Illinois General Assembly - Full Text of HR0044

HR0044 LRB104 08347 MST 18398 r

HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a decision challenging the Corporate Transparency Act, by issuing a nationwide injunction blocking the Beneficial Ownership Information reporting requirement; and

WHEREAS, The Beneficial Ownership Information reporting requirement is an initiative of the U.S. Department of Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network in an effort to crack down on high level financial crimes, such as money laundering, tax evasion, and other illicit activities; and

WHEREAS, The Beneficial Ownership Information reporting requirement affects roughly 32 million small businesses across the United States, forcing the disclosure of business owners' and other stakeholders' names, addresses, and identification numbers; and

WHEREAS, The regulation of commerce is a constitutionally granted authority of the federal government as defined by Article 1 Section 8 of the United States Constitution, but this form of federal regulation has no precedent; and

WHEREAS, Many regulatory functions of the federal government are enacted under the Commerce Clause, which in turn has the potential to place burdens on the hard-working small business owners that continue to grow and maintain the middle-class all across the United States; and

WHEREAS, With this personal data having already been collect for tax purposes by the Internal Revenue Service, the redundant reporting of business owner information serves as a burden and potential security risk for the individuals constrained by this law; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we urge the repeal of the Beneficial Ownership Information reporting contained in the Corporate Transparency Act; and be it further

RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be delivered to the President of the United States, the U.S. Senate Majority Leader, the U.S. Senate Minority Leader, the U.S. Speaker of the House, the U.S. House of Representatives Minority Leader, the Secretary of the Treasury, and all members of the Illinois Congressional Delegation.