H.R. 1723

Small Company Simple Registration Act of 2015

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114th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 1723

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

July 15, 2015

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

AN ACT

To direct the Securities and Exchange Commission to revise Form S–1 so as to permit smaller reporting companies to use forward incorporation by reference for such form.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Small Company Simple Registration Act of 2015.

2.

Forward incorporation by reference for Form S–1

Not later than 45 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Securities and Exchange Commission shall revise Form S–1 so as to permit a smaller reporting company (as defined in section 230.405 of title 17, Code of Federal Regulations) to incorporate by reference in a registration statement filed on such form any documents that such company files with the Commission after the effective date of such registration statement.

Passed the House of Representatives July 14, 2015.

Karen L. Haas,

Clerk