[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4305 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4305
To direct the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business
Administration to establish a Red Tape Hotline to receive notifications
of burdensome agency rules, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 10, 2025
Mr. Wied introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Small Business
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A BILL
To direct the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business
Administration to establish a Red Tape Hotline to receive notifications
of burdensome agency rules, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Destroying Unnecessary, Misaligned,
and Prohibitive Red Tape Act of 2025'' or the ``DUMP Red Tape Act''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF RED TAPE HOTLINE.
Section 203 of Public Law 94-305 (15 U.S.C. 634c) is amended by
adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(c) Red Tape Hotline.--
``(1) Establishment.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Counsel for
Advocacy shall--
``(A) operate and maintain an email address to be
known as the `Red Tape Hotline' to receive a
notification from a small business concern (as defined
under section 3 of the Small Business Act) relating to
the burden of complying with a rule of an agency
applicable to such concern; and
``(B) establish a website providing the email
address or including a submission form or phone number
in a manner that is easily accessible.
``(2) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the
enactment of this subsection, and annually thereafter, the
Chief Counsel for Advocacy shall submit to the Administrator of
the Small Business Administration and Congress a report on the
Red Tape Hotline that includes--
``(A) the rules for which notifications are most
frequently received, including the affected industry
sectors for such rules;
``(B) a summary of the notifications received,
including the geographic area and the industry category
from which the notification was sent;
``(C) recommendations for each agency which issued
such rules; and
``(D) a summary of actions taken by the Chief
Counsel to address such rules, including any such rules
for which the Chief Counsel submitted comments or
analysis.''.
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