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31 U.S.C. 5336: Beneficial ownership information reporting requirements

Created in 2021 by the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283). Not changed since. 1 bill in this Congress would change it.

This Congress

  • H.R. 736 Protect Small Businesses from Excessive Paperwork Act of 2025 · passed house · would change (b)

How it got here

2021

  • Pub. L. 116–283, §6509(b), added subsec. (j). (William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021) Law text · (j)

Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.