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The Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009, or FERA, , is a public law in the United States enacted in 2009. The law enhanced criminal enforcement of federal fraud laws, especially regarding financial institutions, mortgage fraud, and securities fraud or commodities fraud. (詳細はU.S. Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont, a Democrat and the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, sponsored the bill. On April 27, 2009, the Senate invoked cloture on the bill as amended (S. 386) on an 84–4 vote, with eleven not voting. Only four Senators voted no, all Republicans (Tom Coburn, Jim DeMint, James Inhofe, and Jon Kyl).〔"(Roll Call #170 )." On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Committee Substitute to S. 386). 111th United States Congress, 1st Session. United States Senate.〕 On April 28, the Senate passed the bill on a 92–4 vote, with three not voting; the same Senators who voted against cloture voted against the bill.〔"(Roll Call #171 )." On Passage of the Bill (S. 386 as Amended). 111th United States Congress, 1st Session. United States Senate.〕 On May 6, the United States House of Representatives passed the bill with its own amendment on a 367–59 vote, with six Representatives not voting and one Representative, Democrat Alan Grayson of Florida, voting present. All 250 Democrats casting votes, as well as 117 Republicans, voted yes; all of the 59 no votes were cast by Republicans.〔"(Roll Call #235 )" (On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended - Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act). 111th United States Congress, 1st Session. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives.〕 The Senate then added an amendment to the House's amendment. The House accepted the final version of the bill on a 338–52 vote on May 18, with 43 Representatives not voting. All 224 Democrats casting votes, as well as 114 Republicans, voted yes. Fifty-two Republicans voted no.〔"(Roll Call #268 )" (Suspend Rules and Agree to S Adt to House Adts - Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act). 111th United States Congress, 1st Session. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives.〕 President Barack Obama signed the legislation into law on May 20 along with the Helping Families Save Their Homes Act of 2009, a bill concerned with mortgage foreclosure prevention. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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