Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Community Bank Access to Capital Act of 2019”.
Community Bank Access to Capital Act of 2019
A BILL
To provide relief to community banks, to promote access to capital for community banks, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Internal control attestation requirement exemptions
Section 404(c) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (15 U.S.C. 7262(c)) is amended—
by striking “that is neither” and inserting the following: “that—
“(1) is neither”
by striking the period at the end and inserting “; or”; and
by adding at the end the following:
“(2) is an insured depository institution or a depository institution holding company (as those terms are defined in section 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813)) with less than $5,000,000,000 in total consolidated assets.”
Sec. 3 Annual report on financial condition and management
Section 36(a)(1) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1831m(a)(1)) is amended by inserting “that has more than $5,000,000,000 in total consolidated assets” after “institution”.
Sec. 4 Regulation D
Definition of accredited investors— Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Securities and Exchange Commission shall amend section 230.501(a)(5)(i)(A) of title 17, Code of Federal Regulations, to read as follows:
“(A) The person's primary residence shall be included as an asset;”
Limitation on number of purchasers— Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Securities and Exchange Commission shall amend section 230.506(b)(2)(i) of title 17, Code of Federal Regulations, to read as follows:
“(i) Limitation on number of purchasers—There are no more than or the issuer reasonably believes that there are no more than 70 purchasers of securities from the issuer in any offering under this section.”