Title 15, Commerce and TradeRelease 119-73not60

§77z–4 Data Standards

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

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Commission must create data standards for every registration statement and for every prospectus filed with the Commission. It may exempt exhibits, signatures, and certifications. Those standards must include and, when possible, work with the data rules in section 5334 of title 12, and must have the characteristics listed in clauses (i) through (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 15, Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

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