 The acronym experts over in Congress passed to stop trading on congressional knowledge, the Stock Act in 2012, which requires members and their spouses to disclose their trades over $1,000 within 45 days, but that hasn't had the intended effect, probably because the only deterrent to trading is a $200 fine if you don't report it in time. No other proposals, of which there have been plenty, have gone far enough to reach committee.