Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act

Bill: 115-s-2953
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Jones, Doug [D-AL]
Introduced: 2018-05-24
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Business investment and capital

Congressional oversight

Rural conditions and development

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Small business
Latest action: action_date: 2018-05-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-05-24
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation within the Securities and Exchange Commission to report on issues encountered by rural-area small businesses.</p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2953 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 24, 2018 Mr. Jones (for himself, Mr. Heller , Ms. Heitkamp , and Mr. Kennedy ) 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act . 2. Access to capital for rural-area small businesses Section 4(j) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ( 15 U.S.C. 78d(j) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (4)(C), by inserting rural-area small businesses, after women-owned small businesses, ; and (2) in paragraph (6)(B)(iii), by inserting rural-area small businesses, after women-owned small businesses, .