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H.R. 736 (119th): Protect Small Businesses from Excessive Paperwork Act of 2025

Protect Small Businesses from Excessive Paperwork Act of 2025 This bill extends the deadline for certain companies that are required to file beneficial ownership information with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). Specifically, the bill requires companies formed or registered before January 1, 2024, to submit this information to FinCEN by January 1, 2026, instead of by January 1, 2025, as required under current regulations.

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Rankings updated October 26, 2026, 11:44 AM ET · Votes through September 30, 2026
Exported candidates: 719 | Filings on file, by office: H: 5838 | P: 1467 | S: 1567. These counts include every filing for that office, so they are larger than the ranked list. One person can have more than one filing. Non-voting delegates are left out.

Recorded summary

The bill extends the deadline for companies formed or registered before January 1, 2024, to file beneficial ownership information with FinCEN. Under the bill, the deadline moves from January 1, 2025, to January 1, 2026.

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Theological note: The issue touches stewardship of lawful commerce and the proportion of regulatory burden on small enterprises, weighed against the general equity of transparency rules that help curb concealed financial abuse. Scripture's call to honest dealing and to care for the burdens of ordinary workers and small owners makes this a matter for prudent judgment rather than a clear moral verdict.

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Recorded votes

Roll 37 · 10-Feb-2025 6:56 PM · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · Passed

Yea 408 · Nay 0 · Other 25

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