Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act of 2021
United States117th CongressS-3391Senate
Updated: Apr 5, 2022
Summary
Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act of 2021 This bill exempts from securities registration requirements certain merger-and-acquisition brokers that facilitate transfer of ownership in privately held companies with earnings or revenues under a specified threshold. However, this exemption shall not apply to certain brokers, including those that provide financing related to the transfer of ownership, engage on behalf of any party in a transaction involving specified shell companies, or are subject to suspension or revocation of registration.
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Timeline
Latest companion bill action
HR-935: Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act of 2021Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Senate
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
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