Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act

II 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 566 To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to expand access to capital for rural-area small businesses, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES FEBRUARY 26, 2019 Mr. JONES (for himself and Mr. KENNEDY) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Hous- ing, and Urban Affairs A BILL 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 Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Expanding Access to 4 Capital for Rural Job Creators Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. ACCESS TO CAPITAL FOR RURAL-AREA SMALL BUSI- 6 NESSES. 7 Section 4(j) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 8 (15 U.S.C. 78d(j)) is amended— 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:09 Mar 02, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S566.IS S566 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •S 566 IS (1) in paragraph (4)(C), by inserting ‘‘rural- 1 area small businesses,’’ after ‘‘women-owned small 2 businesses,’’; and 3 (2) in paragraph (6)(B)(iii), by inserting 4 ‘‘rural-area small businesses,’’ after ‘‘women-owned 5 small businesses,’’. 6 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:09 Mar 02, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S566.IS S566 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS