To prevent accountants from providing non-audit services to audit clients.
Last action on Mar 4, 2002Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insuranc...
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Summary
Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, with respect to the independent certification of mandatory financial statements, to direct the Securities and Exchange Commission to prohibit the treatment of an accountant as an entity independent of an issuer of securities if such accountant performs non-audit services for such issuer (thus proscribing non-audit services for audit clients).
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