DUMP Red Tape Act in plain language
1: Short title
This section gives the Act a short title: the Destroying Unnecessary, Misaligned, and Prohibitive Red Tape Act of 2025, or the DUMP Red Tape Act.
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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Destroying Unnecessary, Misaligned, and Prohibitive Red Tape Act of 2025 or the DUMP Red Tape Act .
2: Establishment of Red Tape Hotline
This section would add a new subsection to Section 203 of Public Law 94-305 (15 U.S.C. 634c). Under the new subsection, not later than 180 days after this Act is enacted, the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration would have to operate and maintain an email address, called the Red Tape Hotline, to receive notifications from a small business concern (as defined under section 3 of the Small Business Act) about the burden of complying with a rule of an agency that applies to that business. The Chief Counsel would also have to set up a website that provides the email address, or that includes a submission form or phone number, in a manner that is easily accessible. Separately, not later than 1 year after this subsection is enacted, and every year after that, the Chief Counsel for Advocacy would have to submit a report on the Red Tape Hotline to the Administrator of the Small Business Administration and to Congress. The report would have to include the rules for which notifications are most frequently received, including the industry sectors affected by those rules; a summary of the notifications received, including the geographic area and industry category each notification came from; recommendations for each agency that issued the rules covered by the notifications; and a summary of the actions the Chief Counsel took to address those rules, including any rules for which the Chief Counsel submitted comments or analysis.
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2. 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 new subsection: (c) Red Tape Hotline (1) Establishment Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Counsel for Advocacy shall— (A) operate and maintain an email address to be known as the Red Tape Hotline to receive a notification from a small business concern (as defined under section 3 of the Small Business Act) relating to the burden of complying with a rule of an agency applicable to such concern; and (B) establish a website providing the email address or including a submission form or phone number in a manner that is easily accessible. (2) Report Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this subsection, 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 for which notifications are most frequently received, including the affected industry sectors for such rules; (B) a summary of the notifications received, including the geographic area and the industry category from which the notification was sent; (C) recommendations for each agency which issued such rules; and (D) a summary of actions taken by the Chief Counsel to address such rules, including any such rules for which the Chief Counsel submitted comments or analysis. .