Rules Committee · Dec 2, 2025
H.Amdt. 112: Its purpose is not yet published.
Adopted
With no one objecting, no names recorded
A Republican bill with 3 Republican cosponsors · See all 3 cosponsors
Last activity — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
In the other chamber's committee
Passed one chamber and has been handed to a committee in the other.
The committee decides whether it goes any further, and most bills that reach a committee never leave it. A committee that simply does nothing kills a bill without anyone ever voting against it, so no news from here is usually the news.
Its path through Congress
- Introduced
- Passed House 269–146
- In Senate committee
What this bill would do
This Act, known as the "DUMP Red Tape Act," directs the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration to create a Red Tape Hotline. The hotline is designed to receive notifications from small entities regarding the burden of complying with agency rules, guidance, or policies. The Chief Counsel must establish a website and various communication methods for these submissions within 180 days. Additionally, the Chief Counsel is required to submit annual reports to the Small Business Administration Administrator and Congress. These reports must include details on the most frequent notifications, the affected industries, and the specific agencies involved. Finally, the reports must include recommendations for reducing burdens and a summary of actions taken to address them.
Yes· 3 of 4
- Scored +8
Would business owners be better off under this?
The bill provides a direct mechanism for small business owners to report and seek reduction of regulatory burdens.
- Scored +7
Does this make it easier to run a small business?
The bill establishes a dedicated hotline and reporting system to identify and reduce regulatory burdens on small entities.
- Scored +5
Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see?
The bill requires annual reporting on agency burdens to Congress and the SBA Administrator.
The opposite
No question was scored the opposite.
What Congress actually voted on
One recorded vote has been taken on this bill.
- The House: the vote on whether to pass the bill This is the real decision in this chamber. Passing here sends the bill to the other chamber, which must pass it too before it can go to the President. Passed 269 yes · 146 no
12/03/2025 · Roll call 311 · recorded as “On Passage”
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Establishment of a Red Tape Hotline: This provides a way for small entities to notify the government about the burden of complying with agency rules, guidance, or policy statements (Section 2, Subsection (c)(1)(A)).
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Increased Accessibility: The mandate to establish a website and specific methods like email or phone numbers ensures that the process for submitting notifications is easily accessible (Section 2, Subsection (c)(1)(B-C)).
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Transparency and Reporting: The requirement for annual reports provides oversight by sharing which rules and agencies are causing burdens, which industries are affected, and the geographic areas involved (Section 2, Subsection (c)(2)(A-B)).
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Accountability and Solutions: The bill requires the Chief Counsel to provide recommendations to agencies for reducing burdens and to summarize actions taken to address these issues (Section 2, Subsection (c)(2)(D-E)).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- No specific negative impacts or burdens are explicitly stated in the provided text.
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Tap or hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Would business owners be better off under this? — The bill provides a direct mechanism for small business owners to report and seek reduction of regulatory burdens.
- Economy And Finance
- Does this make it easier to run a small business? — The bill establishes a dedicated hotline and reporting system to identify and reduce regulatory burdens on small entities. Is this likely to grow the economy? — By reducing regulatory burdens, the bill may indirectly foster economic growth.
- Governance And Ideology
- Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see? — The bill requires annual reporting on agency burdens to Congress and the SBA Administrator.
- 12/4/2025
- Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
- 12/3/2025
- Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 269 - 146 (Roll no. 311). (text: CR 12/02/2025 H4989-4990)
- On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 269 - 146 (Roll no. 311). (text: CR 12/02/2025 H4989-4990)
- Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5011-5012)
- 12/2/2025
- POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H.R. 4305, the Chair put the question on passage of the bill and by voice vote announced the ayes had prevailed. Ms. Velazquez demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.
- DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 4305.
- Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4312, H.R. 1005, H.R. 1049, H.R. 1069, H.R. 2965 and H.R. 4305. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 4312, H.R. 1005, H.R. 1049, H.R. 1069, H.R. 2965, and H.R. 4305 under a closed rule with one hour of general debate and one motion to recommit on each bill.
- Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 916. (consideration: CR H4989-4992)
- Rule H. Res. 916 passed House.
- 12/1/2025
- Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 916 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4312, H.R. 1005, H.R. 1049, H.R. 1069, H.R. 2965 and H.R. 4305. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 4312, H.R. 1005, H.R. 1049, H.R. 1069, H.R. 2965, and H.R. 4305 under a closed rule with one hour of general debate and one motion to recommit on each bill.
- 11/21/2025
- Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 119-383.
- Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 333.
- 11/18/2025
- Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 18 - 9.
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 7/22/2025
- 2 Cosponsors added.
- 7/10/2025
- Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
- Introduced in House
2 bills Congress.gov lists as related to this one — companions in the other chamber, earlier versions, and bills this one absorbed or was folded into.
- 119-S-4674: DUMP Red Tape Act
- 119-HRES-916: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4312) to protect the name, image, and likeness rights of student athletes and to promote fair competition with respect to intercollegiate athletics, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1005) to prohibit elementary and secondary schools from accepting funds from or entering into contracts with the Government of the People’s Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1049) to ensure that parents are aware of foreign influence in their child’s public school, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1069) to prohibit the availability of Federal education funds for elementary and secondary schools that receive direct or indirect support from the Government of the People’s Republic of China; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2965) to require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to ensure that the small business regulatory budget for a small business concern in a fiscal year is not greater than zero, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (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.
Jimmy PatronisRepublican · Florida
Derek SchmidtRepublican · Kansas
Beth Van DuyneRepublican · Texas