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Bills/119th Congress · House

H.R. 4130

Introduced

Small Business Relief Act

Sponsor
RAndrew R. Garbarino· New York
Introduced
June 25, 2025
Policy area
Finance and Financial Sector
Latest action
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 450.February 25, 2026
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4130 Reported in House (RH)]

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Union Calendar No. 450
119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4130

[Report No. 119-525]

To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to exclude qualified 
institutional buyers and institutional accredited investors when 
calculating holders of a security for purposes of the mandatory 
registration threshold under such Act, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

June 25, 2025

Mr. Garbarino introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Financial Services

February 25, 2026

Additional sponsor: Mr. Sessions

February 25, 2026

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 
25, 2025]

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A BILL

To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to exclude qualified 
institutional buyers and institutional accredited investors when 
calculating holders of a security for purposes of the mandatory 
registration threshold under such Act, 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 ``Small Business Relief Act''.

SEC. 2. EXCLUSIONS FROM MANDATORY REGISTRATION THRESHOLD.

Section 12(g)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 
78l(g)(1)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A)(i), by inserting after ``persons'' 
the following: ``(that are not a qualified institutional buyer 
or an institutional accredited investor)''; and
(2) in subparagraph (B), by inserting after ``persons'' the 
following: ``(that are not a qualified institutional buyer or 
an institutional accredited investor)''.
Union Calendar No. 450

119th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 4130

[Report No. 119-525]

_______________________________________________________________________

A BILL

To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to exclude qualified 
institutional buyers and institutional accredited investors when 
calculating holders of a security for purposes of the mandatory 
registration threshold under such Act, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

February 25, 2026

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

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