Today, the House Financial Services Committee advanced six bills for House consideration, including H.R. 5054, H.R. 5756, and H.R. 5877.

H.R. 5054, the Small Company Disclosure Simplification Act of 2018, which was introduced by Representative David Kustoff (R-TN), the “Small Company Disclosure Simplification Act of 2018” provides a voluntary exemption for emerging growth companies and other smaller companies from the requirements to use Extensible Business Reporting Language (xBRL) for financial statements and other periodic reporting.  The bill passed 32-23.

H.R. 5756, to require the Securities and Exchange Commission to adjust certain resubmission thresholds for shareholder proposals, which was introduced by Representative Sean Duffy (R-WI), H.R. 5756 requires the Securities and Exchange Commission to adjust certain resubmission thresholds for shareholder proposals.  The bill passed 34-22.

H.R. 5877, the Main Street Growth Act, which was introduced by Representative Tom Emmer (R-MN), the “Main Street Growth Act” amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to allow for the registration of venture exchanges to provide a venue which will allow qualifying companies one venue in which their securities can trade.  The bill passed 56-0.