| 4 | | - | AN ACT |
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| 5 | + | To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to expand access to capital |
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| 6 | + | for rural-area small businesses, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | + | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 8 | + | FEBRUARY7, 2023 |
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| 9 | + | Mr. K |
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| 10 | + | ENNEDY(for himself, Ms. SMITH, Mr. PETERS, Mr. WARNOCK, Ms. |
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| 11 | + | R |
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| 12 | + | OSEN, and Mrs. CAPITO) introduced the following bill; which was read |
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| 13 | + | twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban |
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| 14 | + | Affairs |
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| 15 | + | A BILL |
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| 9 | | - | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 2 |
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| 10 | | - | †S 294 ES |
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| 11 | | - | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 |
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| 12 | | - | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Expanding Access to 2 |
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| 13 | | - | Capital for Rural Job Creators Act’’. 3 |
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| 14 | | - | SEC. 2. ACCESS TO CAPITAL FOR RURAL-AREA SMALL BUSI-4 |
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| 15 | | - | NESSES. 5 |
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| 16 | | - | Section 4(j) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 6 |
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| 17 | | - | (15 U.S.C. 78d(j)) is amended— 7 |
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| 18 | | - | (1) in paragraph (4)(C), by inserting ‘‘rural- 8 |
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| 19 | | - | area small businesses,’’ after ‘‘women-owned small 9 |
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| 20 | | - | businesses,’’; and 10 |
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| 21 | | - | (2) in paragraph (6)(B)(iii), by inserting 11 |
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| 22 | | - | ‘‘rural-area small businesses,’’ after ‘‘women-owned 12 |
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| 23 | | - | small businesses,’’. 13 |
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| 24 | | - | Passed the Senate September 7, 2023. |
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| 25 | | - | Attest: |
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| 26 | | - | Secretary. 118 |
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| 34 | | - | S. 294 |
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| 35 | | - | AN ACT |
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| 36 | | - | To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to |
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| 37 | | - | expand access to capital for rural-area small |
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| 38 | | - | businesses, and for other purposes. |
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| 20 | + | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 21 | + | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 22 | + | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Expanding Access to 4 |
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| 23 | + | Capital for Rural Job Creators Act’’. 5 |
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| 24 | + | SEC. 2. ACCESS TO CAPITAL FOR RURAL-AREA SMALL BUSI-6 |
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| 25 | + | NESSES. 7 |
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| 26 | + | Section 4(j) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 8 |
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| 27 | + | (15 U.S.C. 78d(j)) is amended— 9 |
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| 31 | + | (1) in paragraph (4)(C), by inserting ‘‘rural- 1 |
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| 32 | + | area small businesses,’’ after ‘‘women-owned small 2 |
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| 33 | + | businesses,’’; and 3 |
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| 34 | + | (2) in paragraph (6)(B)(iii), by inserting 4 |
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| 35 | + | ‘‘rural-area small businesses,’’ after ‘‘women-owned 5 |
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| 36 | + | small businesses,’’. 6 |
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