HR 736 — Protect Small Businesses from Excessive Paperwork Act of 2025
Congress 119
Latest action: — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Sponsors
- Huizenga, Bill (R, MI-4) — cosponsor
- Davis, Donald G. (D, NC-1) — cosponsor
- Downing, Troy (R, MT-2) — cosponsor
Lobbied by (1)
LDA filings that named this bill in their activity descriptions. The lobbying firm (registrant) is paid by the client to lobby on this and related issues.
| Filing | Period | Registrant (lobbying firm) | Client | Income | Matched |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Quarter - Report | 2026 first_quarter | NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION | NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION | — | H.R. 736 |
Action timeline
- · H11100 — Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
- · Intro-H — Introduced in House
- · 1000 — Introduced in House
- · H38310 — Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- · H37300 — On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 408 - 0 (Roll no. 37). (text: CR H599)
- · 8000 — Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 408 - 0 (Roll no. 37). (text: CR H599)
- · H30000 — Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H606)
- · H37220 — At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
- · H8D000 — DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 736.
- · H30000 — Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H599-601)
- · H30300 — Mr. Hill (AR) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Text versions
- Introduced in House · 2025-01-24 — open
- Engrossed in House · 2025-02-10 — open
- Referred in Senate · 2025-02-11 — open
Connected on the graph
Inbound (4)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Davis, Donald G. | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Huizenga, Bill | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| — | Downing, Troy | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-01 | NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION | lobbies_on_bill | — | H.R. 736 | lobbying_bill_mention |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Davis, Donald G. (D, house NC-1) | cosponsor | 3 | — | 4 |
| 2 | Downing, Troy (R, house MT-2) | cosponsor | 1 | — | 2 |
| 3 | Huizenga, Bill (R, house MI-4) | cosponsor | 1 | — | 2 |
Who's influencing them
Orgs ranked by combined money flow on this bill: LDA filings citing the bill + individual contributions in cycle 2026from donors whose employer matches the org name (Schedule A) to any principal committee in the "who matters" list above.
| # | Org | LDA filings | LDA spend | Donor employees | Employee donations | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | retired | 0 | $0 | 75 | $6,920 | $6,920 |
| 2 | not employed | 0 | $0 | 11 | $3,926 | $3,926 |
| 3 | method security | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 4 | dragonfly | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 5 | concert croup | 0 | $0 | 1 | $3,500 | $3,500 |
| 6 | thorsen french advocacy | 0 | $0 | 2 | $3,000 | $3,000 |
| 7 | united states hispanic business counci | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,500 | $2,500 |
| 8 | healthcare | 0 | $0 | 1 | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| 9 | none | 0 | $0 | 19 | $1,607 | $1,607 |
| 10 | farhat group inc. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,200 | $1,200 |
| 11 | sasco | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 12 | cerity partners | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 13 | the sterling group | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 14 | gulf coast bag, inc. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 15 | martin fein interests, ltd. | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 16 | raizner slania llp | 0 | $0 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 17 | self employed | 0 | $0 | 6 | $758 | $758 |
| 18 | harberg & huvard llp | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 19 | capitol counsel | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 20 | peter damon group | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 21 | harberg + huvard llp | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 22 | smith-free group | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 23 | monument advocacy | 0 | $0 | 1 | $500 | $500 |
| 24 | elco mutual | 0 | $0 | 1 | $250 | $250 |
| 25 | cambridge health alliance | 0 | $0 | 1 | $200 | $200 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
4 predicted yes (1%) · 3 predicted no (1%) · 536 unknown (98%)
By party: · R: 3 yes / 0 no / 274 unknown · D: 1 yes / 0 no / 262 unknown · I: 0 yes / 3 no
5 high-confidence positions (voted + sponsor + cosponsor)
- Greene, Marjorie Taylor (R · house · GA-14) · voted
- LaMalfa, Doug (R · house · CA-1) · voted
- Davis, Donald G. (D · house · NC-1) · cosponsor
- Downing, Troy (R · house · MT-2) · cosponsor
- Huizenga, Bill (R · house · MI-4) · cosponsor
Activity
Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Davis, Donald G. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Huizenga, Bill (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-05-17 · cosponsored by Downing, Troy (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-01 · lobbied on by NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION (h.r. 736) · lobbying_bill_mention