117th CONGRESS 2d Session |
July 27, 2022
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to expand access to capital for rural-area small businesses, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act”.
SEC. 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,”.
Passed the House of Representatives July 26, 2022.
Attest: | cheryl l. johnson, |
Clerk. |