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substantiveDec 11, 2025 · House roll call · amendment · Result: Failed

On Agreeing to the Amendment — H R 3383

Incentivizing New Ventures and Economic Strength Through Capital Formation Act of 2025

In plain language

  • This House bill from the 119th Congress is titled the Incentivizing New Ventures and Economic Strength Through Capital Formation Act of 2025; the official summary uses Increasing Investor Opportunities Act as the short title.
  • Official subject tags include banking regulation, financial services, securities, and the finance sector.
  • The official summary says a closed-end fund, a portfolio of pooled assets with a limited number of shares traded on an exchange, could increase its investment in private investment funds.
  • The Securities and Exchange Commission could not limit the sale or listing of securities of a closed-end fund that invests in private investment funds.
  • The same would apply to a closed-end company treated as a business development company.
Official summary (Congressional Research Service)

Increasing Investor Opportunities Act This bill allows a closed-end fund—a portfolio of pooled assets with a limited number of shares traded on an exchange—to increase its investment in private investment funds. Specifically, the Securities and Exchange Commission is prohibited from limiting the sale or listing of securities of a closed-end fund that invests in private investment funds. This bill also apples to a closed-end company treated as a business development company.

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Roll-call breakdown

Yea54

Democrat: 1 · Republican: 53

Nay374

Democrat: 209 · Independent: 1 · Republican: 164

Present0

Not Voting11

Democrat: 6 · Republican: 5

How each member voted (439)

Yea (54)

Nay (374)

Not Voting (11)

Party labels reflect each member’s most recent affiliation on record.