3.0.0 978 2023-01-11T13:27:23Z 2023-01-11T13:27:23Z Senate S 2015-04-16 114 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-04-16T16:44:16Z Helping Angels Lead Our Startups Act 114 4498 HR 2016-04-28 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Related bill CRS 2015-04-16 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. IntroReferral 2015-04-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. N T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD R. 2015-04-16 True T000461 Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA] Patrick Toomey R PA J. 2015-04-16 True S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI 2015-04-16 True K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2015-04-16 True Finance and Financial Sector Administrative law and regulatory procedures Business investment and capital Financial services and investments Higher education Marketing and advertising Securities Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations Finance and Financial Sector 00 2015-04-16 Introduced in Senate 2015-04-28T21:18:32Z Helping Angels Lead Our Startups Act or the HALOS Act

Directs the Securities and Exchange Commission to amend Regulation D (governing the limited offer and sale of securities without registration under the Securities Act of 1933) to make the prohibition against general solicitation or general advertising inapplicable to events with specified kinds of sponsors (including angel investor groups not connected to broker-dealers or investment advisers) where:

  • presentations or communications are made by or on behalf of an issuer,
  • the advertising does not refer to any specific offering of securities by the issuer,
  • the sponsor does not engage in certain activities (such as offering investment recommendations or advice to attendees), and
  • no specific information regarding a securities offering is communicated (other than that the issuer is in the process of offering or planning to offer securities, including the type and amount of securities being offered).
]]> HALOS Act Display Title HALOS Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to clarify the definition of general solicitation under Federal securities law. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced HALOS Act Short Titles as Introduced Helping Angels Lead Our Startups Act Introduced in Senate 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s978is/xml/BILLS-114s978is.xml 2015-04-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. 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. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.