DUMP Red Tape Act

119 HR 4305 EH: Destroying Unnecessary, Misaligned, and Prohibitive Red Tape Act U.S. House of Representatives text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. IB 119th CONGRESS1st Session H. R. 4305

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AN ACT 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.

1.Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Destroying Unnecessary, Misaligned, and Prohibitive Red Tape Act or the DUMP Red Tape Act.

2.Establishment of Red Tape HotlineSection 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)EstablishmentNot later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Counsel for Advocacy shall— (A)establish, operate, and maintain a hotline, to be known as the Red Tape Hotline to receive a notification from a small entity relating to the burden of complying with a rule, guidance, policy statement, or other activity of an agency that is applicable to such concern; (B)establish an email address, submission form, phone number, or such other method as determined appropriate by the Chief Counsel for small entities to submit such notifications to such hotline; and (C)establish a website providing such email address, submission form, phone number, or other method in a manner that is easily accessible. (2)ReportNot 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, guidance, policy statements, and other activities for which notifications are most frequently received, including the affected industry sectors for such rules, guidance, policy statements, or other activities (as applicable); (B)a summary of the notifications received, including the type of small entity or other organization that submitted the notification and the geographic area and industry category from which the notification was sent; (C)an identification of the agency that issued each such rule, guidance, policy statement, or engaged in such other activity, including an identification of which such rule, guidance, or policy statement such agency issued or an explanation of which such other activity the agency engaged in, as applicable; (D)recommendations for each agency that issued such a rule, guidance, policy statement, or engaged in such other activity, for reducing the burden of such rule, guidance, policy statement, or other activity on small entities; and (E)a summary of actions taken by the Chief Counsel to address such rules, guidance, policy statements, and other activities, including any such rules, guidance, policy statements, or other activities (as applicable) for which the Chief Counsel submitted comments or analysis. (3)DefinitionsIn this subsection— (A)the term agency has the meaning given such term in section 551 of title 5, United States Code; and (B)the terms rule and small entity have the meanings given such terms, respectively, in section 601 of such title.. Passed the House of Representatives December 3, 2025.Kevin F. McCumber,Clerk.

94 HR 4305 IH: Destroying Unnecessary, Misaligned, and Prohibitive Red Tape Act of 2025 U.S. House of Representatives 2025-07-10 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. I119th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 4305IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESJuly 10, 2025Mr. Wied introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small BusinessA BILLTo 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.1.Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Destroying Unnecessary, Misaligned, and Prohibitive Red Tape Act of 2025 or the DUMP Red Tape Act.2.Establishment of Red Tape HotlineSection 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)EstablishmentNot 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)ReportNot 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..

94 HR 4305 : Destroying Unnecessary, Misaligned, and Prohibitive Red Tape Act U.S. House of Representatives 2025-12-04 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. IIB119th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 4305IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESDecember 4, 2025Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and EntrepreneurshipAN ACTTo 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.1.Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Destroying Unnecessary, Misaligned, and Prohibitive Red Tape Act or the DUMP Red Tape Act.2.Establishment of Red Tape HotlineSection 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)EstablishmentNot later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Counsel for Advocacy shall—(A)establish, operate, and maintain a hotline, to be known as the Red Tape Hotline to receive a notification from a small entity relating to the burden of complying with a rule, guidance, policy statement, or other activity of an agency that is applicable to such concern;(B)establish an email address, submission form, phone number, or such other method as determined appropriate by the Chief Counsel for small entities to submit such notifications to such hotline; and(C)establish a website providing such email address, submission form, phone number, or other method in a manner that is easily accessible.(2)ReportNot 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, guidance, policy statements, and other activities for which notifications are most frequently received, including the affected industry sectors for such rules, guidance, policy statements, or other activities (as applicable);(B)a summary of the notifications received, including the type of small entity or other organization that submitted the notification and the geographic area and industry category from which the notification was sent;(C)an identification of the agency that issued each such rule, guidance, policy statement, or engaged in such other activity, including an identification of which such rule, guidance, or policy statement such agency issued or an explanation of which such other activity the agency engaged in, as applicable;(D)recommendations for each agency that issued such a rule, guidance, policy statement, or engaged in such other activity, for reducing the burden of such rule, guidance, policy statement, or other activity on small entities; and(E)a summary of actions taken by the Chief Counsel to address such rules, guidance, policy statements, and other activities, including any such rules, guidance, policy statements, or other activities (as applicable) for which the Chief Counsel submitted comments or analysis.(3)DefinitionsIn this subsection—(A)the term agency has the meaning given such term in section 551 of title 5, United States Code; and(B)the terms rule and small entity have the meanings given such terms, respectively, in section 601 of such title..Passed the House of Representatives December 3, 2025.Kevin F. McCumber,Clerk.

94 HR 4305 RH: Destroying Unnecessary, Misaligned, and Prohibitive Red Tape Act U.S. House of Representatives 2025-11-21 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. IBUnion Calendar No. 333119th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 4305[Report No. 119–383]IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESJuly 10, 2025Mr. Wied introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small BusinessNovember 21, 2025Additional sponsors: Ms. Van Duyne, Mr. Schmidt, and Mr. PatronisNovember 21, 2025Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printedStrike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italicFor text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on July 10, 2025A BILLTo 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.1.Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Destroying Unnecessary, Misaligned, and Prohibitive Red Tape Act or the DUMP Red Tape Act.2.Establishment of Red Tape HotlineSection 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)EstablishmentNot later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Counsel for Advocacy shall—(A)establish, operate, and maintain a hotline, to be known as the Red Tape Hotline to receive a notification from a small entity relating to the burden of complying with a rule, guidance, policy statement, or other activity of an agency that is applicable to such concern;(B)establish an email address, submission form, phone number, or such other method as determined appropriate by the Chief Counsel for small entities to submit such notifications to such hotline; and(C)establish a website providing such email address, submission form, phone number, or other method in a manner that is easily accessible.(2)ReportNot 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, guidance, policy statements, and other activities for which notifications are most frequently received, including the affected industry sectors for such rules, guidance, policy statements, or other activities (as applicable);(B)a summary of the notifications received, including the type of small entity or other organization that submitted the notification and the geographic area and industry category from which the notification was sent;(C)an identification of the agency that issued each such rule, guidance, policy statement, or engaged in such other activity, including an identification of which such rule, guidance, or policy statement such agency issued or an explanation of which such other activity the agency engaged in, as applicable;(D)recommendations for each agency that issued such a rule, guidance, policy statement, or engaged in such other activity, for reducing the burden of such rule, guidance, policy statement, or other activity on small entities; and(E)a summary of actions taken by the Chief Counsel to address such rules, guidance, policy statements, and other activities, including any such rules, guidance, policy statements, or other activities (as applicable) for which the Chief Counsel submitted comments or analysis.(3)DefinitionsIn this subsection—(A)the term agency has the meaning given such term in section 551 of title 5, United States Code; and(B)the terms rule and small entity have the meanings given such terms, respectively, in section 601 of such title..November 21, 2025Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed