H.R. 5970 — what changed
Modernizing Disclosures for Investors Act
From Reported in House to Engrossed in House. 1 section amended between Reported in House and Engrossed in House.
Sec. 2 Form 10–Q analysis
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In general— The Securities and Exchange Commission shall conduct an analysis of the costs and benefits of requiring reporting companies to use Form 10-Q 10–Q for submitting quarterly financial reports. Such analysis shall consider—
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the costs and benefits of Form 10-Q 10–Q to emerging growth companies;
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the costs and benefits of Form 10-Q 10–Q to the Commission in terms of its ability to protect investors, maintain fair, orderly, and efficient markets, and facilitate capital formation;
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the costs and benefits of Form 10-Q 10–Q to other reporting companies, investors, market researchers, and other market participants, including the costs and benefits associated with—
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the public availability of the information required to be filed on Form 10-Q;10–Q;
the use of a standardized reporting format across all classes of reporting companies; and
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the quarterly disclosure by some companies of financial information in formats other than Form 10-Q, 10–Q, such as a quarterly earnings press release;
the costs and benefits of alternative formats for quarterly reporting for emerging growth companies to emerging growth companies, the Commission, other reporting companies, investors, market researchers, and other market participants; and
the expected impact of the use of alternative formats of quarterly reporting by emerging growth companies on overall market transparency and efficiency.
Report required— Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall issue a report to Congress that includes—
the results of the analysis required by subsection (a); and
recommendations for decreasing costs, increasing transparency, and increasing efficiency of quarterly financial reporting by emerging growth companies.