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H.R. 736

U.S. House•In Senate Committee

Summary

H.R. 736, the Protect Small Businesses from Excessive Paperwork Act of 2025, was introduced in the House on Jan 24, 2025 by Rep. Zachary Nunn (R) with 12 co-sponsors. It was referred to Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs, and last saw action on Feb 11, 2025: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Record

Text

H.R. 736 has 12 co-sponsors and 1 roll call.

hb736/engrossed-in-house.txt
119 HR 736 EH: Protect Small Businesses from Excessive Paperwork Act of 2025
 U.S. House of Representatives
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 I
 119th CONGRESS  1st Session
 H. R. 736
 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 AN ACT
To amend title 31, United States Code, to modify the deadline for filing beneficial ownership information reports for reporting companies formed or registered before January 1, 2024.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Protect Small Businesses from Excessive Paperwork Act of 2025  .
2.
Modification to filing deadline for certain pre-existing reporting companies
Section 5336(b)(1)(B) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by striking  before the effective date of the regulations prescribed under this subsection shall, in a timely manner, and not later than 2 years after the effective date of the regulations prescribed under this subsection,  and inserting  before January 1, 2024, shall, not later than January 1, 2026, .
    Passed the House of Representatives February 10, 2025.  Kevin F. McCumber,  Clerk.

Tracker

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

  1. Introduced2025-01-24
  2. Passed House2025-02-10
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

CRS Summary

The summaries are the Congressional Research Service’s, one per stage. Read them in full.

Introduced in House Jan 24, 2025

hb736/introduced-in-house.md

Shown Here:
Introduced in House (01/24/2025)

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.

Sponsors

Rep. Zachary Nunn (R) sponsors H.R. 736, and 12 members have co-sponsored it, 3 of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

H.R. 736 went before 2 committees: Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and Financial Services.

Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Referred To · Feb 11, 2025 · 465 Bills
Financial Services
Financial Services
Referred To · Jan 24, 2025 · 559 Bills

Actions

H.R. 736 has taken 11 actions since Jan 24, 2025, the latest on Feb 11, 2025.

ChamberAction
Feb 11, 2025
Senate
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
Feb 10, 202516:48
House
Mr. Hill (AR) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Feb 10, 202516:48
House
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H599-601)
Feb 10, 202516:48
House
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 736.
Feb 10, 202517:13
House
At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.

Votes

H.R. 736 went to 1 roll call in the House, the latest on Feb 10, 2025 at 408–0.

ChamberQuestion
Yea
Nay
Feb 10, 2025
House
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass
408
0

1 bill is related to H.R. 736, as Identical bill.

Titles

H.R. 736 goes by 6 titles, 3 of them short titles.

  • To amend title 31, United States Code, to modify the deadline for filing beneficial ownership information reports for reporting companies formed or registered before January 1, 2024. — Official Titles from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text
  • Protect Small Businesses from Excessive Paperwork Act of 2025 — Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
  • Protect Small Businesses from Excessive Paperwork Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Passed House
  • Protect Small Businesses from Excessive Paperwork Act of 2025 — Display Title
  • Protect Small Businesses from Excessive Paperwork Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • To amend title 31, United States Code, to modify the deadline for filing beneficial ownership information reports for reporting companies formed or registered before January 1, 2024. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

9 clients hired 10 firms and 166 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 736 in 60 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Banking, Small Business, Trade (domestic/foreign), Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Agriculture, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Transportation.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATIONNational trade associationVirginia213$176K
SPECIALTY EQUIPMENT MARKET ASSOCIATION—District of Columbia111—
NATIONAL LUMBER AND BUILDING MATERIAL DEALERS ASSOCIATIONA national trade association of lumber and building materials dealersDistrict of Columbia16$240K
AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION—District of Columbia16—
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.—District of Columbia16—
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES—District of Columbia16—
NATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION—District of Columbia16—
AMERICAN FAMILY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, S.I.—Wisconsin15—
NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION—District of Columbia11—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
SPECIALTY EQUIPMENT MARKET ASSOCIATION111—
EB CONSULTING17$176K
AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION16—
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.16—
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES16—
NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION16—
NATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION16—
SMITHBUCKLIN CORPORATION16$240K
AMERICAN FAMILY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, S.I.15—
NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION11—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 166.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
ERIC SNYDER1111
JUAN MEJIA1111
ERIC BUNNING117
ABELARDO TORRES116
ALEX CATANESE116
ALISON TOUHEY116
ANDREA PORWOLL116
ANTHONY PARDAL116
ASHLEY GUM116
BLAKE EARLEY116
BRADLEY WATTS116
BRINCE MANNING116
BROOKE MILLER116
CASSIA CARVALHO116
CHAD WHITEMAN116
CHANTEL SHEAKS116
CHRIS FISHER116
CHRISTOPHER CRENSHAW116
CHRISTOPHER EYLER116
CHRISTOPHER GUITH116

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.2026 first_quarter$19.8M1st Quarter - Amendme…
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.2026 first_quarter$19.8M1st Quarter - Report
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.2025 second_quarter$19.3M2nd Quarter - Report
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.2025 first_quarter$19.3M1st Quarter - Report
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.2025 fourth_quarter$18M4th Quarter - Report
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.2025 third_quarter$13.7M3rd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION2026 second_quarter$3.5M2nd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION2026 first_quarter$3.1M1st Quarter - Report
AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION2025 third_quarter$2.2M3rd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION2025 second_quarter$2M2nd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATIONNATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION2025 first_quarter$1.9M1st Quarter - Report
AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION2025 first_quarter$1.7M1st Quarter - Report
AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION2025 fourth_quarter$1.7M4th Quarter - Report
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIESNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES2026 second_quarter$540K2nd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIESNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES2026 first_quarter$506.4K1st Quarter - Report
NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATIONNATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION2025 second_quarter$490K2nd Quarter - Amendme…
NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATIONNATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION2025 second_quarter$490K2nd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIESNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES2025 fourth_quarter$465.8K4th Quarter - Report
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIESNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES2025 third_quarter$442.1K3rd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIESNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES2025 second_quarter$435.7K2nd Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 736 under Finance and Financial Sector, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 4 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 736’s is Finance and Financial Sector.

hr736/policy-areas.txt
Finance and Financial SectorAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 736 carries 4 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Business records to Small business.

hr736/subjects.txt
Business recordsCorporate finance and managementLicensing and registrationsSmall business

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 736, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 15 (Friday, January 24, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. NUNN of Iowa:H.R. 736.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionTo make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper forcarrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all otherPowers vested by this Constitution in the Government of theUnited States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.[Page H395]

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com