Access to Small Business Investor Capital Act

Bill: 117-s-3961
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Introduced: 2022-03-30
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation

Business investment and capital

Financial services and investments

Securities
Latest action: action_date: 2022-09-15
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-03-30
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Access to Small Business Investor Capital Act </strong></p> <p>This bill allows a registered investment company to exclude from the calculation of acquired fund fees and expenses those incurred indirectly from investment in a business development company. Instead, such fees and expenses may be disclosed in a footnote. <em>Acquired fund fees and expenses</em> is a required line item on a fund's fee schedule that provides the operating expenses of the fund.</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3961 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 30, 2022 Mr. Daines (for himself and Mr. Menendez ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs A BILL To permit a registered investment company to omit certain fees from the calculation of acquired fund fees and expenses, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Access to Small Business Investor Capital Act . 2. Amendments to acquired fund fees and expenses reporting on investment company registration statements (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Acquired fund The term acquired fund has the meaning given the term in Form N–1A, Form N–2, and Form N–3. (2) Acquired fund fees and expenses The term acquired fund fees and expenses means the acquired fund fees and expenses subcaption in the fee table disclosure. (3) Business development company The term business development company has the meaning given the term in section 2(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ( 15 U.S.C. 80a–2(a) ). (4) Fee table disclosure The term fee table disclosure means the fee table described in item 3 of Form N–1A, item 3 of Form N–2, or item 4 of Form N–3 (as applicable, and with respect to each, in any successor fee table disclosure that the Securities and Exchange Commission adopts). (5) Form N–1A The term Form N–1A means the form described in section 274.11A of title 17, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation. (6) Form N–2 The term Form N–2 means the form described in section 274.11a–1 of title 17, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation. (7) Form N–3 The term Form N–3 means the form described in section 274.11b of title 17, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation. (8) Registered investment company The term registered investment company means an investment company, as defined in section 3 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ( 15 U.S.C. 80a–3 ), registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission under that Act. (b) Excluding business development companies from Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses A registered investment company may, on any investment company registration statement filed pursuant to section 8(b) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ( 15 U.S.C. 80a–8(b) )— (1) omit from the calculation of acquired fund fees and expenses those fees and expenses that the investment company incurred indirectly as a result of investment in shares of 1 or more acquired funds that is a business development company; and (2) instead disclose in a footnote to the fee table disclosure those fees and expenses described in paragraph (1), calculated according to the acquired fund fees and expenses formula.