Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act has passed both chambers, with cosponsors split almost evenly between the parties
IntroducedFeb 11, 2025
ReportedMay 20, 2025
Passed one chamberJun 23, 2025
Passed bothSep 29, 2026
Law—
What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 37 words.
Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act This bill requires the Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation within the Securities and Exchange Commission to report on issues encountered by rural-area small businesses.
Context
- Committees
- House Financial Services Committee
Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee - Policy area
- Finance and Financial Sector: 53 of 3,256 bills became law, 113th–118th (1.6%)
- Sponsor
- 2 of 27 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 5, from enrolled bill to referred in senate · 75 words
- Subjects
- Business investment and capitalRural conditions and developmentSecurities and Exchange Commission (SEC)Small business
- Latest action
- Oct 14, 2026: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 1
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 1 in all.
Identical or companion · 1
- 119th S. 577 Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act R · Introduced
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]