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Bills/119th Congress · House

H.R. 736

Introduced

Protect Small Businesses from Excessive Paperwork Act of 2025

Sponsor
RZachary Nunn· Iowa
Introduced
January 24, 2025
Policy area
Finance and Financial Sector
Latest action
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.February 11, 2025
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 736 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 736

_______________________________________________________________________

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

February 11, 2025

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
and Urban Affairs

_______________________________________________________________________

AN ACT

To amend title 31, United States Code, to modify the deadline for 
filing beneficial ownership information reports for reporting companies 
formed or registered before January 1, 2024.

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 ``Protect Small Businesses from 
Excessive Paperwork Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATION TO FILING DEADLINE FOR CERTAIN PRE-EXISTING 
REPORTING COMPANIES.

Section 5336(b)(1)(B) of title 31, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ``before the effective date of the regulations prescribed 
under this subsection shall, in a timely manner, and not later than 2 
years after the effective date of the regulations prescribed under this 
subsection,'' and inserting ``before January 1, 2024, shall, not later 
than January 1, 2026,''.

Passed the House of Representatives February 10, 2025.

Attest:

KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

Clerk.

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