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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Liquidity Enhancement for Small Public Companies Act - Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to prohibit the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from proposing, adopting, maintaining, or enforcing any rule, regulation, policy, or procedure that bars a national securities exchange from implementing a program under which either the exchange, an entity that lists securities on a national securities exchange, an entity determined appropriate by the SEC, or any other entity determined appropriate by a national securities exchange provides financial incentives to market makers that adhere to standards of market quality established by the rules of the exchange.</p> <p>Prohibits a registered national securities association from adopting, maintaining, or proposing any rule, regulation, policy, or procedure that bars a national securities exchange from implementing a program under which the securities of an issuer determined appropriate by the SEC for listing on a national securities exchange provides financial incentives to market makers that adhere to standards of market quality established by the exchange.</p> <BR> <p><BR> </p>]]></text>
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