H. Amdt. 482 - An Amendment Numbered 1 Printed in House Report 115-401 to Amend the Bill to Not Allow the Exemption to Be Available for Those Who Have Been Disqualified Under the "Bad Actor" Disqualification Standard of Section 230.506(D) of Title 17, Code of Federal Regulations, Providing an Additional Layer of Investor Protection in the Bill.

Micro Offering Safe Harbor Act

H.R. 2201 — 115^th Congress (2017–2018)

Summary

To amend the Securities Act of 1933 to exempt certain micro-offerings from the registration requirements of such Act, and for other purposes. (by CRS)

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Title

To amend the Securities Act of 1933 to exempt certain micro-offerings from the registration requirements of such Act, and for other purposes.

Other Titles

• Micro Offering Safe Harbor Act
• Micro Offering Safe Harbor Act
• Micro Offering Safe Harbor Act
• Micro Offering Safe Harbor Act
• Micro Offering Safe Harbor Act

Sponsor

Tom Emmer

Co-Sponsors

• Thomas MacArthur
• Luke Messer
• Robert Pittenger
• Steve Stivers
• Scott R. Tipton

Subjects

• Finance and financial sector
• Securities
• State and local government operations

Related Bills

• H.R. 10 (115^th) : Financial CHOICE Act of 2017
• H.Res. 609 (115^th) : Providing for Consideration of the Bill (H.R. 2201) to Amend the Securities Act of 1933 to Exempt Certain Micro-Offerings from the Registration Requirements of Such Act, and for Other Purposes.

Major Actions

Introduced	4/27/2017
Referred to Committee
Amendments (1 proposed)
Passed House	11/09/2017

Bill History

• All Votes
• All Actions
• Amendments

	Chamber/Committee	Motion	Date	Result
select this vote	House	On Passage: H R 2201 Micro Offering Safe Harbor Act	11/09/2017	This bill PASSED the House 232 voted YES 188 voted NO 13 voted present/not voting
currently selected	House	On agreeing to the Emmer amendment (A001) Agreed to by voice vote.	11/09/2017	by voice vote

	Action	Date	Description
	Introduced	4/27/2017
		4/27/2017	Introduced in House
		4/27/2017	Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
		10/11/2017	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
		10/12/2017	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
	Put on a legislative calendar	10/12/2017	Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 34 - 26.
		11/01/2017	Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-383.
	Put on a legislative calendar	11/01/2017	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 280.
		11/07/2017	Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 609 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2201 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions.
		11/08/2017	Rule H. Res. 609 passed House.
		11/09/2017
		11/09/2017	House amendment offered
		11/09/2017	Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 609.
		11/09/2017	Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2201 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions.
		11/09/2017	DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 2201.
		11/09/2017	DEBATE - The House resumed debate on H.R. 2201.
		11/09/2017	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 609, the House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Emmer amendment.
		11/09/2017	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H.R. 2201, the Chair put the question on passage and by voice vote, announced the ayes had prevailed. Ms. Maxine Waters (CA) demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of passage until a time to be announced.
		11/09/2017	Considered as unfinished business.
		11/09/2017	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
select this vote	House Vote on Passage	11/09/2017	On Passage: H R 2201 Micro Offering Safe Harbor Act
		11/09/2017	Amendment (A001) offered by Mr. Emmer.
		11/09/2017	House amendment offered/reported by: Amendment (A001) offered by Mr. Emmer.
		11/09/2017	The previous question was ordered on the amendment and the bill pursuant to the rule.
currently selected	Vote	11/09/2017	On agreeing to the Emmer amendment (A001) Agreed to by voice vote.
		11/09/2017	Amendment agreed to by House: On agreeing to the Emmer amendment (A001) Agreed to by voice vote.
		11/09/2017	House amendment agreed to: On agreeing to the Emmer amendment (A001) Agreed to by voice vote.
		11/13/2017	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

	Number	Sponsor	Date Offered	Status
currently selected	H. Amdt. 482	Emmer, Tom [R-MN6]	November 9, 2017	Passed by voice vote on November 9, 2017.
	An amendment numbered 1 printed in House Report 115-401 to amend the bill to not allow the exemption to be available for those who have been disqualified under the "bad actor" disqualification standard of section 230.506(d) of title 17, Code of Federal Regulations, providing an additional layer of investor protection in the bill. Actions November 8, 2017, 7:00 pm ET - November 8, 2017, 7:00 pm ET - House amendment offered November 9, 2017, 10:22 am ET - Amendment (A001) offered by Mr. Emmer. November 9, 2017, 10:22 am ET - House amendment offered/reported by: Amendment (A001) offered by Mr. Emmer. November 9, 2017, 10:29 am ET - The previous question was ordered on the amendment and the bill pursuant to the rule. November 9, 2017, 10:29 am ET - On agreeing to the Emmer amendment (A001) Agreed to by voice vote. November 9, 2017, 10:29 am ET - Amendment agreed to by House: On agreeing to the Emmer amendment (A001) Agreed to by voice vote. November 9, 2017, 10:29 am ET - House amendment agreed to: On agreeing to the Emmer amendment (A001) Agreed to by voice vote. Full Text of this Amendment The text of this amendment is not available.