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HR 3655 112th Congress House

Small Business Access to Capital Act of 2011

Official title: To amend the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to provide additional exemptions from the internal control auditing requirements for smaller and newer public companies.

Introduced: December 13, 2011 See on congress.gov
Finance and Financial Sector Accounting and auditingCorporate finance and managementFinancial services and investmentsSecuritiesSmall business
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Jan 12, 2012
Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
Dec 13, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Dec 13, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Latest action January 12, 2012

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

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Small Business Access to Capital Act of 2011 - Amends the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to revise the small issuer exemption from the requirement that each registered public accounting firm that prepares or issues the audit report for a securities issuer attest to, and report on, the issuer's management assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control structure and procedures for financial reporting. Specifies that this requirement shall not apply to an issuer that has a total public float for the relevant reporting period of less than $1 billion.

Prohibits this Act from being construed to relieve or exempt an issuer from the internal control reporting and assessment requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or from its requirement that officers of the issuer certify certain annual and quarterly reports.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3213 Related bill Small Company Job Growth and Regulatory Relief Act of 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3655: Small Business Access to Capital Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3655/
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