[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1190 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1190

   To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to expand access to 
    capital for rural-area small businesses, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 11, 2025

Mr. Downing (for himself, Ms. Bynum, Mr. Nunn of Iowa, and Mr. Pappas) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
   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,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    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,''.
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