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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.R. 6354 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 6354
To direct the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business
Administration to establish a hotline to receive notifications of
burdensome Government actions, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 2, 2025
Mr. Cisneros (for himself, Ms. Velazquez, and Ms. Scholten) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small
Business
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A BILL
To direct the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business
Administration to establish a hotline to receive notifications of
burdensome Government actions, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Cut the Burden, Keep the Benefits
Act''.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF HOTLINE.
Section 203 of Public Law 94-305 (15 U.S.C. 634c) is amended by
adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(c) Hotline.--
``(1) Establishment.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Counsel for
Advocacy shall--
``(A) operate and maintain an email address to be
known as the `Cut the Burden, Keep the Benefits
Hotline' (in this subsection referred to as the
`Hotline') to receive notifications from small
businesses, small organizations, and small governmental
jurisdictions relating to Government actions affecting
such small businesses, small organizations, or small
governmental jurisdictions;
``(B) establish a website providing the email
address or including a submission form or phone number
in a manner that is easily accessible; and
``(C) solicit information from small businesses,
small organizations, and small governmental
jurisdictions related to Government actions, and when
there is a notification related to a rule that will
have a significant economic impact on a substantial
number of small businesses, small organizations, or
small governmental jurisdictions, or any combination
thereof, consider regulatory alternatives that will
achieve the goal of the agency with respect to such
action while minimizing the burden on such entities.
``(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
Hotline that includes--
``(A) the Government actions for which Hotline
notifications are most frequently received, including
the affected industry sectors for such Government
actions;
``(B) for each such Government action that is a
rule--
``(i) the dollar amount of the regulatory
benefits of such rule as determined by--
``(I) the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget in the most
recent report containing an analysis of
such rule submitted by the Director
under section 624 of the Treasury and
General Government Appropriations Act
of 2001 (Public Law 106-554; 31 U.S.C.
1105 note); or
``(II) the agency that issued such
rule; and
``(ii) if the dollar amount described in
clause (i) is determined by the agency that
issued such rule, a description by the agency
of the regulatory benefits of such rule in
qualitative or monetized terms;
``(C) for each such Government action that is
related to an Executive order or Presidential
proclamation that is related to tariffs--
``(i) the specific number of Hotline
notifications;
``(ii) a summary of the costs imposted on
small businesses, small organizations, and
small governmental jurisdictions, including
paperwork burdens and fees; and
``(iii) a summary of the actions taken by
the Chief Counsel to address each such
Government action;
``(D) a summary of all the Hotline notifications
received, including, for each such Hotline
notification, whether the notification is related to a
rule or other Government action and the geographic area
and the type of organization or affected industry from
which the Hotline notification was sent;
``(E) an identification of--
``(i) each type of entity, disaggregated by
small businesses, small organizations, small
governmental jurisdictions, and representatives
of such entities, that submitted a Hotline
notification, and the rule for which each
entity submitted such notification; and
``(ii) each Government action for which
such entity submitted a Hotline notification;
``(F) recommendations for Government actions that
minimize of such Government actions the burden on small
businesses, small organizations, and small governmental
jurisdictions; and
``(G) a summary of actions taken by the Chief
Counsel to address the Government actions described in
subparagraph (A) and the Hotline notifications
described in subparagraph (D), including any such
Government actions or notifications for which the Chief
Counsel submitted comments or analyses.
``(3) Definitions.--In this subsection--
``(A) the term `Government action' means an action
by the Federal Government, including rules, Executive
orders, statutes, regulations, and Presidential
proclamations; and
``(B) the terms `rule', `small business', `small
organization', and `small governmental jurisdiction'
have the meanings given such terms, respectively, in
section 601 of title 5, United States Code.''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
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