SBA would be required to expand disaster aid outreach to rural areas
Passed one chamberH.R. 804Latest action
Sponsor: Kelly Morrison · Representative · MN
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Official title: Rural Small Business Resilience Act
119th Congress
Topics: Jobs & the economy
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HR 804 requires the SBA to improve outreach so rural residents get equal access to disaster assistance.
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What does this do?
This bill directs the SBA's Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience to take steps, including targeted outreach and marketing materials, to ensure rural residents can access disaster assistance after a federally declared disaster. These steps must be implemented within one year of enactment. It also makes a technical renumbering fix to an unrelated statute of limitations section, which does not change policy.
Who does it affect?
Rural residents and small business owners in federally declared disaster areas are the primary group affected, since the bill aims to improve their access to SBA disaster loans and aid. The SBA is also affected, as it must change how it communicates with and markets to rural populations.
Why does it matter?
The bill responds to a gap where rural communities may receive less information or access to disaster loans and aid compared to more urban or well-connected areas. It creates a new administrative responsibility for the SBA without describing any cost or funding change.
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Where does it stand?
- IntroducedJan 28, 2025
- House committee
- House vote
- SenateYou are here · Feb 26, 2025
- The president's desk
Right now: it passed the House, and the official record shows nothing new since. If the Senate changes it, it goes back to the House before reaching the president.
Latest action: — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Recorded votes
Roll-call votes recorded since January 3, 2025.
House · · Roll call 49
As recorded
- Question
- On Motion to and Pass
- Result:
- Passed
- 415
- Nay
- 8
- 0
- 10
Republicans 203 yes, 8 no, 7 not voting · Democrats 212 yes, 3 not voting
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