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US House Democrat Supports Beneficial Ownership Delay

By Fred Williams

A bipartisan bill filed in the U.S. House of Representatives would provide millions of legal entities an additional year to submit the names and other details of their owners for inclusion on a federal database scheduled to launch in January. Reps. Zachary Nunn (R-IA) and Joyce Beatty (D-OH), the senior Democrat on the House Financial Services Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance and International Financial Institutions, pitched the bill Tuesday amid a Republican push to delay the registry and give small businesses additional time to grasp their disclosure obligations. But H.R. 5119, the "Protect Small Business and Prevent illicit Financial...

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