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§77z–4 Data standards

Title 15 › Chapter CHAPTER 2A— - SECURITIES AND TRUST INDENTURES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - DOMESTIC SECURITIES › § 77z–4

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Commission must create data rules for all registration statements and the prospectuses filed with the Commission, but it can exclude exhibits, signatures, and certifications from those rules. Those data rules must include and, as much as possible, match the data standards in the rules under section 5334 of title 12, and when practical must have the features listed in clauses (i)–(vi) of subsection (c)(1)(B) of that section.

Full Legal Text

Title 15, §77z–4

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(a)The Commission shall, by rule, adopt data standards for all registration statements, and for all prospectuses included in registration statements, required to be filed with the Commission under this subchapter, except that the Commission may exempt exhibits, signatures, and certifications from those data standards.
(b)The data standards required under subsection (a) shall incorporate, and ensure compatibility with (to the extent feasible), all applicable data standards established in the rules promulgated under section 5334 of title 12, including, to the extent practicable, by having the characteristics described in clauses (i) through (vi) of subsection (c)(1)(B) of such section 5334.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification section 5821(e) of Pub. L. 117–263 directed that this section be added at the end of title I of the Securities Act of 1933, which is classified to this subchapter. For purposes of codification, however, this section was added after section 77z–3 of this title and before Schedules A and B set out at section 77aa of this title.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Rule of

Construction

—No New Disclosure RequirementsEnactment of section not to be construed to require certain additional information to be collected or disclosed, see section 5826 of Pub. L. 117–263, set out as a note under section 77g of this title.

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Citation

15 U.S.C. § 77z–4

Title 15Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73