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    <item congress="117" measure-type="hr" measure-number="9412" measure-id="id117hr9412" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2022-12-02" update-date="2023-02-17">
        <title>To amend the Securities Act of 1933 to permit issuers to submit draft registration statements to the Securities and Exchange Commission for confidential review for both initial public offers and follow-on offers, to set deadlines for when such statements shall be made public, and for other purposes.</title>
        <summary summary-id="id117hr9412v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2023-02-17">
            <action-date>2022-12-02</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[
     <p>This bill allows an issuer of securities to submit a draft registration statement to the Securities and Exchange Commission for confidential review prior to an initial public offering or a follow-on offering. Under current law, only emerging growth companies are allowed to do so.</p>
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