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The bill gives small entities a formal channel and policymakers clearer data to reduce regulatory burdens and compliance costs, but it risks diverting agency resources, exposing complainants publicly, and tilting policy toward deregulation at the possible expense of health, safety, and environmental protections.
Small businesses, nonprofits, and local governments can directly report burdensome federal actions through a new Hotline, giving them a clear channel to seek relief or alternatives and voice regulatory concerns.
Federal agencies and Congress receive annual, quantified reports on the most burdensome actions and tariff-related costs, increasing transparency and providing policymakers actionable data that can lead to regulatory changes and lower compliance costs for affected entities.
The Office of Advocacy (SBA) must allocate staff and time to operate the Hotline and produce annual reports, diverting resources from other support services or programs.
Publishing disaggregated notifications or identifying submitting entities could expose small businesses, nonprofits, and local governments to public scrutiny or political pressure for raising complaints.
Emphasizing the minimization of regulatory burdens may bias advocacy and policymaking toward deregulation, risking underweighting the health, safety, and environmental benefits of existing rules.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Creates an SBA Office of Advocacy hotline and annual reporting requirement to collect small-entity notifications about federal Government actions and recommend burden-reducing alternatives.
Introduced December 2, 2025 by Gilbert Ray Cisneros · Last progress December 2, 2025
Creates a new SBA Office of Advocacy hotline (email plus accessible website/submission form/phone) to collect notifications from small entities about federal Government actions that impose costs or burdens. The Chief Counsel for Advocacy must operate the hotline within 180 days, solicit and review notifications, consider regulatory alternatives for actions that have significant economic impact on many small entities, and deliver an initial report within 1 year and annual reports thereafter detailing hotline activity, quantified benefits reported by agencies/OMB, tariff-related notifications, recommendations to reduce burdens, and actions the Chief Counsel took.