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Securities Exchange Act of 1934

U.S. law of 6 June 1934 that created the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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6 Jun 1934 Securities Exchange Act of 1934
6 Jun 1934 Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into law Securities Exchange Act of 1934

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Signing of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (This Month in Business History), Library of Congress. Scholarship & press
Prior to the signing of the Securities Exchange Act by President Roosevelt on June 6, 1934, there was not much oversight of the United States securities market.
the U.S. Senate Banking Committee began a series of hearings looking into the causes of the crash. These hearings, known as the Pecora Commission (or Pecora Investigation) went on until May 1934.
15 U.S. Code § 78d - Securities and Exchange Commission, Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School (text of the U.S. Code). Primary record
There is hereby established a Securities and Exchange Commission (hereinafter referred to as the “Commission”) to be composed of five commissioners to be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.

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