119 HR 4429 IH: Developing and Empowering our Aspiring Leaders Act of 2025 U.S. House of Representatives 2025-07-16 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I119th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 4429IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESJuly 16, 2025Mrs. Wagner introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial ServicesA BILLTo require the Securities and Exchange Commission to revise the definition of a qualifying investment, for purposes of the exemption from registration for venture capital fund advisers under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, to include an equity security issued by a qualifying portfolio company and to include an investment in another venture capital fund, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Developing and Empowering our Aspiring Leaders Act of 2025.

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Definitions

Not later than the end of the 180-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Securities and Exchange Commission shall—(1)revise the definition of a qualifying investment under paragraph (c) of section 275.203(l)–1 of title 17, Code of Federal Regulations—(A)to include an equity security issued by a qualifying portfolio company, whether acquired directly from the company or in a secondary acquisition; and(B)to specify that an investment in another venture capital fund is a qualifying investment under such definition; and(2)revise paragraph (a) of such section to require, as a condition of a private fund qualifying as a venture capital fund under such paragraph, that the qualifying investments of the private fund are either—(A)predominantly qualifying investments that were acquired directly from a qualifying portfolio company; or(B)predominantly qualifying investments in another venture capital fund or other venture capital funds.