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H.R. 3381 · 119th Congress

Encouraging Public Offerings Act of 2025

Passed the HouseEconomy

Details

Sponsor
Ann Wagner (R)
Introduced
2025-05-14
Origin
House
Policy area
Finance and Financial Sector
Latest action
2025-06-24 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Cosponsors
2

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Summary

Encouraging Public Offerings Act of 2025 This bill provides statutory authority for all issuers of securities to use certain offering procedures that are available to emerging growth companies. Specifically, the bill allows under statute issuers of securities to communicate with potential investors to ascertain interest in a contemplated securities offering, either before or after the filing of a registration statement (i.e., test the waters ). Additionally, issuers are allowed under statute to submit to the Securities and Exchange Commission, with respect to an initial public offering, initial registration, or follow-on offering, a confidential draft registration statement for review prior to public filing .

CRS summary — Introduced in House (2025-05-14)