Patrick McHenryChairman

Hearing Entitled: Empowering Entrepreneurs: Removing Barriers to Capital Access for Small Businesses
Wednesday, February 8, 2023 2:00 PM in 2128 RHOB
Subcommittee on Capital Markets

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Legislation

• H.R. ___, the "Improving Crowdfunding Opportunities Act" (Rep. McHenry)

• H.R. ___, the "Small Entrepreneurs Empowerment and Development (SEED) Act of 2023" (Rep. McHenry)

• H.R. ___, to preempt blue sky laws for off-exchange secondary trading in companies who make available current public information, including information required by Regulation A or Rule 15c2-11.

• H.R. ___, to direct the SEC to update its definitions of “small entities” under the Regulatory Flexibility Act to ensure that the SEC more carefully accounts for impacts on small businesses when pursuing rulemakings.

• H.R. ___, the "Developing and Empowering our Aspiring Leaders Act of 2023"

• H.R. ___, the "Improving Capital Allocation for Newcomers Act of 2023" (Rep. Timmons)

• H.R. ___, the "Regulation A+ Improvement Act of 2023"

• H.R. ___, the "Unlocking Capital for Small Businesses Act of 2023"

• H.R. ___, the "Helping Angels Lead Our Startup Act of 2023"

• H.R. ___, to amend the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to increase the exemption from registration threshold for certain investment advisers of private funds.

 

Witness List

• Mac Conwell, Founder and Managing Partner, RareBreed Ventures

• Deborah Gladney, Co-Founder, WorkTorch

• Doug Ellenoff, Partner, Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP

• Darcy Howe, Founder and Managing Director, KCRise Fund

• Alexandra Thornton, Senior Director, Center for American Progress

Hearing Video