House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed Senate
Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act
Official title: To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to expand access to capital for rural-area small businesses, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Troy Downing R-MTWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 11, 2025
- Committee actionMay 20, 2025
- Passed HouseJun 23, 2025 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateSep 29, 2026 · by unanimous consent
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 14, 2026 — Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1190.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-122 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on June 3, 2025.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 3, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/122
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1190, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1190
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 15, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 19, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DOWNING, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 28, February 11, 2025, Page H645):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 11, 2025 ↗
Evidence
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
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- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1190, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1190
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 15, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 19, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
320114078f4c55b8234e77f6802fc86d33216b448fcfd2fc2b27169f65a2dbce
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
5 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 5 cosponsors (60%) are from the other party.
Janelle Bynum (D-OR), Zachary Nunn (R-IA), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Eugene Vindman (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Troy Downing.
- H.R. 7250 (119th) To reauthorize the Fort Peck Reservation Rural Water System Act of 2000.
- H.J.Res. 104 (119th) Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land…
- H.R. 4495 (119th) SBA Fraud Enforcement Extension Act
- H.R. 3959 (119th) Protecting Private Job Creators Act
- H.R. 725 (119th) Crow Revenue Act
- H.R. 726 (119th) Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Amendments Act of 2025
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.