Improving Access to Small Business Information Act
HR 1548, the *Improving Access to Small Business Information Act*, is a procedural bill that modifies the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. It excludes actions taken by the Small Business Capital Formation Advocate from being classified as "collection of information" under the Paperwork Reduction Act (a law limiting government paperwork burdens). This change specifically affects how the Advocate’s work is regulated, not small businesses themselves. The bill does not create new policies or directly impact small business operations, but streamlines administrative processes for the Advocate’s role.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2023
Committee Review
Jul 2023
House Passage
Jul 2023
Senate Passage
President
Introduced Mar 10, 2023
Last action Jul 12, 2023
Floor votes · House Jul 11, 2023
How they voted
398–11
Passed · 24 other
Total votes 433
Jul 11, 2023
D
Democratic212
93% Yea
I
Independent1
100% Yea
R
Republican220
90% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
16
Key actions
4
Committee
5
Amendments
3
Jul 12, 2023
Committee
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
upper
Jul 11, 2023
Introduced
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 398 - 11 (Roll no. 290). (text: CR H3186)
lower
Jul 11, 2023
Lower · Passed
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 398 - 11 (Roll no. 290). (text: CR H3186)
lower
Jul 11, 2023
Introduced
Mrs. Wagner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
lower
Jul 11, 2023
Lower · Passed
Committee on Oversight and Accountability discharged.
lower
Jul 11, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 118-135, Part I.
lower
Apr 26, 2023
Introduced
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 41 - 0.
lower
Apr 26, 2023
Lower · Passed
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
lower
Mar 10, 2023
Committee
Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
lower
Mar 10, 2023
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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