VA-1
  • Rep. Bob WilsonR-CA-41
  • Rep. Doug BereuterR-NE-1
  • Rep. Robert LivingstonR-LA-1
  • Rep. James ClevelandR-NH-2
  • Rep. Thomas TaukeR-IA-2
  • Rep. Willis GradisonR-OH-1
  • Rep. Earl ColemanR-MO-6
  • Rep. Keith SebeliusR-KS-1
  • Rep. John PorterR-IL-10
  • Rep. James AbdnorR-SD-2
  • Rep. Marion SnyderR-KY-4
  • Rep. Huey DeckardR-IN-8
  • Rep. Tennyson GuyerR-OH-4
  • Rep. Larry HopkinsR-KY-6
  • Rep. Charles PashayanR-CA-17
  • Rep. Thomas CorcoranR-IL-15
  • Rep. Robert WhittakerR-KS-5
  • Rep. William BroomfieldR-MI-19
  • Rep. James CourterR-NJ-13
  • Rep. William FrenzelR-MN-3
  • Rep. Donald RitterR-PA-15
  • Rep. Jon HinsonR-MS-4
  • Rep. Clair BurgenerR-CA-43
  • Rep. Chuck GrassleyR-IA-3
  • Rep. Trent LottR-MS-5
  • Rep. Thomas HagedornR-MN-2
  • Rep. James MartinR-NC-9
  • Rep. Robert MichelR-IL-18
  • Rep. John MyersR-IN-7
  • Rep. Skip BafalisR-FL-10
  • Rep. William GoodlingR-PA-19
  • Rep. Arlan StangelandR-MN-7
  • Rep. Toby RothR-WI-8
  • Rep. William CarneyR-NY-1
  • Rep. Barry GoldwaterR-CA-20
  • Rep. Richard CheneyR-WY
  • Rep. Bill ThomasR-CA-18
  • Rep. Gerald SolomonR-NY-29
  • Rep. Carlos MoorheadR-CA-22
  • Rep. Dan QuayleR-IN-4
  • Rep. Delbert LattaR-OH-5
  • Rep. Kenneth KramerR-CO-5
  • Rep. Robert BaumanR-MD-1
Data notes

The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 1179 in Voteview), matched to the vote the record cites and checked against its totals. Positions are each member’s DW-NOMINATE score for that Congress, as on the Ideology page; left to right is more liberal to more conservative. Paired and announced yea votes count as yea. Lists follow the compass, most liberal first. A name links to a profile only for members of the current Congress. A law passed by voice vote or unanimous consent has no member list, and neither does a vote Voteview has not yet recorded.

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Committees

The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.

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Timeline

From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 13 actions.

  1. Oct 10, 1980Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
  2. PresidentPresident · Public Law 96-433.
  3. Oct 1, 1980PresidentPresident · Measure presented to President.
  4. Sep 30, 1980PresidentPresident · Measure enrolled in Senate.
  5. PresidentPresident · Measure enrolled in House.
  6. Sep 25, 1980FloorFloor · Measure passed Senate.
  7. FloorFloor · Measure called up by unanimous consent in Senate.
  8. Sep 23, 1980FloorFloor · Measure passed House, roll call #576 (315-83).House roll call 576
  9. Sep 22, 1980FloorFloor · Measure called up under motion to suspend rules and pass in House.
  10. Sep 16, 1980CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Energy and Commerce Committee
  11. Aug 18, 1980CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Financial Services Committee
  12. CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Energy and Commerce Committee
  13. IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the House
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Official record

The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.