H.R. 1013/S. 424, Retirement 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 Investor Capital Act H.R. 2441/S. 1877, Improving Disclosure for Investors Act of 2025 H.R. 2675/S. 3180, Protecting Our Courts From Foreign Manipulation Act of 2025 H.R. 3301, ELEVATE Act of 2025 H.R. 3339, Equal Opportunity for All Investors Act of 2025 H.R. 3343, Greenlighting Growth Act of 2025 H.R. 3351, Improving Access to Small Business Information Act H.R. 3352, HALOS Act of 2025 H.R. 3381, Encouraging Public Offerings Act of 2025 H.R. 3382/S. 2924, Small Entity Update Act H.R. 3383/S. 3671, Increasing Investor Opportunities Act H.R. 3394, Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act H.R. 3645, ACCESS Act of 2025 H.R. 3673, Small Business Investor Capital Access Act H.R. 3682/S. 3578, Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2025 H.R. 3959, Protecting Private Job Creators Act H.R. 4171, Small Entrepreneurs Empowerment and Development (SEED) Act of 2025 H.R. 4429, Developing and Empowering Our Aspiring Leaders (DEAL) Act H.R. 4430, Expanding WKSI Eligibility Act H.R. 4431, Improving Capital Formation for Newcomers (ICAN) Act H.R. 6955, Main Street Capital Access Act H.R. 7056, Community Bank Regulatory Tailoring Act H.R. 7085, to repeal certain disclosure requirements related to conflict minerals H.R. 7127, Restoring Secondary Market Trading Act H.R. 7128, Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2026 S. 985, PROTECT USA Act S. 2934, Protecting Americans from Russian Litigation Act of 2025, and potential litigation funding issues thereunder S. 3826, Litigation Funding Transparency Act of 2026 Potential legislation similar to H.R. 448, Putting Investors First Act Potential legislation similar to H.R. 2590, Unlocking Capital for Small Business Act of 2023 Potential legislation similar to H.R. 2607, Improving Crowdfunding Opportunities Act, 2023 Potential legislation similar to H.R. 2622, to amend the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to codify certain Securities and Exchange Commission no-action letters that exclude brokers and dealers compensated for certain research services from the definition of investment adviser Potential legislation similar to H.R. 2651, Regulation A+ Improvement Act of 2023 Potential legislation similar to H.R. 2799, the Investment Opportunity Expansion Act, 2023 Potential legislation similar to H.R. 4168/S. 2005, Mandatory Materiality Act Potential legislation similar to H.R. 4767, Protecting Americans Retirement Savings from Politics Act Potential legislation similar to H.R. 6623/S. 2068, Main Street Growth Act Potential legislation similar to S. 5139, Empowering Main Street in America Act (EMSAA) of 2024 Potential legislation to repeal the SECs Universal Proxy Rule of 2021 Potential legislation to amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to repeal certain rulemaking requirements Potential legislation to prevent the premature seizure of an individuals securities, digital assets, or investment accounts in the custody of a financial institution under State escheatment laws, and for other purposes Potential legislation to amend the definition of accredited investor to include individuals receiving advice from certain professionals, and for other purposes SEC Proposed Rule on the Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors (87 Fed. Reg. 21,334-21,473, April 11, 2022) Various issues relating to potential housing finance reform legislation; Basel III Endgame Rule; issues related to the Export-Import Bank of the United States; European Unions (EU) Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD); reauthorization of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation; implementation of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, (P.L. 119-21); implementation of Disapproving the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Overdraft Lending: Very Large Financial Institutions" (P.L. No: 119-10); implementation of A joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Defining Larger Participants of a Market for General-Use Digital Consumer Payment Applications" (P.L. No: 119-11); proxy process and shareholder proposal system overseen by SEC; proxy process, proxy advisory firms, and other related aspects of corporate governance; FSOC Nonbank Guidance - request to restore the 2019 Guidance (July 14, 2025, letter to Treasury); reporting metrics of American companies under the EUs Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive; index fund passivity; reform to the function of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board; rulemaking regarding corporate exemptions for shareholder proposals under SEC Rule 14a-8; rulemaking regarding reform to the proxy voting advice industry at the SEC; request for comment from SEC on potential revisions to executive compensation disclosure; request for comment from SEC on potential revisions to definition of Foreign Private Issuer; SEC Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations: Regulation 13D-G (February 11, 2025); potential policy affirming materiality as the standard for corporate disclosure at the SEC; Executive Order 14366, Protecting American Investors from Foreign-Owned and Politically-Motivated Proxy Advisors; Executive Order 14330, Democratizing Access to Alternative Assets for 401(K) Investors; SEC Staff Review ADI 2025-16 on Registered Closed-End Funds of Private Funds (August 15, 2025); acquired fund fees and expenses mandate under Rule 12d1-4 (impact of AFFE on BDCs and inclusion of alternative assets in 401(K)s); potential policy from SEC on electronic delivery of investor disclosure information; capital formation policy to expand access to capital for small businesses, strengthen public markets, and increase opportunities for investors; oversight issues and potential legislation on third party litigation funding, including its national security implications; insurance related litigation; oversight of the federal judiciary regarding third party litigation funding
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