119th Congress · introduced in the Senate · Feb 13, 2025
Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act
Official title from Congress.gov
Latest action (Feb 13, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
View on Congress.govPolicy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in Senate (Feb 13, 2025)
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.
Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
No recorded roll calls on this bill in coverage.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Introduced in Senate
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Business investment and capital · Rural conditions and development · Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) · Small business
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5 citations.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · lobbying firm or registrant: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
$16,480,000
Spent on own lobbying
…ment Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025 H.R. 1109, Litigation Transparency Act of 2025, and potential amendments thereto H.R. 1190/S. 577, Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act H.R. 1467/S. 4055, Senior Security Act of 2026 H.R. 1469, Senior Security Act of 2025 H.R. 1799, Financ…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · lobbying firm or registrant: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 20, 2026 · issue area: Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
$16,950,000
Spent on own lobbying
…ment Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025 H.R. 1109, Litigation Transparency Act of 2025, and potential amendments thereto H.R. 1190/S. 577, Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act H.R. 1467/S. 4055, Senior Security Act of 2026 H.R. 1469, Senior Security Act of 2025 H.R. 1799, Financ…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · lobbying firm or registrant: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · amended · posted Jul 14, 2026 · issue area: Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
$19,750,000
Spent on own lobbying
…ment Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025 H.R. 1109, Litigation Transparency Act of 2025, and potential amendments thereto H.R. 1190/S. 577, Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act H.R. 1799, Financial Reporting Threshold Modernization Act H.R. 2225/S. 1808, Access to Small Business…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · lobbying firm or registrant: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 20, 2026 · issue area: Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
$17,960,000
Spent on own lobbying
…t of 2025 H.R. 1013/S. 424, Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025 H.R. 1109, Litigation Transparency Act of 2025 H.R. 1190/S. 577, Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act H.R. 1827/S. 847, Child Care Availability and Affordability Act H.R. 1900, Bank Failure Prevention Act…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · lobbying firm or registrant: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 20, 2025 · issue area: Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
$13,650,000
Spent on own lobbying
…t of 2025 H.R. 1013/S. 424, Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025 H.R. 1109, Litigation Transparency Act of 2025 H.R. 1190/S. 577, Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act H.R. 1827/S. 847, Child Care Availability and Affordability Act H.R. 1900, Bank Failure Prevention Act…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing