HR 6427 · 114th Congress · Finance and Financial Sector

Creating Financial Prosperity for Businesses and Investors Act

Introduced 2016-12-02· Sponsored by Rep. Garrett, Scott [R-NJ-5]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
Committee
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Received in the Senate.(2016-12-06)

Recorded Votes

PassedHouse · 2016-12-05
Roll #602
Yea 391Nay 2
Democrats
169 Yea·2 Nay
Republicans
222 Yea·0 Nay
PassedHouse · 2016-12-05
Roll #602
Yea 391Nay 2
Democrats
169 Yea·2 Nay
Republicans
222 Yea·0 Nay

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[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Creating Financial Prosperity for Businesses and Investors Act This bill amends the Small Business Investment Incentive Act of 1980 to require the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to issue a public statement, and disclose any actions it intends to take, each time its annual government-business forum submits findings or recommendations regarding the current status of problems and programs relating to small business capital formation. The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is amended to establish within the SEC an Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation and a Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee. The Investment Company Act of 1940 is amended to increase from 100 to 250 the limit on the number of people who may own securities in certain venture capital funds (with no more than $10 million in invested capital, adjusted annually for inflation) before the issuer is required to register as an investment company. The bill allows a crowdfunding issuer to sell shares through a crowdfunding vehicle (a company that aggregates small individual contributions into a single investment in the issuer) that meets certain requirements and revises conditions upon…

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Cosponsors (10)

2 Democrats8 Republicans