S. 5139 · 118th Congress

Empowering Main Street in America Act of 2024

Introduced on Sep 23, 2024 by Tim Scott (R-SC). 10 cosponsors, all from the sponsor's party. Latest action (Sep 23, 2024): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Sep 23, 2024
Cosponsors
10
0 from the other party
Policy area
Finance and Financial Sector
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Progress

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  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

A bill to amend the Securities Act of 1933 to address emerging growth companies, and for other purposes.

Summary

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Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Tim ScottR-SCSponsor

Republicans · 10

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Sep 23, 2024Introduced in Senate
  2. Sep 23, 2024 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. INSURED RETIREMENT INSTITUTE8 reports
    $1.5M reported (all issues)
  2. AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL7 reports
  3. EMPOWER RETIREMENT LLC7 reports
    $90K reported (all issues)
  4. LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION7 reports
  5. Nationwide Insurance7 reports
    $30K reported (all issues)
  6. Transamerica Life Insurance Company7 reports
    $10K reported (all issues)
  7. STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY6 reports
    Federal contractor: STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANYAI match · 100%
  8. BLOCKCHAIN ASSOCIATION4 reports
    $990K reported (all issues)
  9. Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A.4 reports
    $73.9M reported (all issues)
  10. DEFI EDUCATION FUND4 reports
    $270K reported (all issues)
  11. INVESTMENT COMPANY INSTITUTE4 reports
    $3.3M reported (all issues)
  12. ESHARES, INC. D/B/A CARTA, INC.2 reports
    $250K reported (all issues)
  13. Filecoin Foundation2 reports
    $150K reported (all issues)
  14. MANAGED FUNDS ASSOCIATION2 reports
    $2.4M reported (all issues)
  15. SECURITIES INDUSTRY AND FINANCIAL MARKETS ASSOCIATION2 reports
    $4.5M reported (all issues)
  16. AMERICAN SECURITIES ASSOCIATION1 report
    $60K reported (all issues)
  17. Americans for Prosperity1 report
    $340K reported (all issues)
  18. FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION1 report
    $110K reported (all issues)
  19. METLIFE INC.1 report
    $10K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: METLIFE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY$3.5M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  20. NORTHERN TRUST CORPORATION1 report
    $160K reported (all issues)
  21. State Street Global Advisors Trust Company1 report
    $10K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2024, 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.