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S. 3922IntroducedFINANCE AND FINANCIAL SECTOR

Unlocking Capital for Small Businesses Act of 2022

Business investment and capital · Financial services and investments · Licensing and registrations
Sponsor
Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND]
R · ND
Key facts
Introduced: Mar 24, 2022
Chamber: Senate
Cosponsors: 0
Congress: 117th
Latest action · Apr 5, 2022
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 117-621.

Summary

Unlocking Capital for Small Businesses Act of 2022

This bill revises the regulatory treatment of private-placement brokers (brokers who receive transaction-based compensation for the sale of securities to preselected individuals or institutions) and finders (private-placement brokers who do not exceed a specified amount of compensation, transaction value, or number of transactions in a year).

Specifically, the bill (1) requires the Securities and Exchange Commission to establish registration requirements for private-placement brokers that are no more stringent than those imposed on crowdfunding portals, (2) allows for membership in any national securities association for private-placement brokers, (3) exempts private-placement brokers from broker regulations, and (4) otherwise modifies provisions related to private-placement brokers and finders.

Summary by Congressional Research Service.

Timeline

  1. Apr 5, 2022
    Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 117-621.
  2. Mar 24, 2022
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
  3. Mar 24, 2022
    Introduced in Senate
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