Capito and Kennedy introduced legislation to stop Treasury from collecting unnecessary beneficial ownership information from many small businesses, framing it as a privacy and burden-reduction bill.
Introduce legislation to stop Treasury from collecting unnecessary beneficial ownership information from many small businesses.
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Evidence
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"Recently, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and John Kennedy (R-La.) introduced a bill to prevent the U.S. Treasury Department from unnecessarily collecting small business owners’ personal information."
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The official Senate release says Senators Shelley Moore Capito and John Kennedy introduced a bill to stop Treasury from unnecessarily collecting small business owners’ personal information, and lists Capito among the senators introducing the bill.
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The official Senate press release states that Sen. Shelley Moore Capito and Sen. John Kennedy introduced legislation aimed at preventing Treasury from collecting small business owners’ personal data under beneficial ownership reporting rules.
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GovInfo bill text shows S. 4419 was introduced in the Senate on April 28, 2026 by Mr. Kennedy for himself and cosponsors including Mrs. Capito. The bill would amend 31 U.S.C. 5336 so reporting companies are foreign-formed entities registered to do business in the United States, exempts reporting of beneficial ownership information of United States persons, and directs FinCEN to delete beneficial ownership information of United States persons.
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Treasury announced that FinCEN issued a final rule permanently removing the requirement for U.S. companies and U.S. persons to report beneficial ownership information, effective August 14, 2026, and said FinCEN will delete previously reported information by U.S. persons from the BOI database.
Assessments
Capito was listed as a cosponsor of S. 4419, introduced in the Senate on April 28, 2026, during her current Senate term. The bill directly addressed the promised subject by limiting Treasury/FinCEN beneficial ownership reporting to foreign entities, exempting U.S. persons, and directing deletion of U.S.-person BOI data. Because the promise was specifically to introduce legislation, not necessarily enact it, the introduction/cosponsorship satisfies the commitment.
The promise was specifically to introduce legislation stopping Treasury from collecting unnecessary beneficial ownership information from many small businesses. Official Senate evidence shows Shelley Moore Capito co-introduced a bill on May 15, 2026 aimed at preventing Treasury from collecting small business owners' personal data under those reporting rules. Because the promised action was introduction of legislation, not enactment, this counts as delivered in the same term.
Capito co-introduced the bill described in the claim, and the official Senate release directly ties her to legislation aimed at stopping Treasury from unnecessarily collecting small business owners' personal information. That fulfills the promise to introduce legislation on this issue in the same term.
The promise was specifically to introduce legislation, not to secure enactment. The provided Senate release says Shelley Moore Capito co-introduced a bill with Senator John Kennedy to prevent Treasury from collecting small business owners' personal information, directly matching the promised action. Because this occurred while she was serving in the relevant federal office, timing is same_term. No effort badge is needed because the promised action itself was delivered rather than merely attempted.