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H.R. 4305 (119th): Destroying Unnecessary, Misaligned, and Prohibitive Red Tape Act or the DUMP Red Tape Act

Destroying Unnecessary, Misaligned, and Prohibitive Red Tape Act or the DUMP Red Tape Act 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. The office must report annually to the SBA and Congress information about the notifications received through the hotline.

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The DUMP Red Tape Act would require the Small Business Administration's Office of Advocacy to continue operating and maintaining a Red Tape Hotline. Small entities could use the hotline to report the compliance burden of federal agency rules, guidance, policy statements, or other activities. The office would report annually to the SBA and Congress on the notifications received.

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Theological note: Scripture gives government a real duty to act justly and to avoid burdening the weak through needless oppression, which gives this issue some relevance to equity for small enterprises. The measure itself is a procedural mechanism for collecting complaints and reporting on them, so its moral weight depends on how regulatory burdens are ultimately weighed and addressed. It does not directly restrain or advance a named moral harm.

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Roll 311 · 3-Dec-2025 4:47 PM · On Passage · Passed

Yea 269 · Nay 146 · Other 17

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