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HR 1190 Passed a chamber

Adds rural-area small businesses to two provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that name women-owned small businesses, so those provisions cover rural small businesses as well.

Official title: Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act

Next stop House: awaiting action
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced 11-FEB-2025
Referred 11-FEB-2025
Approved by committee 20-MAY-2025
Reported 03-JUN-2025
On the calendar 03-JUN-2025
Passed 23-JUN-2025
Senate
Received 24-JUN-2025
Passed 29-SEP-2026
Key points
  • Inserts rural-area small businesses after women-owned small businesses in paragraph (4)(C) of Section 4(j) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  • Makes the same insertion in paragraph (6)(B)(iii) of Section 4(j)
  • Is cited as the Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act
AI-generated from the Referred in Senate text of 24-JUN-2025 · verify · report an error
Official CRS summary

Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (11-FEB-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 23-JUN-2025).

CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov
Committee referrals (2) Policy area

Finance and Financial Sector

Sponsor Troy Downing (R-MT) Cosponsors · 5
■ 3 D■ 2 R
2 Republicans