H.R. 4305 — what changed

changed This Act may be cited as the “Destroying Unnecessary, Misaligned, and Prohibitive Red Tape Act of 2025” Act” or the “DUMP Red Tape Act”.

Section 203 of Public Law 94–305 (15 U.S.C. 634c) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:

“(c) Red Tape Hotline

“(1) Establishment—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Counsel for Advocacy shall—

changed “(A) operate establish, operate, and maintain an email address a hotline, to be known as the “Red Tape Hotline” to receive a notification from a small business concern (as defined under section 3 of the Small Business Act) entity relating to the burden of complying with a rule rule, guidance, policy statement, or other activity of an agency that is applicable to such concern; andconcern;

changed “(B) establish a website providing the an email address or including a address, submission form or form, phone number in a manner that is easily accessible.number, or such other method as determined appropriate by the Chief Counsel for small entities to submit such notifications to such hotline; and

added “(C) establish a website providing such email address, submission form, phone number, or other method in a manner that is easily accessible.

“(2) Report—Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this subsection, and annually thereafter, the Chief Counsel for Advocacy shall submit to the Administrator of the Small Business Administration and Congress a report on the Red Tape Hotline that includes—

removed “(A) the rules for which notifications are most frequently received, including the affected industry sectors for such rules;

changed “(B) a summary of “(A) the rules, guidance, policy statements, and other activities for which notifications are most frequently received, including the geographic area and the affected industry category from which the notification was sent;sectors for such rules, guidance, policy statements, or other activities (as applicable);

changed “(C) recommendations for each agency “(B) a summary of the notifications received, including the type of small entity or other organization that submitted the notification and the geographic area and industry category from which issued such rules; andthe notification was sent;

changed “(D) a summary “(C) an identification of actions taken by the Chief Counsel to address agency that issued each such rules, rule, guidance, policy statement, or engaged in such other activity, including any an identification of which such rules for rule, guidance, or policy statement such agency issued or an explanation of which such other activity the Chief Counsel submitted comments or analysis.”agency engaged in, as applicable;

added “(D) recommendations for each agency that issued such a rule, guidance, policy statement, or engaged in such other activity, for reducing the burden of such rule, guidance, policy statement, or other activity on small entities; and

added “(E) a summary of actions taken by the Chief Counsel to address such rules, guidance, policy statements, and other activities, including any such rules, guidance, policy statements, or other activities (as applicable) for which the Chief Counsel submitted comments or analysis.

added “(3) Definitions—In this subsection—

added “(A) the term “agency” has the meaning given such term in section 551 of title 5, United States Code; and

added “(B) the terms “rule” and “small entity” have the meanings given such terms, respectively, in section 601 of such title.”