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| Friday, November 5, 1999 | 202-224-0894 |
TIME LINE OF GRAMM-LEACH-BLILEY ACT
- March 4, 1999 -- Senate Banking Committee approves the Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999.
- April 28, 1999 -- Senate Banking Committee formally files the Financial Services Modernization Act in the Senate.
- May 6, 1999 -- The Senate approves S. 900, Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999.
- July 1, 1999 -- The House of Representatives approves H.R. 10.
- July 23, 1999 -- Senate Banking Committee's 20 members named to conference.
- July 30, 1999 -- House appoints members to conference.
- August 3, 1999 -- Conference committee holds first meeting.
- October 12, 1999 -- Chairmen Gramm, Leach and Bliley release chairmen's mark.
- October 22, 1999 -- Conference committee holds final meeting; names bill the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act.
- November 2, 1999 -- Conference report signed by majority of conferees, clearing way for votes in House and Senate.
- November 4, 1999 -- Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act passes the Senate 90-8 and the House 362-57.
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