Cut the Burden, Keep the Benefits Act
Sponsored By: Representative Cisneros
Introduced
Summary
Creates a hotline to report burdensome Government actions. This bill would direct the Small Business Administration Chief Counsel for Advocacy to run a dedicated hotline so small businesses, small organizations, and small governmental jurisdictions can notify the government about costly or paperwork-heavy federal actions and prompt consideration of less burdensome regulatory approaches.
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- Small businesses, small organizations, and small governmental jurisdictions would get a direct way to flag rules, tariffs, executive orders, statutes, or proclamations that impose costs or paperwork burdens.
- The Chief Counsel would have to operate the Hotline within 180 days and deliver a first report within one year, then report annually to the SBA Administrator and Congress.
- Those reports would identify the most-reported government actions, include agency or Office of Management and Budget estimates of regulatory benefits for reported rules, tally tariff-related complaints and summarize costs, and offer recommendations to minimize burdens.
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Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Hotline to flag small business burdens
If enacted, this bill would set up an SBA advocacy hotline for small businesses, small organizations, and small local governments to flag burdensome federal actions. The Chief Counsel would run an email inbox and an easy website (with a form or phone) within 180 days. The office would solicit input and, when a notice involves a rule with a big economic impact on many small entities, would consider less burdensome alternatives that still meet the agency’s goals. A report would be due one year after enactment and every year after to the SBA Administrator and Congress. Reports would name the most-reported actions and industries, list dollar estimates of benefits for rules, and detail counts, paperwork, fees, and actions taken for tariff-related orders or proclamations. The report would also summarize all notices by location and entity type and recommend ways to cut burdens.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Cisneros
CA • D
Cosponsors
Velazquez
NY • D
Sponsored 12/2/2025
Scholten
MI • D
Sponsored 12/2/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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