94 S4674 IS: Destroying Unnecessary, Misaligned, and Prohibitive Red Tape Act U.S. Senate 2026-06-03 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

II119th CONGRESS2d SessionS. 4674IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESJune 3, 2026Mr. Scott of Florida (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, and Mr. Justice) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and EntrepreneurshipA BILLTo direct the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration to establish a Red Tape Hotline to receive notifications of burdensome agency rules, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Destroying Unnecessary, Misaligned, and Prohibitive Red Tape Act or the DUMP Red Tape Act.

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Establishment of Red Tape Hotline

Section 203 of Public Law 94–305 (15 U.S.C. 634c) is amended by adding at the end the following:(c)

Red Tape Hotline

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Definitions

In this subsection—(A)the term agency has the meaning given such term in section 551 of title 5, United States Code; and(B)the terms rule and small entity have the meanings given such terms, respectively, in section 601 of such title.(2)

Establishment

Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Chief Counsel for Advocacy shall—(A)establish, operate, and maintain a hotline, to be known as the Red Tape Hotline, to receive notifications from small entities relating to the burden of complying with a rule, guidance, policy statement, or other activity of an agency that is applicable to such concern;(B)establish an email address, submission form, phone number, or such other method as determined appropriate by the Chief Counsel for small entities to submit such notifications to such hotline; and(C)establish a website providing such email address, submission form, phone number, or other method in a manner that is easily accessible.(3)

Report

Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the DUMP Red Tape Act, and annually thereafter, the Chief Counsel for Advocacy shall submit to the Administrator of the Small Business Administration and Congress a report on the Red Tape Hotline that includes—(A)the rules, guidance, policy statements, and other activities for which notifications are most frequently received, including the affected industry sectors for such rules, guidance, policy statements, or other activities (as applicable);(B)a summary of the notifications received, including the type of small entity or other organization that submitted the notification and the geographic area and industry category from which the notification was sent;(C)an identification of the agency that issued each such rule, guidance, or policy statement, or engaged in such other activity, including an identification of which such rule, guidance, or policy statement such agency issued or an explanation of which such other activity the agency engaged in, as applicable;(D)recommendations for each agency that issued such rule, guidance, or policy statement, or engaged in such other activity, for reducing the burden of such rule, guidance, policy statement, or other activity on small entities; and(E)a summary of actions taken by the Chief Counsel to address such rules, guidance, policy statements, and other activities, including any such rules, guidance, policy statements, or other activities (as applicable) for which the Chief Counsel submitted comments or analysis..