[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1548 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1548


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 12, 2023

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

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                                 AN ACT


 
To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to specify that actions of 
the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation are not a collection 
           of information under the Paperwork Reduction 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 ``Improving Access to Small Business 
Information Act''.

SEC. 2. EXCLUSION FROM THE PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT.

    Section 4(j) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 
78d(j)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(10) Exclusion from the paperwork reduction act.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Actions taken by the Advocate 
                for Small Business Capital Formation under this 
                subsection shall not be a `collection of information' 
                for purposes of subchapter I of chapter 35 of title 44, 
                United States Code (commonly known as the `Paperwork 
                Reduction Act').
                    ``(B) Exceptions.--Subparagraph (A) shall not apply 
                to the requirements under subsections (c)(1), (c)(4), 
                and (i) of section 3506 of such title and section 
                3507(a)(1)(A) of such title, except that the Commission 
                shall not be required--
                            ``(i) to submit a collection of information 
                        by the Advocate to the Director of the Office 
                        of Management and Budget, as described under 
                        section 3506(c)(1)(A) of such title;
                            ``(ii) to display a control number on a 
                        collection of information by the Advocate, as 
                        described under section 3506(c)(1)(B)(i) of 
                        such title (or to inform a person receiving a 
                        collection of information from the Advocate 
                        that the collection of information needs to 
                        display a control number, as described under 
                        section 3506(c)(1)(B)(iii)(V) of such title); 
                        or
                            ``(iii) to indicate a collection of 
                        information by the Advocate is in accordance 
                        with the clearance requirements of section 3507 
                        of such title, as described under section 
                        3506(c)(1)(B)(ii) of such title.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives July 11, 2023.

            Attest:

                                             KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

                                                                 Clerk.