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Calendar No. 225
112th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2940
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
November 7, 2011
Received; read the first time
November 8, 2011
Read the second time and placed on the calendar
AN ACT
To direct the Securities and Exchange Commission to eliminate the prohibition against general solicitation as a requirement for a certain exemption under Regulation D.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the
Access to Capital for Job Creators
Act
.
Modification of exemption
Removal of restriction
Section 4(2) of
the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77d(2)) is amended by
adding before the period the following: , whether or not such
transactions involve general solicitation or general
advertising
.
Modification of rules
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Securities and Exchange Commission shall revise its rules issued in section 230.506 of title 17, Code of Federal Regulations, to provide that the prohibition against general solicitation or general advertising contained in section 230.502(c) of such title shall not apply to offers and sales of securities made pursuant to section 230.506, provided that all purchasers of the securities are accredited investors. Such rules shall require the issuer to take reasonable steps to verify that purchasers of the securities are accredited investors, using such methods as determined by the Commission.
Passed the House of Representatives November 3, 2011.
Karen L. Haas,
Clerk
November 8, 2011
Read the second time and placed on the calendar