# 114-hr-1675: Capital Markets Improvement Act of 2016

114-hr-1675, Capital Markets Improvement Act of 2016, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Hultgren, Randy [R-IL-14] (R-IL); status Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-1675
- Congress: 114
- Title: Capital Markets Improvement Act of 2016
- Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
- Introduced: 2015-03-26
- Sponsor: Rep. Hultgren, Randy [R-IL-14] (R-IL)
- Cosponsors: 8
- Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Encouraging Employee Ownership Act of 2015 Directs the Securities and Exchange Commission to revise regulations to require an issuer to furnish investors with additional specified disclosures regarding compensatory benefit plans if the aggregate sales price or amount of securities sold during any consecutive 12-month period exceeds $10 million (currently $5 million), indexed for inflation every five years.

## Cosponsors (8)

- Rep. Delaney, John K. [D-MD-6] (D-MD), 2015-03-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8] (R-PA), 2015-03-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2] (D-CO), 2015-03-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15] (R-OH), 2015-04-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26] (D-NY), 2015-04-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ-9] (D-AZ), 2015-04-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hurt, Robert [R-VA-5] (R-VA), 2015-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3] (D-WI), 2015-10-13T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [114-hr-1675 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/1675)

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- [114-hr-2737: Filipino Veterans of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2015](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-2737)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-1675 (as of 2025-11-18).