An Act To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to expand access to capital for rural-area small businesses, and for other purposes.

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 1190 Enrolled Bill (ENR)] H.R.1190 One Hundred Nineteenth Congress of the United States of America AT THE SECOND SESSION Begun and held at the City of Washington on Saturday, the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-six An Act To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to expand access to capital for rural-area small businesses, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act''. SEC. 2. ACCESS TO CAPITAL FOR RURAL-AREA SMALL BUSINESSES. Section 4(j) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78d(j)) is amended-- (1) in paragraph (4)(C), by inserting ``, rural-area small businesses'' after ``women-owned small businesses''; and (2) in paragraph (6)(B)(iii), by inserting ``, rural-area small businesses'' after ``women-owned small businesses''. Speaker of the House of Representatives. Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate.