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124 STAT. 1571 PUBLIC LAW 111–203—JULY 21, 2010 SEC. 403. ELIMINATION OF PRIVATE ADVISER EXEMPTION; LIMITED EXEMPTION FOR FOREIGN PRIVATE ADVISERS; LIMITED INTRASTATE EXEMPTION. Section 203(b) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80b–3(b)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, other than an invest- ment adviser who acts as an investment adviser to any private fund,’’ before ‘‘all of whose’’; (2) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following: ‘‘(3) any investment adviser that is a foreign private adviser;’’; and (3) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; (4) in paragraph (6)— (A) by striking ‘‘any investment adviser’’ and inserting ‘‘(A) any investment adviser’’; (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively; and (C) in clause (ii) (as so redesignated), by striking the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and (D) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(B) any investment adviser that is registered with the Com- modity Futures Trading Commission as a commodity trading advisor and advises a private fund, provided that, if after the date of enactment of the Private Fund Investment Advisers Reg- istration Act of 2010, the business of the advisor should become predominately the provision of securities-related advice, then such adviser shall register with the Commission.’’. (5) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(7) any investment adviser, other than any entity that has elected to be regulated or is regulated as a business develop- ment company pursuant to section 54 of the Investment Com- pany Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a–54), who solely advises— ‘‘(A) small business investment companies that are licensees under the Small Business Investment Act of 1958; ‘‘(B) entities that have received from the Small Busi- ness Administration notice to proceed to qualify for a license as a small business investment company under the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, which notice or license has not been revoked; or ‘‘(C) applicants that are affiliated with 1 or more licensed small business investment companies described in subparagraph (A) and that have applied for another license under the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, which application remains pending.’’. SEC. 404. COLLECTION OF SYSTEMIC RISK DATA; REPORTS; EXAMINA- TIONS; DISCLOSURES. Section 204 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80b–4) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections (c) and (d), respectively; and (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following: ‘‘(b) RECORDS AND REPORTS OF PRIVATE FUNDS.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission may require any invest- ment adviser registered under this title— ‘‘(A) to maintain such records of, and file with the Commission such reports regarding, private funds advised