Sponsored by Maxine Waters (D)
Promoting Opportunities for Non-Traditional Capital Formation Act
Expands SEC's small-business office to educate underrepresented, rural, and disaster-affected entrepreneurs on raising capital.
Tradeoff
Requires the SEC's Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation to host educational events and coordinate with state regulators. No fiscal impact specified in the bill.
What's in it
The House passed this 321-87 on June 23, 2025 — now in the Senate.
House
Introduced
(May 15, 2025)
House
Committee on Financial Services(May 15, 2025)
House
The Committee on Financial Services voted to send it to the floor
Reported 50 - 0(May 20, 2025)
Committee report H. Rept. 119-117.
House
On Motion to and Pass, as Amended
Passed(Roll #174 · Jun 23, 2025)
321 yeanay 87Senate
Received from the House
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs(Jun 24, 2025)
- Ann Wagner (R-MO)
Passage votes so far· Jun 23, 2025· 119th Congress · 2025–2027