118th Congress Finance and Financial Sector
H.R. 835: Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act
Passed House
- Introduced (completed)
- Passed House (completed)
- Passed Senate (not reached)
- To the President (not reached)
- Became law (not reached)
Summary
This bill expands the eligibility criteria for an accredited investor for purposes of participating in private offerings of securities to include an individual determined by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to have qualifying professional knowledge through educational or professional experience. (Certain unregistered securities may only be offered to accredited investors.)
The SEC is directed to revise the definition of accredited investor in Regulation D (which exempts certain offerings from SEC registration requirements) to conform to changes in this bill.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- David Schweikert R-AZOriginal
- Byron Donalds R-FL
- Michael Lawler R-NY
- Juan Vargas D-CA
- Warren Davidson R-OH
- Bryan Steil R-WI
- Tom Emmer R-MN
Who scored on this bill
- 1J. Hill SponsorIntroduced, drew cross-party cosponsors, reported, passed House4 events+56
- 2Warren DavidsonCosponsored; cosponsored bill passed2 events+4
- 2Byron DonaldsCosponsored; cosponsored bill passed2 events+4
- 2Tom EmmerCosponsored; cosponsored bill passed2 events+4
- 2Michael LawlerCosponsored; cosponsored bill passed2 events+4
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History
- Passed the House by voice vote.
- Introduced in the House by J. Hill.
Show the full action history (13 actions)
- Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
- Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 118-87.
- Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 64.
- Mrs. Wagner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2717-2719)
- DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 835.
- Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2717)
- On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2717)
- Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Introduced in House
- Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.