SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Improving Access to 
Capital for Emerging Growth Companies Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FILING REQUIREMENT FOR PUBLIC FILING PRIOR 
TO PUBLIC OFFERING. 
Section 6(e)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933 (15 
U.S.C. 77f(e)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘21 days’’ and 
inserting ‘‘15 days’’. 
SEC. 3. GRACE PERIOD FOR CHANGE OF STATUS OF 
EMERGING GROWTH COMPANIES. 
Section 6(e)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933 (15 
U.S.C. 77f(e)(1)) is further amended by adding at the end 
the following: ‘‘An issuer that was an emerging growth 
company at the time it submitted a confidential registra-
tion statement or, in lieu thereof, a publicly filed registra-
tion statement for review under this subsection but ceases 
to be an emerging growth company thereafter shall con-
tinue to be treated as an emerging market growth com-
pany for the purposes of this subsection through the ear-
lier of the date on which the issuer consummates its initial 
public offering pursuant to such registrations statement 
or the end of the 1-year period beginning on the date the 
company ceases to be an emerging growth company.’’.
SEC. 4. SIMPLIFIED DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS FOR 
EMERGING GROWTH COMPANIES. 
Section 102 of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups 
Act (Public Law 112–106) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(d) SIMPLIFIED DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS.— 
With respect to an emerging growth company (as such 
term is defined under section 2 of the Securities Act of 
1933): 
‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT TO INCLUDE NOTICE ON 
FORMS S–1 AND F–1.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date of enactment of this subsection, the Securi-
ties and Exchange Commission shall revise its gen-
eral instructions on Forms S–1 and F–1 to indicate 
that a registration statement filed (or submitted for 
confidential review) by an issuer prior to an initial 
public offering may omit financial information for 
historical periods otherwise required by regulation 
S–X (17 CFR 210.1–01 et seq.) as of the time of 
filing (or confidential submission) of such registra-
tion statement, provided that— 
‘‘(A) the omitted financial information re-
lates to a historical period that the issuer rea-
sonably believes will not be required to be in-
cluded in the Form S–1 or F–1 at the time of 
the contemplated offering; and
‘‘(B) prior to the issuer distributing a pre-
liminary prospectus to investors, such registra-
tion statement is amended to include all finan-
cial information required by such regulation S– 
X at the date of such amendment. 
‘‘(2) RELIANCE BY ISSUERS.—Effective 30 days 
after the date of enactment of this subsection, an 
issuer filing a registration statement (or submitting 
the statement for confidential review) on Form S– 
1 or Form F–1 may omit financial information for 
historical periods otherwise required by regulation 
S–X (17 CFR 210.1–01 et seq.) as of the time of 
filing (or confidential submission) of such registra-
tion statement, provided that— 
‘‘(A) the omitted financial information re-
lates to a historical period that the issuer rea-
sonably believes will not be required to be in-
cluded in the Form S–1 or Form F–1 at the 
time of the contemplated offering; and 
‘‘(B) prior to the issuer distributing a pre-
liminary prospectus to investors, such registra-
tion statement is amended to include all finan-
cial information required by such regulation S– 
X at the date of such amendment.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 14, 2015. 
Attest: 
Clerk.