HR 4171
Advanced toward a vote
Creates an exemption from federal securities registration and disclosure requirements for offerings by a company that total up to $500,000 in any 12-month period, while keeping the antifraud rules in force.
Official title: SEED Act of 2025
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
26-JUN-2025
Referred
26-JUN-2025
Approved by committee
04-MAR-2026
Reported
25-MAR-2026
On the calendar
25-MAR-2026
- Exempts an issuer's securities offerings totaling up to $500,000 in any 12-month period from the Securities Act's registration and offering filing requirements, including offerings by entities under common control with the issuer.
- Keeps the federal antifraud provisions applicable to these offerings.
- Adjusts the $500,000 threshold at least every 5 years based on Consumer Price Index changes, rounded to the nearest $10,000.
- Denies the exemption to issuers and covered persons subject to bad actor disqualifications under SEC Rule 506(d) or statutory disqualifications under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
- Adds the exemption to the list in Section 18(b)(4) of the Securities Act, which governs the securities that states may not subject to their own registration requirements.
Current. The Congressional Research Service's summary covers the bill's latest wording (Reported to House, 25-MAR-2026).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Financial Services Committee (House)
Finance and Financial Sector
No cosponsors.