United States · Bill · S
S. 3518 (115th)
Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act of 2018
Introduced
27 September 2018
Last action
27 September 2018 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Sponsors
Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI], Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
11 August 2025
Summary
Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act of 2018 This bill amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to exempt from that Act's registration requirements merger-and-acquisition brokers that facilitate transfer of ownership in privately held companies with earnings or revenues under a specified threshold. This exemption shall not apply, however, to brokers that: receive, hold, transmit, or have custody of funds or securities to be exchanged by parties to an ownership transfer; engage on behalf of an issuer in a public offering of registered securities; engage on behalf of any party in a transaction involving specified shell companies; provide financing related to the transfer of ownership; assist any party to obtain financing from a third party in specified circumstances; represent both buyer and seller without disclosure and consent from both parties; facilitate a transaction with a group of buyers formed with the assistance of the broker; engage in transferring ownership to a passive buyer; bind a party to a transfer of ownership; or are subject to suspension or revocation of registration or to other specified disqualifications.
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Timeline
27 September 2018
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
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27 September 2018
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 27 September 2018 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA] · R · Sponsor
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Related records
- related to → Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act of 2017
- related to → Interior, Environment, Financial Services and General Government, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2019
- related to → Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019
- related to → Encouraging Employee Ownership Act
- related to → Financial CHOICE Act of 2017
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/3518
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/3518
- us · 115-s-3518 · source updated 11 August 2025