The Tower Amendment is a 1975 amendment to the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
In the same year, the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) had been put in place and was a driving force behind the Tower Amendment. Authored by the former Republican Senator John Tower of Texas, the amendment prohibits the SEC and MSRB from directly or indirectly requiring issuers to file municipal securities documents with them before the securities are sold.
Famous quotes containing the words tower and/or amendment:
“So was produced this tragedy
In a far tower of ivory
Where, O young men, late in the night
All you who drink light and stroke the air
Come back, seeking the night, and cry
To strict Rapunzel to let down her hair.”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)
“[Asserting] important First Amendment rights ... why should [executions] be the one area that is conducted behind closed doors?... Why shouldn’t executions be public?”
—Phil Donahue (b. 1935)