,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dfda  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #ad1 #bjbc,mr4 
,fitzgerald introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,financial ,services  ,a  
,,bill  ,to authorize the exclusion of  
shareholder proposals from proxy or     
consent solicitation material if such   
proposals are substantially similar to  
previously included proposals4  #a4     
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,performance over ,politics ,act4   
#b4 ,exclusion of certain substantially 
similar shareholder proposals ,the      
,securities and ,exchange ,commission   
shall revise the resubmission           
requirements in section                 
#bdj4ad;a-#h7;i77#ab7 of title #ag1     
,code of ,federal ,regulations1 to      
provide that a shareholder proposal may 
be excluded by an issuer from its proxy 
or consent solicitation material for a  
meeting of the shareholders of such     
issuer if the shareholder proposal      

addresses substantially the same subject
 matter as a proposal1 or proposals1    
previously included in the proxy or     
consent solicitation material for a     
meeting of the shareholders of such     
issuer-- 7#a7 for a meeting of the      
shareholders conducted in the preceding 
#e calendar years2 and  7#b7 if the most
 recent vote-- 7,a7 occurred in the     
preceding #c calendar years2 and  7,b7  
7i7 if voted on once during such #e-year
 period1 received less than #aj percent 
of the votes cast2  7ii7 if voted on    
twice during such #e-year period1       
received less than #bj percent of the   
votes cast2 or  7iii7 if voted on three 
or more times during such #e-year       
period1 received less #dj percent of the
 votes cast4