REGISTRATION FOR SALES OF PRIVATE SECURITIES OFFERINGS.

SEC. 203. REGISTRATION FOR SALES OF PRIVATE SECURITIES OFFERINGS. Section 15A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78o–3) is amended by inserting after subsection (i) the following new subsection: “(j) Registration for Sales of Private Securities Offerings.—A registered securities association shall create a limited qualification category for any associated person of a member who effects sales as part of a primary offering of securities not involving a public offering, pursuant to section 3(b), 4(2), or 4(6) of the Securities Act of 1933 and the rules and regulations thereunder, and shall deem qualified in such limited qualification category, without testing, any bank employee who, in the six month period preceding the date of the enactment of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, engaged in effecting such sales.”.