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HR 4305 Passed a chamber

Requires the Small Business Administration's Chief Counsel for Advocacy to set up a Red Tape Hotline where small businesses can report federal rules and other agency actions they find burdensome.

Official title: DUMP Red Tape Act

Next stop Senate: awaiting action
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced 10-JUL-2025
Referred 10-JUL-2025
Approved by committee 18-NOV-2025
Reported 21-NOV-2025
On the calendar 21-NOV-2025
Passed 03-DEC-2025
Senate
Received 04-DEC-2025
Key points
  • Requires the Chief Counsel for Advocacy to establish, operate, and maintain the Red Tape Hotline within 180 days of enactment, with a public website listing how to submit notifications
  • Requires an annual report to the SBA Administrator and Congress listing the most frequently reported rules, the agencies involved, and recommendations for reducing small-entity burdens
  • Adds new subsection (c) to Section 203 of Public Law 94-305 (15 U.S.C. 634c) and defines agency, rule, and small entity by reference to Title 5
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Official CRS summary

Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Reported to House" (21-NOV-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 03-DEC-2025).

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Committee referrals (2) Policy area

Commerce

Sponsor Tony Wied (R-WI) Cosponsors · 3
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