2020 US Code
Title 15 - Commerce and Trade
Chapter 2E - Omnibus Small Business Capital Formation
Sec. 80c-3 - Reduction of costs of small securities issues

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Citation 15 U.S.C. § 80c-3 (2020)
Section Name §80c–3. Reduction of costs of small securities issues
Section Text

(a) The Securities and Exchange Commission shall use its best efforts to identify and reduce the costs of raising capital in connection with the issuance of securities by firms whose aggregate outstanding securities and other indebtedness have a market value of $25,000,000 or less, through such means as studies, giving appropriate publicity to improved technology developments in fields such as printing, communications, and filing, and giving special attention to the effect of existing and proposed regulatory changes upon the small companies wishing to raise capital and independent broker-dealers which are in a key position with respect to the costs of underwriting and making markets in the securities of smaller companies.

(b) The Commission shall report on these efforts at the annual Government-business forum required by section 80c–1 of this title.

Source Credit

(Pub. L. 96–477, title V, §506, Oct. 21, 1980, 94 Stat. 2293.)

Editorial Notes EFFECTIVE DATE

Section effective Jan. 1, 1981, see section 507 of Pub. L. 96–477, set out as a note under section 80c of this title.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 2E - OMNIBUS SMALL BUSINESS CAPITAL FORMATION
Sec. 80c-3 - Reduction of costs of small securities issues
Contains section 80c-3
Date 2020
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 13, 2021
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 94 Stat. 2293
Public Law References Public Law 96-477
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