This bill tells the Chief Counsel for Advocacy at the Small Business Administration to create a "Red Tape Hotline." The hotline must be an email address and be listed on an easy-to-find website, or include a submission form or phone number. The Chief Counsel must set this up within 180 days of the bill becoming law. One year after setup, and every year after, the Chief Counsel must send a report to the SBA Administrator and to Congress. The report must say which agency rules are most often reported and the industry sectors they affect; summarize notifications by geographic area and industry; give recommendations for the agencies that issued those rules; and summarize actions the Chief Counsel took, including any comments or analysis submitted.
If you are a small business, you can use the Red Tape Hotline to tell the Chief Counsel about the burden of complying with an agency rule that applies to you. The Chief Counsel will collect those notifications and include information about which rules, industries, and areas are most often reported. The Chief Counsel will also make recommendations to agencies and report on any comments or analysis they submitted. The bill requires reporting and recommendations; it does not itself change agency rules.
No publicly available information. The bill text does not include cost estimates or specific funding levels for operating the hotline or preparing the reports.
No publicly available information on proponents' statements beyond the bill text. Sponsors listed in the metadata are Tony Wied, Beth Van Duyne, Derek Schmidt, and Jimmy Patronis.
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