1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Encouraging Public Offerings Act of 2017 . 2. Expanding testing the waters and confidential submissions The Securities Act of 1933 ( 15 U.S.C. 77a et seq.) is amended— (1) in section 5(d), by striking an emerging growth company or any person authorized to act on behalf of an emerging growth company and inserting an issuer or any person authorized to act on behalf of an issuer ; and (2) in section 6(e)— (A) in the heading, by striking Emerging growth companies and inserting Draft registration statements ; (B) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3)