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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HR-935: Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act of 2021

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

  1. Introduced in Senate

  2. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

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  3. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.

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