To amend the Federal securities laws to specify the periods for which financial statements are required to be provided by an emerging growth company, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-9411
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. McHenry, Patrick T. [R-NC-10]
Introduced: 2022-12-02
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Accounting and auditing

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Latest action: action_date: 2022-12-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-12-02
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill limits the financial information an emerging growth company must submit to the Securities and Exchange Commission. </p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9411 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 2, 2022 Mr. McHenry introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services A BILL To amend the Federal securities laws to specify the periods for which financial statements are required to be provided by an emerging growth company, and for other purposes.

1. Financial statement reporting requirements for emerging growth companies (a) Securities Act of 1933 Section 7(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 ( 15 U.S.C. 77g(a)(2) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking and at the end; (2) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C); and (3) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following: (B) need not present acquired company financial statements or information otherwise required under section 210.3 05 or section 210.11 01 of title 17, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor thereto, for any period prior to the earliest audited period of the emerging growth company presented in connection with its initial public offering and, thereafter, in no event shall an issuer that was an emerging growth company but is no longer an emerging growth company be required to present financial statements of the issuer (or acquired company financial statements or information otherwise required under section 210.3 05 or section 210.11 01 of title 17, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor thereto) for any period prior to the earliest audited period of the emerging growth company presented in connection with its initial public offering; and . (b) Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Section 12(b)(1)(K) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ( 15 U.S.C. 78l(b)(1)(K) ) is amended by striking firm; and inserting firm, provided that the application of an emerging growth company need not present acquired company financial statements or information otherwise required under section 210.3 05 or section 210.11 01 of title 17, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor thereto, for any period prior to the earliest audited period of the emerging growth company presented in connection with its application and, thereafter, in no event shall an issuer that was an emerging growth company but is no longer an emerging growth company be required to present financial statements of the issuer (or acquired company financial statements or information otherwise required under section 210.3 05 or section 210.11 01 of title 17, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor thereto) for any period prior to the earliest audited period of the emerging growth company presented in connection with any application under subsection (b) of this section; .