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This bill establishes a new hotline system within the Small Business Administration (SBA) called the "Cut the Burden, Keep the Benefits Hotline" that will allow small businesses, small organizations, and small governmental jurisdictions to report burdensome government actions. The Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the SBA will be required to create an email address, website, and submission mechanism for receiving these notifications within a specified timeframe. The hotline will solicit information about government actions that significantly impact small entities, with a focus on identifying regulatory alternatives that achieve agency goals while minimizing burden. Annually, the Chief Counsel must submit a comprehensive report to the SBA Administrator and Congress detailing the hotline's activities, including the most frequently reported government actions, their regulatory benefits, specific costs imposed on small entities, and recommendations for minimizing regulatory burdens. The bill defines "government actions" broadly to include rules, executive orders, statutes, regulations, and Presidential proclamations, and uses standard SBA definitions for terms like "small business" and "small organization". The goal of this legislation is to create a formal mechanism for small entities to provide feedback on government regulations that affect them and potentially reduce unnecessary administrative burdens.

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