IIB
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1190
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 24, 2025
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
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
.