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|agency_name = U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |
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|seal = US-SecuritiesAndExchangeCommission-Seal.svg |
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|seal_caption = Seal of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |
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|formed = {{start date and age|1934|6|6}} |
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|jurisdiction = [[Federal government of the United States|United States federal government]] |
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|headquarters = [[Washington, D.C.]] |
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|employees = 3,958 (2012)<ref>{{cite book |title=FY 2014 Congressional Budget Justification|page=14|publisher=U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission|year=2013 |url=http://www.sec.gov/about/reports/secfy14congbudgjust.pdf}}</ref> |
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|chief1_name = [[Mary Jo White]] |
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|website = {{URL|http://www.sec.gov|www.SEC.gov}} |
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The '''U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission''' ('''SEC''') is an [[List of United States federal agencies|agency of the United States federal government]]. It holds primary responsibility for enforcing the federal [[security (finance)|securities]] laws, proposing securities rules, and regulating the securities industry, the nation's stock and options exchanges, and other activities and organizations, including the electronic securities markets in the United States.<ref>[http://www.usa.gov/Agencies/Federal/All_Agencies/S.shtml A-Z Index of U.S. Government Departments and Agencies] USA.gov</ref> |
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In addition to the [[Securities Exchange Act of 1934]], which created it, the SEC enforces the [[Securities Act of 1933]], the [[Trust Indenture Act of 1939]], the [[Investment Company Act of 1940]], the [[Investment Advisers Act of 1940]], the [[Sarbanes–Oxley Act|Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002]], and other statutes. The SEC was created by Section 4 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. |
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