[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 298 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 298


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 31, 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 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,''.

            Passed the House of Representatives January 30, 2023.

            Attest:

                                             CHERYL L. JOHNSON,

                                                                 Clerk.