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<dc:title>119 S505 IS: ‘Protect Small Businesses from Excessive Paperwork Act of 2025</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2025-02-11</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">II</distribution-code><congress>119th CONGRESS</congress><session>1st Session</session><legis-num>S. 505</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber><action><action-date date="20250211">February 11, 2025</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="S365">Mr. Scott of South Carolina</sponsor> (for himself, <cosponsor name-id="S381">Mr. Rounds</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S347">Mr. Moran</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S407">Mr. Hagerty</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S423">Mr. Ricketts</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S378">Mr. Lankford</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S398">Mr. Cramer</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S410">Ms. Lummis</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S416">Mrs. Britt</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S384">Mr. Tillis</cosponsor>, and <cosponsor name-id="S429">Mr. Banks</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the <committee-name committee-id="SSBK00">Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title>To amend title 31, United States Code, to modify the deadline for filing beneficial ownership information reports for reporting companies formed or registered before January 1, 2024. </official-title></form><legis-body><section id="idfb8dcadb397843f2ac4036669950280e" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>‘Protect Small Businesses from Excessive Paperwork Act of 2025</short-title></quote>.</text></section><section id="S1"><enum>2.</enum><header>Modification of filing deadline for certain pre-existing reporting companies</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5336(b)(1)(B) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>before the effective date</quote> and all that follows through <quote>under this subsection</quote> and inserting <quote>before January 1, 2024, shall, not later than January 1, 2026</quote>.</text></section></legis-body></bill>


