3.0.0 2347 2023-01-11T13:38:52Z 2023-01-11T13:38:52Z Senate S 2018-01-25 115 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2018-06-26T14:00:04Z Referred to 2018-01-25T20:57:57Z Interior, Environment, Financial Services and General Government, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2019 115 6147 HR 2018-09-07 Message on Senate action sent to the House. Related bill CRS Encouraging Public Offerings Act of 2017 115 3903 HR 2017-11-02 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Related bill CRS 2018-06-26 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-354. Committee 2018-01-25 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. IntroReferral 2018-01-25 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000476 Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] Thomas Tillis R NC Roland N V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2018-01-25 True Finance and Financial Sector Financial services and investments Government information and archives Securities Finance and Financial Sector 00 2018-01-25 Introduced in Senate 2018-05-03T20:50:28Z Encouraging Public Offerings Act of 2018

This bill amends the Securities Act of 1933 to allow an issuer of securities to communicate with potential investors to ascertain interest in a contemplated securities offering, either before or after the filing of a registration statement (i.e., "test the waters"). Under current law, only emerging growth companies may engage in such communications.

The bill also allows an issuer to submit a confidential draft registration statement to the Securities and Exchange Commission for review prior to public filing or within one year after the initial public offering or registration.

]]> Encouraging Public Offerings Act of 2018 Display Title Encouraging Public Offerings Act of 2018 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Securities Act of 1933 to expand the ability to use testing the waters and confidential draft registration submissions, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Encouraging Public Offerings Act of 2018 Introduced in Senate 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s2347is/xml/BILLS-115s2347is.xml 2018-06-26 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-354. 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.