{"format":1,"id":"118-hr-1548","congress":118,"number":"H.R. 1548","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Improving Access to Small Business Information Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to specify that actions of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation are not a collection of information under the Paperwork Reduction Act.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to specify that actions of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation are not a collection of information under the Paperwork Reduction Act."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Improving Access to Small Business Information Act"},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Improving Access to Small Business Information Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Improving Access to Small Business Information Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Improving Access to Small Business Information Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Improving Access to Small Business Information Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2023-03-10","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2023-07-11","vote":{"id":"118-2023-h290","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended","title":"Improving Access to Small Business Information Act","result":"Passed","yea":398,"nay":11,"present":0,"not_voting":24,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2023/roll290.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.","date":"2023-07-12"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2023-07-11","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Improving Access to Small Business Information Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill excludes from the Paperwork Reduction Act actions taken by the Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation within the Securities and Exchange Commission. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act, agencies must comply with specific procedures when gathering information from the public."},{"k":"p","t":"The bill establishes several exceptions. For example, the office must inform the person receiving the collection of information the reasons the information is being collected, as required under current law."}],"words":81},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 so that actions of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation under section 4(j) are not a \"collection of information\" under the Paperwork Reduction Act, with listed exceptions.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1548/text/eh#HC8585FCCA59A46939938AD981A219DE3"}]},"core_areas":["Paperwork Reduction Act treatment of actions by the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Adds a new paragraph (10) at the end of section 4(j) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, titled \"Exclusion from the Paperwork Reduction Act.\"","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1548/text/eh#HC8585FCCA59A46939938AD981A219DE3"}},{"text":"Provides that actions taken by the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation under section 4(j) are not a \"collection of information\" for purposes of subchapter I of chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, known as the Paperwork Reduction Act.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1548/text/eh#HC8585FCCA59A46939938AD981A219DE3"}},{"text":"Keeps in place the requirements of section 3506 subsections (c)(1), (c)(4) and (i) and of section 3507(a)(1)(A) of title 44, United States Code, for the Advocate's actions.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1548/text/eh#HC8585FCCA59A46939938AD981A219DE3"}},{"text":"Provides that the Securities and Exchange Commission is not required to submit a collection of information by the Advocate to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1548/text/eh#HC8585FCCA59A46939938AD981A219DE3"}},{"text":"Provides that the Commission is not required to display a control number on a collection of information by the Advocate, or to inform a recipient that the collection needs to display a control number.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1548/text/eh#HC8585FCCA59A46939938AD981A219DE3"}},{"text":"Provides that the Commission is not required to indicate that a collection of information by the Advocate is in accordance with the clearance requirements of section 3507 of title 44.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1548/text/eh#HC8585FCCA59A46939938AD981A219DE3"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2023-07-11","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1548/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-02","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1548","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1548/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-hr-1548.png","v":"613d6b9de0ad","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 1548, 118th Congress: Improving Access to Small Business Information Act. House: 398 Yea, 11 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 11 Jul 2023."}}