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House Bill 7984
118th Congress(2023-2024)
Rural Small Business Resilience Act
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H. R. 7984 (Introduced-in-House)


118th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7984


To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to improve access to disaster assistance for individuals located in rural areas, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

April 15, 2024

Mr. Pappas (for himself, Mr. Bean of Florida, Mr. Golden of Maine, and Mr. Mann) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business

A BILL

To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to improve access to disaster assistance for individuals located in rural areas, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Rural Small Business Resilience Act”.

SEC. 2. Access to disaster assistance for individuals located in rural areas.

Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Small Business Administration shall ensure that the Associate Administrator of the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience of the Administration takes such actions as necessary to ensure that individuals located in rural areas (as defined in paragraph (16) of section 7(b) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(b)(16))) for which a disaster declaration has been made under such section 7(b) have full access to assistance provided under such section, including by providing targeted outreach and marketing materials to such individuals.

SEC. 3. Technical amendment.

The second paragraph (16) (relating to statute of limitations) of section 7(b) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(b)) is redesignated as paragraph (17).