HR 736 · in committee · major
Protect Small Businesses from Excessive Paperwork Act of 2025
- economy
What this bill does
- The bill delays the deadline for companies to report beneficial ownership information to FinCEN by one year.
- Small businesses and companies formed before January 1, 2024 are affected by this extension.
- The new deadline is January 1, 2026 instead of January 1, 2025 with no stated fiscal cost.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How would delaying beneficial ownership reporting until 2026 affect the government's ability to detect money laundering and financial crimes compared to the 2025 deadline?
- 02
What specific compliance challenges are small businesses facing that justify a one-year extension rather than technical assistance or phased implementation?
- 03
Which companies benefit most from this delay, and could the extension create an unequal reporting timeline across different business sizes?
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Sponsor · R-IA-3
Zachary Nunn
Citizen cosponsors
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In Congress
12/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-02-11
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Legislative timeline
2025-02-11 · senate · IntroReferral
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
2025-02-10 · house · Floor
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2025-02-10 · house · Floor
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 408 - 0 (Roll no. 37). (text: CR H599)
2025-02-10 · Floor
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 408 - 0 (Roll no. 37). (text: CR H599)
2025-02-10 · house · Floor
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H606)
2025-02-10 · house · Floor
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.
2025-02-10 · house · Floor
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 736.
2025-02-10 · house · Floor
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H599-601)
2025-02-10 · house · Floor
Mr. Hill (AR) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
2025-01-24 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
2025-01-24 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-01-24 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House

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