S. 416: Small Business Capital Formation Enhancement Act

115th Congress · introduced 2017-02-16 · Commerce · Latest: Held at the desk.

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Where it came from: introduced 2017-02-16 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Donnelly, Joe [D-IN] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Small Business Capital Formation Enhancement Act

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Small Business Capital Formation Enhancement Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Small Business Investment Incentive Act of 1980 with respect to the annual government-business forum of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to review the current status of problems and programs relating to small business capital formation. The SEC shall review each of the forum's findings and recommendations and issue a public statement promptly assessing it and disclosing the action, if any, the SEC intends to take with respect to it.

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Official text

Small Business Capital Formation Enhancement Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed Senate without amendment)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Donnelly, Joe [D-IN] · 1 cosponsors

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Thom Tillis (R-NC)

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Passed Senate without amendment)
Congress.gov
Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115s416.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/s>

Record fed-us-cong115-s416 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115