Congress changed this due to bad optics from a 60 Minutes segment in 2011.  Obama approved it...one of the very very few things he got right. "In February 2012, the STOCK Act passed in the Senate by a 96–3 vote; the only no votes were senators Jeff Bingaman, Richard Burr, and Tom Coburn." From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STOCK_Act Tall trees and short ropes in my opinion.