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HR 736 · 119th Congress · HouseIn committee

Protect Small Businesses from Excessive Paperwork Act of 2025

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In plain language: This bill gives existing businesses more time to file mandatory ownership information with the federal government. Companies created before January 1, 2024, would have until January 1, 2026, to submit reports identifying who owns and controls them. This delay gives owners an additional year to comply with federal reporting rules without facing fines or legal penalties.

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Issues

What this bill touches.

Banking/financial rules−22Regulation (cross-sector)−22

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Who it affects

Who it helps · who it burdens.

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Who it helps

  • Businesses formed before January 1, 2024 subject to beneficial ownership reportingReceives an extended deadline until January 1, 2026, to file their initial beneficial ownership information reports with the federal government under Sec. 2.provisional

Dollar-level funding (FEC sector totals) is coming in a later phase.

What it does

The provisions, in plain language.

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  1. Extends the deadline to January 1, 2026, for businesses created before January 1, 2024, to submit their initial beneficial ownership information reports to the federal government.

    Sec. 2provisional

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The record

How members voted on Protect Small Businesses from Excessive Paperwork Act of 2025.

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  • House · Feb 10, 2025 · 2/3 YEA-AND-NAY

    On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · Passed

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Timeline

How it moved.

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  1. Feb 11, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
  2. Feb 10, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  3. Feb 10, 2025On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 408 - 0 (Roll no. 37). (text: CR H599)
  4. Feb 10, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 408 - 0 (Roll no. 37). (text: CR H599)
  5. Feb 10, 2025Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H606)
  6. Feb 10, 2025At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
  7. Feb 10, 2025DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 736.
  8. Feb 10, 2025Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H599-601)
  9. Feb 10, 2025Mr. Hill (AR) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
  10. Jan 24, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
  11. Jan 24, 2025Introduced in House
  1. Feb 11, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
  2. Feb 10, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  3. Feb 10, 2025On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 408 - 0 (Roll no. 37). (text: CR H599)
  4. Feb 10, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 408 - 0 (Roll no. 37). (text: CR H599)
  5. Jan 24, 2025Introduced in House

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Civic Herald. “Protect Small Businesses from Excessive Paperwork Act of 2025 (H.R. 736, 119th Congress).” https://civicherald.app/bills/119-hr-736. Congress.gov record as of Jul 13, 2026.

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