HR1548-118

Reported

To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to specify that actions of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation are not a collection of information under the Paperwork Reduction Act.

118th Congress Introduced Mar 10, 2023

Legislative Progress

Reported
Introduced Committee Passed
Jul 11, 2023

Reported from the Committee on Financial Services with an amendment

Jul 11, 2023

Committee on Oversight and Accountability discharged; committed to the Committee …

Mar 10, 2023

Mrs. Kim of California (for herself and Mr. Gottheimer) introduced …

Summary

What This Bill Does
This bill exempts the SEC's Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation from the Paperwork Reduction Act when gathering information. The Paperwork Reduction Act typically requires lengthy OMB approval for any federal information collection, which can delay the Advocate's work.

Who Benefits and How
The SEC Small Business Advocate benefits from faster ability to survey and gather information from small businesses. Small businesses benefit from the Advocate being able to more quickly identify and address their capital formation challenges without bureaucratic delays.

Who Bears the Burden and How
No significant burden created. This is a regulatory streamlining measure that removes an administrative requirement.

Key Provisions
- Exempts SEC Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation from Paperwork Reduction Act
- Applies to all actions taken by the Advocate under their statutory authority
- Allows faster information gathering without OMB clearance process

Model: claude-opus-4
Generated: Dec 26, 2025 16:47

Evidence Chain:

This summary is derived from the structured analysis below. See "Detailed Analysis" for per-title beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

Primary Purpose

Exempts the SEC Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation from Paperwork Reduction Act requirements when collecting information from small businesses.

Policy Domains

Securities Regulation Small Business Regulatory Reform

Legislative Strategy

"Remove bureaucratic hurdle that slows SEC small business advocacy office"

Likely Beneficiaries

  • SEC Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation
  • Small businesses seeking capital

Likely Burden Bearers

  • None significant - reduces administrative burden

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Securities Regulation Small Business
Actor Mappings
"advocate"
→ Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation (SEC)

We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.

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