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                                                 Union Calendar No. 609
119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 425

                          [Report No. 119-701]

               To repeal the Corporate Transparency Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 15, 2025

  Mr. Davidson (for himself, Mr. Balderson, Mr. Bergman, Mr. Biggs of 
 Arizona, Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Burlison, Mrs. Cammack, Mr. Ciscomani, Mr. 
  Cloud, Mr. Clyde, Mr. Crane, Mr. Dunn of Florida, Mr. Edwards, Mr. 
    Ellzey, Mr. Estes, Mr. Ezell, Mr. Finstad, Mrs. Fischbach, Mr. 
Fleischmann, Ms. Foxx, Mr. Fulcher, Mr. Graves, Ms. Greene of Georgia, 
   Mr. Grothman, Mr. Guest, Ms. Hageman, Mr. Hern of Oklahoma, Mrs. 
   Houchin, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, Mr. LaHood, Mr. 
 Langworthy, Ms. Lee of Florida, Ms. Mace, Mr. Moolenaar, Mr. Moore of 
 Alabama, Mr. Norman, Mr. Ogles, Mr. Perry, Mr. Pfluger, Mr. Rose, Mr. 
Rouzer, Mr. Roy, Mr. Rulli, Mr. Schweikert, Mr. Smith of Missouri, Mr. 
      Smith of Nebraska, Mr. Stauber, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Thompson of 
   Pennsylvania, Mr. Tiffany, Ms. Van Duyne, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. 
   Zinke, Mr. Collins, Mr. Bost, Mr. Kelly of Mississippi, Mr. Scott 
Franklin of Florida, Mr. Bean of Florida, Mr. Stutzman, Mr. Taylor, Mr. 
Barrett, Mr. Downing, Mr. Gill of Texas, Mr. Yakym, Mr. Van Orden, Mrs. 
Bice, Mr. Onder, and Mr. Griffith) introduced the following bill; which 
          was referred to the Committee on Financial Services

                             June 18, 2026

   Additional sponsors: Mr. Murphy, Mrs. Harshbarger, Mr. Allen, Mr. 
Begich, Mr. Schmidt, Mr. Cole, Mr. Self, Mr. Obernolte, Mr. Crank, Mr. 
   Fallon, Mr. Fry, Mr. Comer, Mr. Palmer, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Gosar, Mr. 
 Nehls, Mr. Webster of Florida, Mr. Kennedy of Utah, Mr. McGuire, Mr. 
Bilirakis, Mr. Steube, Mrs. Miller-Meeks, Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia, Mr. 
 Strong, Mrs. Miller of West Virginia, Mr. Walberg, Mr. Nunn of Iowa, 
  Mr. Green of Tennessee, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, Mrs. Hinson, Mr. 
 Goldman of Texas, Mr. Westerman, Mr. Miller of Ohio, Mr. DesJarlais, 
 Mr. Gooden, Mr. Moore of West Virginia, Mr. Newhouse, Mr. Moran, Mr. 
 Moore of North Carolina, Mr. Carter of Texas, Mr. Carey, Mr. Evans of 
 Colorado, Mr. Feenstra, Mr. Donalds, Mr. Shreve, Mr. Mills, Mr. Wied, 
 Ms. Malliotakis, Mr. Latta, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, Mr. Carter of 
 Georgia, Mr. Valadao, Mr. Hunt, Mr. Smucker, Mr. Flood, Mr. Timmons, 
  Mrs. Fedorchak, Mr. Brecheen, Mr. Jackson of Texas, Mr. Alford, Mr. 
Turner of Ohio, Mr. Amodei of Nevada, Mr. Baird, Mr. Hurd of Colorado, 
 Mr. Sessions, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Messmer, Mr. McCormick, Mr. McDowell, 
 Mr. Burchett, Mr. Tony Gonzales of Texas, Mr. Hamadeh of Arizona, Ms. 
Maloy, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr. Harris of Maryland, Mr. Bresnahan, 
Mr. Jordan, Mr. Patronis, Mr. Harris of North Carolina, Mr. Owens, Ms. 
    Boebert, Mr. Jack, Mr. Kustoff, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Huizenga, Mr. 
Arrington, Mr. Mackenzie, Mr. Wittman, Mr. Lawler, Mr. Barr, Mr. Rogers 
 of Kentucky, Mr. Fine, Mr. Joyce of Ohio, Mr. Joyce of Pennsylvania, 
Mr. Mann, Ms. Letlow, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Mr. Guthrie, Mr. Fong, Mr. 
   Babin, Mr. Aderholt, Mrs. Biggs of South Carolina, Mr. Cline, Mr. 
McCaul, Mr. LaLota, Mr. Van Drew, Mr. Moore of Utah, Ms. Salazar, Mrs. 
   Luna, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Bentz, Mr. 
  Massie, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Kean, Mr. Baumgartner, Mr. Austin Scott of 
  Georgia, Mr. Issa, Mr. Meuser, Mr. Rutherford, Mr. Mast, Ms. De La 
             Cruz, Mr. Gimenez, Mr. Harrigan, and Mr. Knott

                             June 18, 2026

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 
                               15, 2025]


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                                 A BILL


 
               To repeal the Corporate Transparency Act.


 


    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 ``Repealing Big Brother Overreach 
Act''.

SEC. 2. BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP INFORMATION REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 5336 of title 31, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) by inserting ``foreign'' after ``Beneficial'' each 
        place such term appears in heading or text;
            (2) by inserting ``foreign'' after ``beneficial'' each 
        place such term appears in heading or text (and conforming the 
        item relating to such section 5336 in the table of contents for 
        chapter 53 of title 31, United States Code, accordingly); and
            (3) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (3)(A), by inserting after 
                ``individual who'' the following: ``is a foreign person 
                and''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (11)(A), by striking ``that is'' 
                and all that follows through ``(ii) formed'' and 
                inserting ``that is formed''.
    (b) Deletion of Data Relating to Non-reporting Companies.--Not 
later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network shall delete all beneficial 
ownership information collected pursuant to section 5336 of title 31, 
United States Code, with respect to--
            (1) any individual who is not a foreign beneficial owner 
        (as such term is defined under such section 5336); or
            (2) a corporation, limited liability company, or other 
        similar entity that is not a reporting company (as such term is 
        defined under such section 5336).
                                                 Union Calendar No. 609

119th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 425

                          [Report No. 119-701]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

               To repeal the Corporate Transparency Act.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             June 18, 2026

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed