[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
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[H.R. 1312 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1312


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 2, 2017

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
                           and Urban Affairs

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                                 AN ACT


 
To amend the Small Business Investment Incentive Act of 1980 to require 
   an annual review by the Securities and Exchange Commission of the 
  annual government-business forum on capital formation that is held 
                         pursuant to such Act.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Capital Formation 
Enhancement Act''.

SEC. 2. ANNUAL REVIEW OF GOVERNMENT-BUSINESS FORUM ON CAPITAL 
              FORMATION.

    Section 503 of the Small Business Investment Incentive Act of 1980 
(15 U.S.C. 80c-1) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(e) The Commission shall--
            ``(1) review the findings and recommendations of the forum; 
        and
            ``(2) each time the forum submits a finding or 
        recommendation to the Commission, promptly issue a public 
        statement--
                    ``(A) assessing the finding or recommendation of 
                the forum; and
                    ``(B) disclosing the action, if any, the Commission 
                intends to take with respect to the finding or 
                recommendation.
    ``(f) Forum Findings.--Nothing in this section shall require the 
Commission to agree to or act upon any finding or recommendation of the 
forum.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives May 1, 2017.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.