{"format":1,"id":"119-hr-4305","congress":119,"number":"H.R. 4305","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"DUMP Red Tape Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"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.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"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."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"DUMP Red Tape Act"},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Destroying Unnecessary, Misaligned, and Prohibitive Red Tape Act"},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"DUMP Red Tape Act"},{"type":"Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text","title":"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."},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"DUMP Red Tape Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Destroying Unnecessary, Misaligned, and Prohibitive Red Tape Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"DUMP Red Tape Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Destroying Unnecessary, Misaligned, and Prohibitive Red Tape Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"DUMP Red Tape Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Destroying Unnecessary, Misaligned, and Prohibitive Red Tape Act of 2025"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2025-07-10","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2025-12-03","vote":{"id":"119-2025-h311","question":"On Passage","title":"DUMP Red Tape Act","result":"Passed","yea":269,"nay":146,"present":0,"not_voting":17,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/roll311.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"pending","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"not_yet","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.","date":"2025-12-04"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2025-11-21","stage":"Reported to House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Destroying Unnecessary, Misaligned, and Prohibitive Red Tape Act or the DUMP Red Tape Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill establishes a requirement for the Office of Advocacy of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to continue to operate and maintain the Red Tape Hotline, which receives notifications from small entities about the burden of complying with applicable rules, guidance, policy statements, or other activities of a federal agency."},{"k":"p","t":"The office must report annually to the SBA and Congress information about the notifications received through the hotline."}],"words":82},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Directs the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration to set up a Red Tape Hotline for small entities to notify the Chief Counsel of the burden of complying with agency rules and other agency activities, and to report on those notifications each year.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4305/text/eh#H1097BF15835E445E8C5E6A56259EBD10"}]},"core_areas":["Red Tape Hotline for small entity notifications about agency rules","Annual reporting on hotline notifications to the Small Business Administration and Congress"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Amends Section 203 of Public Law 94–305 (15 U.S.C. 634c) by adding a new subsection (c) on a Red Tape Hotline.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 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method or methods in a manner that is easily accessible.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4305/text/eh#H1097BF15835E445E8C5E6A56259EBD10"}},{"text":"Requires the Chief Counsel, within 1 year after enactment and annually after that, to submit a report on the hotline to the Administrator of the Small Business Administration and Congress.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4305/text/eh#H1097BF15835E445E8C5E6A56259EBD10"}},{"text":"Requires each report to include the rules and activities most often reported, a summary of notifications, the agency responsible for each, recommendations to each agency for reducing the burden on small entities, and a summary of actions the Chief Counsel has taken.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4305/text/eh#H1097BF15835E445E8C5E6A56259EBD10"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2025-12-03","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4305/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-12","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4305","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4305/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/119-hr-4305.png","v":"f4e4797d4bb3","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 4305, 119th Congress: DUMP Red Tape Act. House: 269 Yea, 146 Nay. Senate: not yet considered. Outcome: Passed House, 3 Dec 2025."}}