S. 4674

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4674 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 4674

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.

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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

June 3, 2026

Mr. Scott of Florida (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, and Mr. Justice) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship

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A BILL

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.

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 ``Destroying Unnecessary, Misaligned, 
and Prohibitive Red Tape Act'' or the ``DUMP Red Tape Act''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF RED TAPE HOTLINE.

Section 203 of Public Law 94-305 (15 U.S.C. 634c) is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
``(c) Red Tape Hotline.--
``(1) Definitions.--In 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.
``(2) Establishment.--Not later than 180 days after the 
date of 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 
notifications from small entities 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.
``(3) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
enactment of the DUMP Red Tape Act, 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, or 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 rule, guidance, or 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.''.
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