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H.R. 425

U.S. HouseHouse Floor Calendar

Summary

H.R. 425, the Repealing Big Brother Overreach Act, was introduced in the House on Jan 15, 2025 by Rep. Warren Davidson (R) with 193 co-sponsors. It last saw action on Jun 18, 2026: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 609.


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Text

H.R. 425 has 193 co-sponsors.

hb425/introduced-in-house.txt
116 HR 425 IH: Repealing Big Brother Overreach Act
U.S. House of Representatives
2025-01-15
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Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 425 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 15, 2025 Mr. Davidson (for himself, Mr. Balderson , Mr. Bergman , Mr. Biggs of Arizona , Mr. Buchanan , Mr. Burlison , Mrs. Cammack , Mr. Ciscomani , Mr. Cloud , Mr. Clyde , Mr. Crane , Mr. Dunn of Florida , Mr. Edwards , Mr. Ellzey , Mr. Estes , Mr. Ezell , Mr. Finstad , Mrs. Fischbach , Mr. Fleischmann , Ms. Foxx , Mr. Fulcher , Mr. Graves , Ms. Greene of Georgia , Mr. Grothman , Mr. Guest , Ms. Hageman , Mr. Hern of Oklahoma , Mrs. Houchin , Mr. Hudson , Mr. Johnson of South Dakota , Mr. LaHood , Mr. Langworthy , Ms. Lee of Florida , Ms. Mace , Mr. Moolenaar , Mr. Moore of Alabama , Mr. Norman , Mr. Ogles , Mr. Perry , Mr. Pfluger , Mr. Rose , Mr. Rouzer , Mr. Roy , Mr. Rulli , Mr. Schweikert , Mr. Smith of Missouri , Mr. Smith of Nebraska , Mr. Stauber , Ms. Tenney , Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania , Mr. Tiffany , Ms. Van Duyne , Mr. Weber of Texas , Mr. Zinke , Mr. Collins , Mr. Bost , Mr. Kelly of Mississippi , Mr. Scott Franklin of Florida , Mr. Bean of Florida , Mr. Stutzman , Mr. Taylor , Mr. Barrett , Mr. Downing , Mr. Gill of Texas , Mr. Yakym , Mr. Van Orden , Mrs. Bice , Mr. Onder , and Mr. Griffith ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services A BILL
To repeal the Corporate Transparency Act.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Repealing Big Brother Overreach Act .
2.
Repeal
(a)
In general
The Corporate Transparency Act (title LXIV of division F of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 ( Public Law 116–283 ; 134 Stat. 4604)) and the amendments made by that Act are repealed.
(b)
Technical and conforming amendments
(1)
Title 31, United States Code, is amended—
(A)
in section 5321(a)—
(i)
in paragraph (1), by striking sections 5314, 5315, and 5336 each place the term appears and inserting sections 5314 and 5315 ; and
(ii)
in paragraph (6), by striking (except section 5336) each place the term appears; and
(B)
in section 5322, by striking section 5315, 5324, or 5336 each place the term appears and inserting section 5315 or 5324 .
(2)
Title LXV of the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (division F of the of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 ( Public Law 116–283 ; 134 Stat. 4604)) is amended—
(A)
by repealing section 6502 (134 Stat. 4626); and
(B)
in section 6509 (134 Stat. 4633)—
(i)
by striking (a)
In general .—Subsection (l) and inserting Subsection (l) ; and
(ii)
by striking subsection (b).

Tracker

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  1. Introduced2025-01-15
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

CRS Summary

The summaries are the Congressional Research Service’s, one per stage. Read them in full.

Introduced in House Jan 15, 2025

hb425/introduced-in-house.md

Shown Here:
Introduced in House (01/15/2025)

Repealing Big Brother Overreach Act

This bill repeals the Corporate Transparency Act. The act requires existing companies and newly created companies to report beneficial ownership information to the Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network for purposes of addressing the financing of terrorism and money laundering.

Sponsors

Rep. Warren Davidson (R) sponsors H.R. 425, and 193 members have co-sponsored it, 68 of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

H.R. 425 went before 1 committee: Financial Services.

Financial Services
Financial Services
Reported By · Jun 18, 2026 · 559 Bills

Reports

1 committee report has been filed on H.R. 425, the latest H. Rept. 119-701.

Actions

H.R. 425 has taken 6 actions since Jan 15, 2025, the latest on Jun 18, 2026.

ChamberAction
Jun 18, 2026
House
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 119-701.Financial Services Committee
Jun 18, 2026
House
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 609.
Apr 21, 2026
House
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session HeldFinancial Services Committee
Apr 21, 2026
House
Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 26 - 25.Financial Services Committee
Jan 15, 2025
House
Introduced in House

Votes

H.R. 425 has not gone to a roll call.

1 bill is related to H.R. 425, as Identical bill.

Titles

H.R. 425 goes by 4 titles, 2 of them short titles.

  • Repealing Big Brother Overreach Act — Display Title
  • To repeal the Corporate Transparency Act. — Official Title as Introduced
  • Repealing Big Brother Overreach Act — Short Title(s) as Reported to House
  • Repealing Big Brother Overreach Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced

Lobbying

32 clients hired 31 firms and 135 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 425 in 124 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Small Business, Government Issues, Education, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Budget/Appropriations, Environment/Superfund.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill. The 20 that filed most often, of 32.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
SPECIALTY EQUIPMENT MARKET ASSOCIATIONDistrict of Columbia111
JOB CREATORS NETWORKadvocacy organization for small businessTexas19$55.5K
TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL U.S. (A PROJECT OF THE FUND FOR CONSTITUTIONAL GOVT)nonprofit organizationDistrict of Columbia17
NATIONAL LUMBER AND BUILDING MATERIAL DEALERS ASSOCIATIONA national trade association of lumber and building materials dealersDistrict of Columbia16$240K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTORSAssociation representing electrical parts distributors and manufacturersMissouri16$120K
ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS INCDistrict of Columbia16
CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS OBO COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS INSTITUTEHomeowners association industryVirginia16
INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF SHOPPING CENTERSMarketplaces Industry (retail real estate)District of Columbia16
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTORS, INC.Missouri16
NATIONAL ROOFING CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATIONDistrict of Columbia16
NATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONDistrict of Columbia16
NFIB (NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS)District of Columbia16
FUND FOR CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENThub for dynamic projects promoting democracy, government & corporate transparencyDistrict of Columbia15$150K
PENNSYLVANIA FARM BUREAUPennsylvania15
COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS INSTITUTEHomeowners association industry.Virginia24$60K
AMERICAN PIPELINE CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATIONTrade association representing contractors and suppliers in pipeline constructionMaryland13$240K
AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATIONProfessional association of dentists.District of Columbia13$150K
POWER & COMMUNICATION CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATIONTrade association representing contractors and suppliers involved in utility constructionMaryland13$150K
INDEPENDENT ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS, INC.Construction industry trade association for merit shop electrical contractors.Tennessee13$110K
FACT COALITION (A PROJECT OF THE FUND FOR CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT)District of Columbia13

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 135.

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
NFIB (NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS)NFIB (NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS)2025 second_quarter$3.1M2nd Quarter - Report
NFIB (NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS)NFIB (NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS)2025 first_quarter$2.3M1st Quarter - Report
NFIB (NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS)NFIB (NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS)2025 third_quarter$2.3M3rd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATIONNATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION2025 first_quarter$1.9M1st Quarter - Report
NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL INCNATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL, INC.2025 first_quarter$1.8M1st Quarter - Report
NFIB (NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS)NFIB (NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS)2026 second_quarter$1.7M2nd Quarter - Report
CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC. DBA AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONSCREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION. INC. DBA AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS2026 second_quarter$1.3M2nd Quarter - Report
NFIB (NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS)NFIB (NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS)2026 first_quarter$1.3M1st Quarter - Report
NFIB (NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS)NFIB (NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS)2025 fourth_quarter$1.2M4th Quarter - Report
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEEAMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE2026 second_quarter$811K2nd Quarter - Report
ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS INCASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS, INC.2026 second_quarter$700K2nd Quarter - Report
ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS INCASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS, INC.2026 first_quarter$700K1st Quarter - Report
ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS INCASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS, INC.2025 fourth_quarter$700K4th Quarter - Report
ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS INCASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS, INC.2025 third_quarter$700K3rd Quarter - Report
ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS INCASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS, INC.2025 second_quarter$700K2nd Quarter - Report
ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS INCASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS, INC.2025 first_quarter$700K1st Quarter - Report
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WHOLESALER-DISTRIBUTORSNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WHOLESALER-DISTRIBUTORS2025 first_quarter$670K1st Quarter - Report
INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF SHOPPING CENTERSINTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF SHOPPING CENTERS2025 fourth_quarter$550K4th Quarter - Report
INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF SHOPPING CENTERSINTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF SHOPPING CENTERS2025 second_quarter$510K2nd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WHOLESALER-DISTRIBUTORSNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WHOLESALER-DISTRIBUTORS2026 second_quarter$490K2nd Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 425 under Finance and Financial Sector, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 6 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 425’s is Finance and Financial Sector.

hr425/policy-areas.txt
Finance and Financial SectorAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 425 carries 6 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Banking and financial institutions regulation to Terrorism.

hr425/subjects.txt
Banking and financial institutions regulationBusiness recordsCorporate finance and managementDepartment of the TreasuryFraud offenses and financial crimesTerrorism

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 425, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 8 (Wednesday, January 15, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. DAVIDSON:H.R. 425.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.[Page H186]

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com