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<dc:title>117 HR 9405 IH: Investment Opportunity Expansion Act</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2022-12-02</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">I</distribution-code><congress display="yes">117th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">2d Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 9405</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20221202">December 2, 2022</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="B001305">Mr. Budd</sponsor> introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HBA00">Committee on Financial Services</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To amend the Securities Act of 1933 to add additional investment thresholds for an individual to qualify as an accredited investor, and for other purposes.</official-title></form><legis-body id="H62ADC038993340C883639DE5A89F7999" style="OLC"><section id="HCC9F63FE0779440680B13227C80301A9" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Investment Opportunity Expansion Act</short-title></quote>. </text></section><section id="HF02A2284AE164128B3E1FE796AA6B940"><enum>2.</enum><header>Investment thresholds to qualify as an accredited investor</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2(a)(15) of the Securities Act of 1933 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/77b">15 U.S.C. 77b(a)(15)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H580C1A1857AD4EA7BB456C16D32541B9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in clause (i), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HBCC2EDFDD8F44C7EA538AFC113DEDD79"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H8B4CD95F441A4E17A2770DEB610EB62B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="HD6368E191D214958A9A13464CACED4AD" display-inline="no-display-inline"><clause id="HEAE59C910F33474D84648F39D321A832" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with respect to a proposed transaction, any individual whose aggregate investment, at the completion of such transaction, in securities with respect to which there has not been a public offering is not more than 10 percent of the greater of—</text><subclause id="H3BC8CAF666E14882A8DAA99D76D12242"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the net assets of the individual; or</text></subclause><subclause id="H6409AD7D20B24803BE723A32B6F997EE"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the annual income of the individual.</text></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section></legis-body></bill> 

