; or (ii) the listing of the securities of a closed-end company described in clause (i) on a national securities exchange. (B) Unrelated restrictions The Commission may impose a condition on, restrict, or otherwise limit an activity described in clause (i) or (ii) of subparagraph (A) if that condition, restriction or limitation is unrelated to the underlying characteristics of a private fund or the status of a private fund as a private fund. (3) Application Notwithstanding section 6(f), this subsection shall also apply to a closed-end company that elects to be treated as a business development company pursuant to section 54. . (b) Definition of private fund Section 2(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ( 15 U.S.C. 80a–2(a) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (55) The term private fund has the meaning given in section 202(a) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 ( 15 U.S.C. 80b–2(a) ). . (c) Treatment by national securities exchanges Section 6 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ( 15 U.S.C. 78f ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (m) (1) Except as otherwise prohibited or restricted by rules of the exchange that are consistent with section 5(d) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ( 15 U.S.C. 80a–5(d) ), an exchange may not prohibit, condition, restrict, or impose any other limitation on the listing or trading of the securities of a closed-end company when the closed-end company invests, or may invest, some or all of the assets of the closed-end company in securities issued by private funds. (2) In this subsection— (A) the term closed-end company — (i) has the meaning given the term in section 5(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ( 15 U.S.C. 80a–5(a) ); and (ii) includes a closed-end company that elects to be treated as a business development company pursuant to section 54 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ( 15 U.S.C. 80a–53 )