Senator Dave McCormick (R-PA) and Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) today introduced the PRC Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers Moratorium Act to protect U.S. markets, consumers, and national economic security. ... “This bill gives the financial regulators necessary time to evaluate the impact on U.S. consumer protection and protects the U.S. retail investor.”
Support and advance legislation to impose a moratorium on CCP-linked broker-dealers and investment advisers until U.S. financial regulators can evaluate their impact on consumer protection and protect U.S. retail investors.
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Evidence
Promise 6 said McCormick would counter China by ending U.S. investment or trade that supports the Chinese Communist Party.
The agenda called for banning U.S. investment or trade supporting the CCP national security state and creating an outbound investment regime.
McCormick serves on Senate Banking, which oversees banking, financial markets, housing, and some international economic policy.
The official China issue page lists related press on China exchange-rate legislation, Taiwan IMF participation, and fentanyl legislation.
The CERT Act would direct the U.S. Executive Director at the IMF to advocate enhanced transparency in China’s exchange-rate arrangements.
The bill would require the U.S. Governor at the IMF to support Taiwan admission if Taiwan seeks it.
The bill would establish a joint task force to counter illicit synthetic narcotics and address the PRC’s role in the opioid crisis.
The official legislation page shows recent sponsored items including S.4930, S.4904, S.4686, S.4633, S.4630, and S.4606.
Assessments
The evidence shows McCormick pursued several China-related bills and served on Senate Banking, but none imposed or materially advanced a moratorium on CCP-linked broker-dealers or investment advisers pending U.S. regulator review for retail-investor protection. The listed legislative actions concern fentanyl, exchange-rate transparency, Taiwan and IMF participation, and broader China policy, which are adjacent but not the promised financial-regulatory moratorium. No serious matching legislative attempt is shown, so effort credit is not warranted.