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H.R. 4305 · 119th Congress · Commerce

DUMP Red Tape Act

Requires the Small Business Administration's Office of Advocacy to operate a hotline and report annually on small business regulatory complaints. AI-read

Passed a chamber Introduced Jul 10, 2025 Latest action Dec 4, 2025

What it does

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.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Nov 21, 2025 (Reported to House). CRS summarizes bills impartially; it does not take positions.

Roll call votes

DateQuestionParty split (yea)Result
Dec 3, 2025
House roll 310
On PassageDUMP Red Tape Act
D 59–146 · R 210–0
Passed
269–146

Latest action

Dec 4, 2025 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.