Small Business Ombudsman must post links to compliance guidance
H.R. 822 — POST IT Act of 2025 · Filed by Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Jan 28, 2025 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill requires the Small Business Ombudsman to publish hyperlinks to guidance documents on their website for any rule where a federal agency has created a small-business compliance guide. The bill exempts information protected under the Freedom of Information Act and applies only to guidance issued after the bill's enactment. No new funding is authorized.
Why we flagged it
The bill's operative mechanism is a transparency requirement — mandating that the Small Business Ombudsman publish hyperlinks to existing agency guidance. It does not create new rules, impose new compliance duties, or alter regulatory substance; it improves access to information already in the public domain.
What the text implies
- The requirement applies only to guidance issued after enactment, leaving pre-existing guidance potentially unlinked and harder to discover.
- The 'to the extent practicable' language creates discretion for the Ombudsman to decline linking guidance if resource constraints are cited, potentially limiting the transparency benefit.
- Agencies that do not produce small-entity compliance guides (as defined in SBREFA § 212(a)(1)) are not covered, creating a gap for rules affecting small businesses where no such guide exists.
Section numbers refer to the bill text the analysis read — linked under Primary records below.
Who it affects
Small businesses and the public gain improved access to regulatory guidance through centralized hyperlinks, reducing search friction and compliance costs. The requirement is modest (hyperlinks only, to extent practicable) and does not impose new substantive obligations on agencies or small entities.
Named in the bill
Small Business Administration, Small Business Ombudsman, Federal agencies, Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 (SBREFA)
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Democrats.
- Jan 28, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jan 28, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Small Business · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Small Business”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (1,580 characters) on Jun 8, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-10-20.
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