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H.R. 3351 · 119th Congress · Finance and Financial Sector

Improving Access to Small Business Information Act

Exempts SEC's small business capital formation office from Paperwork Reduction Act requirements. AI-read

Passed a chamber Introduced May 19, 2025 Latest action Jul 22, 2025

What it does

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.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service, May 13, 2025 (Introduced in House). CRS summarizes bills impartially; it does not take positions.

Roll call votes

DateQuestionParty split (yea)Result
Jul 21, 2025
House roll 213
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedImproving Access to Small Business Information Act
D 197–0 · R 190–12
Passed
387–12

Latest action

Jul 22, 2025 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.