Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act of 2014

3/14/2024, 12:48 PM
Congress
113

Number
HR - 2274

Introduced on
2013-06-06

# Amendments
0

Sponsors
+5

Cosponsors
+5

Variations and Revisions

1/15/2014

Status of Legislation

Bill Introduced
Introduced to House
Passed in House
Introduced to Senate
Senate to Vote

Purpose and Summary

Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act of 2014 - Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to exempt from its registration requirements certain merger and acquisition (M&A) brokers and associated persons.

Denies such registration exemption, however, to brokers who: (1) receive, hold, transmit, or have custody of any funds or securities to be exchanged by parties to a transfer of ownership of an eligible privately held company; or (2) engage on behalf of an issuer in a public offering of securities that are either subject to mandatory registration, or with respect to which the issuer must file periodic information, documents, and reports.

Prohibits the construction of this Act to limit any other authority of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to exempt any person, or any class of persons, from any provision of this Act, including any related rule or regulation.

Alternative Names
Official Title as IntroducedTo amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to provide for a notice-filing registration procedure for brokers performing services in connection with the transfer of ownership of smaller privately held companies and to provide for regulation appropriate to the limited scope of the activities of such brokers.

Policy Areas
Finance and Financial Sector

Potential Impact
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Business records
Corporate finance and management
Financial services and investments
Government information and archives
Licensing and registrations
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Small business

Comments

Recent Activity

Latest Summary3/18/2014

Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act of 2014 - Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to exempt from its registration requirements certain merger and acquisition (M&A) brokers and associated person...


Latest Action1/15/2014
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.