HR1190Passed House

Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act

Introduced

In Committee

Passed One Chamber

Passed Both

Signed into Law

119th

Congress

2025-02-11

Introduced

Cosponsors

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Type

Sponsor

Troy Downing

Republican · MT · Representative

Votes with party: 95.8% (669 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/D000634

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (5)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

Latest Action

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Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5185)

2026-09-29

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban AffairsDischarged From · 2026-09-30
House Committee on Financial ServicesReported By · 2025-06-03

Previously

Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban AffairsReferred To · 2025-06-24
House Committee on Financial ServicesMarkup By · 2025-05-20
House Committee on Financial ServicesReferred To · 2025-02-11

Plain-English Summary

Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act This bill requires the Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation within the Securities and Exchange Commission to report on issues encountered by rural-area small businesses.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Finance and Financial Sector

Full Bill Text

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 1190 Engrossed in House (EH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1190 _______________________________________________________________________ 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 June 23, 2025. Attest: Clerk. 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1190 _______________________________________________________________________ AN ACT To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to expand access to capital for rural-area small businesses, and for other purposes.

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