II 119THCONGRESS 1 STSESSION S. 505 To amend title 31, United States Code, to modify the deadline for filing beneficial ownership information reports for reporting companies formed or registered before January 1, 2024. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES FEBRUARY11, 2025 Mr. S COTTof South Carolina (for himself, Mr. ROUNDS, Mr. MORAN, Mr. H AGERTY, Mr. RICKETTS, Mr. LANKFORD, Mr. CRAMER, Ms. LUMMIS, Mrs. B RITT, Mr. TILLIS, and Mr. BANKS) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Hous- ing, and Urban Affairs A BILL To amend title 31, United States Code, to modify the dead- line for filing beneficial ownership information reports for reporting companies formed or registered before Jan- uary 1, 2024. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘‘Protect Small Busi-4 nesses from Excessive Paperwork Act of 2025’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:51 Mar 07, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S505.IS S505 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 2 •S 505 IS SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF FILING DEADLINE FOR CERTAIN 1 PRE-EXISTING REPORTING COMPANIES. 2 Section 5336(b)(1)(B) of title 31, United States 3 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘before the effective date’’ 4 and all that follows through ‘‘under this subsection’’ and 5 inserting ‘‘before January 1, 2024, shall, not later than 6 January 1, 2026’’. 7 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:51 Mar 07, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S505.IS S505 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB