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<bill bill-stage="Reported-in-House" dms-id="H85FA5F38326B405AB587042A277748CD" public-private="public" key="H" bill-type="olc"><form><distribution-code display="yes">IB</distribution-code><calendar display="yes">Union Calendar No. 207</calendar><congress display="yes">119th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">1st Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 4449</legis-num><associated-doc role="report" display="yes">[Report No. 119–250]</associated-doc><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20250716">July 16, 2025</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="G000581">Mr. Vicente Gonzalez of Texas</sponsor> (for himself and <cosponsor name-id="G000597">Mr. Garbarino</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HBA00">Committee on Financial Services</committee-name></action-desc></action><action display="yes"><action-date date="20250908">September 8, 2025</action-date><action-desc>Additional sponsor: <cosponsor name-id="F000466">Mr. Fitzpatrick</cosponsor></action-desc></action><action display="yes"><action-date date="20250908">September 8, 2025</action-date><action-desc>Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed</action-desc></action><action><action-desc><pagebreak></pagebreak></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to establish Offices of Small Business within rule writing divisions of the Securities and Exchange Commission to coordinate on rules and policy priorities related to capital formation.<pagebreak></pagebreak></official-title></form><legis-body id="H55B67416E92B46E885FD26977A15DABA" style="OLC"><section id="H0B21A21EAC4D4F6EB7C9802901F65C93" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Advocating for Small Business Act</short-title></quote>.</text></section><section id="H1B81589CE9F44559A886B20DD5479D63"><enum>2.</enum><header>Making the SEC even more small business friendly</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 4 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78d) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H48B27195A3934F4DB8CBFEC7AB597D4F" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subsection id="HB490A2CA6490492CA50C9E51C3C034EE"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Offices of Small Business</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission shall establish, within each division of the Commission that performs rule writing activities, an Office of Small Business, which shall coordinate with the Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation on rules and policy priorities related to capital formation.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section></legis-body><endorsement display="yes"><action-date date="20250908">September 8, 2025</action-date><action-desc>Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed</action-desc></endorsement></bill>
