115th CONGRESS 2d Session |
January 30, 2018
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to expand access to capital for small businesses affected by hurricanes or other natural disasters, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Small Business Access to Capital After a Natural Disaster Act”.
SEC. 2. Expanding access to capital for small businesses impacted by a natural disaster.
Section 4 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78d) is amended—
(1) in subsection (j)(4)(C), by striking “minority-owned and women-owned small businesses” and inserting “minority-owned small businesses, women-owned small businesses, and small businesses affected by hurricanes or other natural disasters”; and
(2) in subsection (j)(6)(B)(iii), by striking “minority-owned and women-owned small businesses” and inserting “minority-owned small businesses, women-owned small businesses, and small businesses affected by hurricanes or other natural disasters”.
Passed the House of Representatives January 29, 2018.
Attest: | karen l. haas, |
Clerk |