H.Res. 242Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1219) to amend the Investment Company Act of 1940 to expand the investor limitation for qualifying venture capital funds under an exemption from the definition of an investment company, and providing for proceedings during the period from April 7, 2017, through April 24, 2017.

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Sponsor: Ken Buck [R-CO-04]
Policy area: Congress
Committee: Rules Committee
Latest action: Apr 5, 2017 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

IntroducedApr 3, 2017
Passed the HouseApr 5, 2017

What the measure doesCRS summary

Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1219) to amend the Investment Company Act of 1940 to expand the investor limitation for qualifying venture capital funds under an exemption from the definition of an investment company, and providing for proceedings during the period from April 7, 2017, through April 24, 2017.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.Res. 242 as introduced in House on Apr 3, 2017. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.

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Apr 5, 2017Each bar: ✓ Yea from the bottom, ✕ Nay aboveApr 5, 2017

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House Apr 5, 2017 · the primary vote

On Ordering the Previous Question

Providing for consideration of H.R. 1219, Supporting America’s Innovators Act of 2017

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231 Yea 182 Nay 16 not voting

Party-line vote 1 of 413 voting members broke with their own party: 1 Republican.

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Democratic193 members

Republican236 members

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