15 U.S.C. § 80c–1: Annual government-business…

Summary

The Securities and Exchange Commission must hold a yearly government‑business forum to look at problems and programs tied to small business capital formation. The SEC must run the forum through the Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation and work with the Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee. The SEC will invite other federal agencies (for example, the Treasury, the Federal Reserve, and the Small Business Administration), state securities groups, and major small business and professional organizations to help plan the forum. The SEC may ask those agencies or other groups to write statements or reports for the forum, and they must cooperate. The SEC will send a summary of the forum and its recommendations to participants, the relevant Congressional committees, and others. Each time the forum makes a finding or recommendation, the SEC must review it and promptly issue a public statement that assesses it and says what action, if any, the SEC plans to take.

Title 15, §80c–1

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(a)Responsibility of Securities and Exchange Commission

Pursuant to the consultation called for in section 80c of this title, the Securities and Exchange Commission (acting through the Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation and in consultation with the Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee) shall conduct an annual Government-business forum to review the current status of problems and programs relating to small business capital formation.

(b)Participation in forum planning

The Commission shall invite other Federal agencies, such as the Department of the Treasury, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Small Business Administration, organizations representing State securities commissioners, and leading small business and professional organizations concerned with capital formation, to participate in the planning for such forums.

(c)Preparation of statements and reports

The Commission may request any of the Federal departments, agencies, or organizations such as those specified in subsection (b), or other groups or individuals, to prepare statements and reports to be delivered at such forums. Such departments and agencies shall cooperate in this effort.

(d)Transmittal of proceedings and findings

A summary of the proceedings of such forums and any findings or recommendations thereof shall be prepared and transmitted to the participants, appropriate committees of the Congress, and others who may be interested in the subject matter.

(e)Review of findings and recommendations

The Commission shall—

(1)review the findings and recommendations of the forum; and

(2)each time the forum submits a finding or recommendation to the Commission, promptly issue a public statement—

(A)assessing the finding or recommendation of the forum; and

(B)disclosing the action, if any, the Commission intends to take with respect to the finding or recommendation.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2018—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 115–174 added subsec. (e). 2016—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 114–284 inserted “(acting through the Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation and in consultation with the Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee)” after “the Securities and Exchange Commission”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective Jan. 1, 1981, see section 507 of Pub. L. 96–477, set out as a note under section 80c of this title. Termination of Reporting RequirementsFor termination, effective May 15, 2000, of provisions of law requiring submittal to Congress of any annual, semiannual, or other regular periodic report listed in House Document No. 103–7 (in which a report required under subsection (d) of this section is listed on page 190), see section 3003 of Pub. L. 104–66, as amended, set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance.

§80c–1 Annual Government-business Forum on Capital Formation