HR 298 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jan 31, 2023 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedJan 11, 2023
  2. Passed HouseJan 30, 2023
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act

This bill requires the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation within the Securities and Exchange Commission to report on issues encountered by rural-area small businesses.

Cosponsors 12

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 11, 2023 to Jan 30, 2023, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NHChris PappasOriginalJan 11, 2023
D-TXHenry CuellarOriginalJan 11, 2023
D-NMTeresa Leger FernandezOriginalJan 11, 2023
R-PRJenniffer González-ColónJan 20, 2023
R-WVCarol D. MillerJan 24, 2023
R-NEMike FloodJan 26, 2023
R-IAZachary NunnJan 26, 2023
R-NYMichael LawlerJan 27, 2023
R-MIJohn JamesJan 30, 2023
R-TNJohn W. RoseJan 30, 2023
D-WAMarie Gluesenkamp PerezJan 30, 2023
R-SCRussell FryJan 30, 2023

Actions 9

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jan 31, 2023Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
  2. Jan 30, 2023Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H502-504)
  3. Jan 30, 2023DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 298.
  4. Jan 30, 2023Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  5. Jan 30, 2023Mr. McHenry moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 294Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators ActIdentical billSep 12, 2023

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector.

Text 3

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jan 31, 2023Referred in Senate
  2. Jan 30, 2023Engrossed in House
  3. Jan 11, 2023Introduced in House

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