HR976-119

Reported

To repeal the small business loan data collection requirements under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act.

119th Congress Introduced Feb 4, 2025

Legislative Progress

Reported
Introduced Committee Passed
May 6, 2025

Additional sponsors: Ms. Hageman, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Graves, Mr. Guest, …

May 6, 2025

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the …

Feb 4, 2025

Mr. Williams of Texas (for himself, Mr. Huizenga, Mr. Flood, …

Summary

What This Bill Does

Repeals Section 1071 of Dodd-Frank, which requires lenders to collect and report demographic data on small business loan applicants. Eliminates compliance requirements before they take effect.

Who Benefits and How

Community banks and credit unions avoid significant compliance costs. Small lenders avoid data collection burden. Financial institutions save on implementation expenses.

Who Bears the Burden and How

Civil rights groups lose data to identify lending discrimination. Small business lending patterns become less transparent. Policymakers lose information on credit access disparities.

Key Provisions

  • Fully repeals Section 704B of Equal Credit Opportunity Act
  • Eliminates small business loan data collection requirements
  • Removes related provisions from Dodd-Frank Act
Model: claude-opus-4
Generated: Jan 10, 2026 18:41

Evidence Chain:

This summary is derived from the structured analysis below. See "Detailed Analysis" for per-title beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

Primary Purpose

Repeals Section 1071 small business loan data collection requirements from Dodd-Frank Act

Policy Domains

Banking Small Business Financial Regulation

Legislative Strategy

"Eliminate small business lending data requirements"

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Banking Small Business

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