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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. 577
To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to expand access to capital
for rural-area small businesses, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
FEBRUARY13, 2025
Mr. K
ENNEDY(for himself, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. PETERS, and Mr. WARNOCK)
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
A BILL
To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to expand
access to capital for rural-area small businesses, and
for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Expanding Access to 4
Capital for Rural Job Creators Act’’. 5
SEC. 2. ACCESS TO CAPITAL FOR RURAL-AREA SMALL BUSI-6
NESSES. 7
Section 4(j) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 8
(15 U.S.C. 78d(j)) is amended— 9
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•S 577 IS
(1) in paragraph (4)(C), by inserting ‘‘rural- 1
area small businesses,’’ after ‘‘women-owned small 2
businesses,’’; and 3
(2) in paragraph (6)(B)(iii), by inserting 4
‘‘rural-area small businesses,’’ after ‘‘women-owned 5
small businesses,’’. 6
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