# 119-hr-736: Protect Small Businesses from Excessive Paperwork Act of 2025

119-hr-736, Protect Small Businesses from Excessive Paperwork Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Nunn, Zachary [R-IA-3] (R-IA); status passed_house; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-07-15).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-736
- As of: 2026-07-15
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-736
- Congress: 119
- Title: Protect Small Businesses from Excessive Paperwork Act of 2025
- Status: passed_house
- Introduced: 2025-01-24
- Sponsor: Rep. Nunn, Zachary [R-IA-3] (R-IA)
- Cosponsors: 12
- Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-07-15

## Summary

**Sets a fixed beneficial ownership information (BOI) filing deadline of January 1, 2026 for companies formed or registered before January 1, 2024.** The bill amends 31 U.S.C. 5336(b)(1)(B) to replace the prior regulation-linked timetable with this single deadline.

## Cosponsors (12)

- Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3] (D-KS), 2025-01-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Emmer, Tom [R-MN-6] (R-MN), 2025-01-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-NC-1] (D-NC), 2025-01-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Huizenga, Bill [R-MI-4] (R-MI), 2025-01-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Salazar, Maria Elvira [R-FL-27] (R-FL), 2025-01-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stutzman, Marlin A. [R-IN-3] (R-IN), 2025-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. De La Cruz, Monica [R-TX-15] (R-TX), 2025-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Barr, Andy [R-KY-6] (R-KY), 2025-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fischbach, Michelle [R-MN-7] (R-MN), 2025-02-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Steil, Bryan [R-WI-1] (R-WI), 2025-02-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meuser, Daniel [R-PA-9] (R-PA), 2025-02-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Downing, Troy [R-MT-2] (R-MT), 2025-02-07T00:00:00.000Z

## Votes

| Date | Chamber | Question | Result | Yea | Nay |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-02-10T00:00:00.000Z | house | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Passed | 408 | 0 |

## Provisions PRIA read

- Later ownership reporting deadline for businesses: benefit, low. If enacted, companies formed or registered before January 1, 2024 would have until January 1, 2026 to file beneficial ownership information reports. This would replace the prior deadline that depended on Treasury regulation dates. It would not change who must report or what information is required.…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-4382: America’s Olympic and Paralympic Games Commemorative Coins Act
- 119-hr-6644: 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act
- 119-hr-1502: North Platte Canteen Congressional Gold Medal Act
- 119-hr-452: Miracle on Ice Congressional Gold Medal Act
- 119-hr-6955: Main Street Capital Access Act
- 119-hr-1422: Enhanced Iran Sanctions Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-736 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/736)

## Related
- [119-hr-4382: America’s Olympic and Paralympic Games Commemorative Coins Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4382)
- [119-hr-6644: 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6644)
- [119-hr-1502: North Platte Canteen Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1502)
- [119-hr-452: Miracle on Ice Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-452)
- [119-hr-6955: Main Street Capital Access Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6955)
- [119-hr-1422: Enhanced Iran Sanctions Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1422)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-736 (as of 2026-07-15).