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Union Calendar No. 562
114th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4852
[Report No. 114–726]
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 23, 2016
Mr. Garrett introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services
September 6, 2016
Additional sponsor: Mr. McHenry
September 6, 2016
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic
For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 23, 2016
A BILL
To direct the Securities and Exchange Commission to revise Regulation D relating to exemptions from registration requirements for certain sales of securities.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Private Placement Improvement Act of 2016
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Revisions to SEC Regulation D
Not later than 45 days following the date of the enactment of this Act, the Securities and Exchange Commission shall revise Regulation D (17 C.F.R. 501 et seq.) in accordance with the following:
The Commission shall revise Form D filing requirements to require an issuer offering or selling securities in reliance on an exemption provided under Rule 506 of Regulation D to file with the Commission a single notice of sales containing the information required by Form D for each new offering of securities no earlier than 15 days after the date of the first sale of securities in the offering. The Commission shall not require such an issuer to file any notice of sales containing the information required by Form D except for the single notice described in the previous sentence.
The Commission shall make the information contained in each Form D filing available to the securities commission (or any agency or office performing like functions) of each State and territory of the United States and the District of Columbia.
The Commission shall not condition the availability of any exemption for an issuer under Rule 506 of Regulation D (17 C.F.R. 230.506) on the issuer’s or any other person’s filing with the Commission of a Form D or any similar report.
The Commission shall not require issuers to submit written general solicitation materials to the Commission in connection with a Rule 506(c) offering, except when the Commission requests such materials pursuant to the Commission’s authority under section 8A or section 20 of the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77h–1 or 77t) or section 9, 10(b), 21A, 21B, or 21C of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78i, 78j(b), 78u–1, 78u–2, or 78u–3).
The Commission shall not extend the requirements contained in Rule 156 to private funds.
The Commission shall revise Rule 501(a) of Regulation D to provide that a person who is a knowledgeable employee
of a private fund or the fund’s investment adviser, as defined in Rule 3c–5(a)(4) (17 C.F.R. 270.3c–5(a)(4)), shall be an accredited investor for purposes of a Rule 506 offering of a private fund with respect to which the person is a knowledgeable employee.
September 6, 2016
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed