,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ggf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,february #ae1 #bjac 
,mr4 ,hanna 7for himself and ,mr4       
,graves of ,missouri7 introduced the    
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on the ,judiciary1 and in
 addition to the ,committee on ,small   
,business1 for a period to be           
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #ca1 ,united 
,states ,code1 to revise requirements   
related to assets pledged by a surety1  
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,security in ,bonding ,act of #bjac4    
#b4 ,surety bond requirements ,chapter  
#ic of subtitle ,,vi of title #ca1      
,united ,states ,code1 is amended--     
7#a7 by adding at the end the following3
  #icaj4 ,individual sureties ,if       
another applicable law or regulation    

permits the acceptance of a bond from a 
surety that is not subject to sections  
#icje and #icjf and is based on a pledge
 of assets by the surety1 the assets    
pledged by such surety shall--  7#a7    
consist of eligible obligations         
described under section #icjc7;a72 and  
7#b7 be submitted to the official of the
 ,government required to approve or     
accept the bond1 who shall deposit the  
assets with a depository described under
 section #icjc7;b74  2 and  7#b7 in the 
table of contents for such chapter1 by  
adding at the end the following3  #icaj4
 ,individual sureties4  4  #c4 ,,sba    
surety bond guarantee ,section          
#daa7;c77#a7 of the ,small ,business    
,investment ,act of #aieh 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4
 #fid;b7c77#a77 is amended by striking  
#gj and inserting #ij4