Comparing two proposed laws to limit stock buybacks by corporations.

The Stock Buyback Accountability Act of 2023 would impose a tax on buybacks, as well as certain situations when this tax would not apply (i.e. if the buyback were part of an employer-sponsored retirement plan or employee stock options plan).

The Reward Work Act would prevent issuers from buying their own securities on a national exchange:

I think the two are complementary.