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Referenced Laws
15 U.S.C. 80a–2(a)
15 U.S.C. 80a–3
15 U.S.C. 80a–8(b)
Section 1
1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Access to Small Business Investor Capital Act.
Section 2
2. Amendments to acquired fund fees and expenses reporting on investment company registration statements In this section: The term acquired fund has the meaning given the term in Form N–1A, Form N–2, and Form N–3. The term acquired fund fees and expenses means the acquired fund fees and expenses subcaption in the fee table disclosure. The term business development company has the meaning given the term in section 2(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a–2(a)). The term fee table disclosure means the fee table described in item 3 of Form N–1A, item 3 of Form N–2, or item 4 of Form N–3 (as applicable, and with respect to each, in any successor fee table disclosure that the Securities and Exchange Commission adopts). The term Form N–1A means the form described in section 274.11A of title 17, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation. The term Form N–2 means the form described in section 274.11a–1 of title 17, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation. The term Form N–3 means the form described in section 274.11b of title 17, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation. The term registered investment company means an investment company, as defined in section 3 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a–3), registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission under that Act. A registered investment company may, on any investment company registration statement filed pursuant to section 8(b) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a–8(b))— omit from the calculation of acquired fund fees and expenses those fees and expenses that the investment company incurred indirectly as a result of investment in shares of 1 or more acquired funds that is a business development company; and instead disclose in a footnote to the fee table disclosure those fees and expenses described in paragraph (1), calculated according to the acquired fund fees and expenses formula.