# H.R. 3351 (119th): Improving Access to Small Business Information Act

Improving Access to Small Business Information Act This bill excludes from the Paperwork Reduction Act actions taken by the Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation within the Securities and Exchange Commission. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act, agencies must comply with specific procedures when gathering information from the public. The bill establishes several exceptions. For example, the office must inform the person receiving the collection of information the reasons the information is being collected, as required under current law.

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: administrative_procedure. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: paperwork_reduction. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: small_business. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: transparency. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Stored polarity: mixed. Only tags the rules mark scoreable on a mixed bill are scored. A yea can draw a penalty or a credit according to the tag. A nay on a tag scored as good can draw a penalty.
Roll 214: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended. Vote type: final_passage.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The metadata describes a prudential administrative trade-off. The bill may ease compliance for a small-business capital-formation office, but it also removes Paperwork Reduction Act procedural safeguards for that office's information collections. No direct moral evil or clear defense of justice is named, so the measure is best classed as mixed rather than good or evil.
Theological note: This is a narrow administrative measure about how a federal office gathers information from small businesses and the public. It raises no direct question of protecting or harming life, justice, or the vulnerable. Its relevance is limited to Christian concern for honest dealing, proportionate government burden, and the stewardship of public authority, which are prudential matters rather than clear moral verdicts.

## Recorded votes

Roll 214: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended. Yea 387 · Nay 12 · Other 31.

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