| 1 | 1 | | II |
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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1 |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 577 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to expand access to capital |
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| 6 | 6 | | for rural-area small businesses, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 8 | 8 | | FEBRUARY13, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. K |
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| 10 | 10 | | ENNEDY(for himself, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. PETERS, and Mr. WARNOCK) |
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| 11 | 11 | | introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the |
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| 12 | 12 | | Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to expand |
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| 15 | 15 | | access to capital for rural-area small businesses, and |
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| 16 | 16 | | for other purposes. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Expanding Access to 4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | Capital for Rural Job Creators Act’’. 5 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEC. 2. ACCESS TO CAPITAL FOR RURAL-AREA SMALL BUSI-6 |
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| 23 | 23 | | NESSES. 7 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Section 4(j) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 8 |
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| 25 | 25 | | (15 U.S.C. 78d(j)) is amended— 9 |
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| 26 | 26 | | VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:11 Mar 08, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S577.IS S577 |
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| 28 | 28 | | •S 577 IS |
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| 29 | 29 | | (1) in paragraph (4)(C), by inserting ‘‘rural- 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | area small businesses,’’ after ‘‘women-owned small 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | businesses,’’; and 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (2) in paragraph (6)(B)(iii), by inserting 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | ‘‘rural-area small businesses,’’ after ‘‘women-owned 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | small businesses,’’. 6 |
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