[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2409 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2409

   To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to expand access to 
    capital for rural-area small businesses, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 30, 2019

Mrs. Axne (for herself, Mr. Mooney of West Virginia, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. 
 Pappas, Mr. Riggleman, and Mr. John W. Rose of Tennessee) introduced 
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial 
                                Services

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to expand access to 
    capital for rural-area small businesses, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Expanding Access to Capital for 
Rural Job Creators Act''.

SEC. 2. ACCESS TO CAPITAL FOR RURAL-AREA SMALL BUSINESSES.

    Section 4(j) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 
78d(j)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (4)(C), by inserting ``rural-area small 
        businesses,'' after ``women-owned small businesses,''; and
            (2) in paragraph (6)(B)(iii), by inserting ``rural-area 
        small businesses,'' after ``women-owned small businesses,''.
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