Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act
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The Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act is a 2020 law that requires companies publicly listed on stock exchanges in the United States to disclose to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission information on foreign jurisdictions that prevent the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) from conducting inspections. Under the law, such companies will be banned from trading and delisted from exchanges if the PCAOB is not able to audit specified reports for three consecutive years.[1] The bill requires such companies to declare they are not owned or controlled by the Chinese government.[2]
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Long title | An Act to amend the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to require certain issuers to disclose to the Securities and Exchange Commission information regarding foreign jurisdictions that prevent the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board from performing inspections under that Act, and for other purposes. |
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Enacted by | the 116th United States Congress |
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