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H.R. 4855, Fix Crowdfunding Act 1 (July 1, 2016)

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                  CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
                             COST ESTIMATE

                                                                      July 1, 2016


                                  H.R.   4855
                            Fix Crowdfunding Act

  As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on June 16, 2016


Under current law, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) requires certain
issuers of securities to register as an investment company and regulates aspects of their
operations. H.R. 4855 would define the term crowdfunding vehicle and exempt those
companies that qualify under that term from registering as an investment company. It also
would expand a current exemption for a particular class of securities from registration
requirements. Finally, H.R. 4855 would change how the total sales of securities by an
issuer is calculated when determining requirements to register securities with the SEC.
That total is used to determine whether or not those securities are exempt from registration
with the SEC.

On the basis of information from the SEC about the level of effort needed to implement the
changes in this bill, CBO estimates that implementing H.R. 4855 would have no significant
effect on the agency's costs or operations. Moreover, the SEC is authorized to collect fees
sufficient to offset its annual appropriation; therefore, CBO estimates that the net effect on
discretionary spending would be negligible, assuming appropriations actions consistent
with that authority. Enacting H.R. 4855 would not affect direct spending or revenues;
therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply.

CBO  estimates that enacting H.R. 4855 would not increase net direct spending or
on-budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2027.

H.R. 4855 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the
Unfunded  Mandates Reform Act and would not affect the budgets of state, local, or tribal
governments.

The CBO  staff contact for this estimate is Stephen Rabent. The estimate was approved by
H. Samuel Papenfuss, Deputy Assistant Director for Budget Analysis.

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