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HR 2225 112th Congress House Finance and Financial Sector Banking and financial institutions regulation Family relationships Financial services and investments

To amend the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to add a definition of family office.

Introduced: June 16, 2011 See on congress.gov
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Jul 19, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
Jun 16, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Jun 16, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to define "family office" (exempt from coverage by the Act) as a company (including any director, partner, trustee, or employee of such company, when acting in their respective capacities as such) that has no clients other than family clients and is owned, controlled, or operated primarily for the benefit of family clients and does not hold itself out to the public as an investment adviser.

What's happening now July 19, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Republican 1
BIGGERT, JUDY
· Jun 16, 2011
 R
Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Jun 16, 2011
Garrett, Scott
· Jun 16, 2011
Neugebauer, Randy
· Jun 16, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2225: To amend the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to add a definition of family office.. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-2225/
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"H.R. 2225: To amend the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to add a definition of family office.." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-2225/.
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H.R. 2225, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-2225/.
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