H. R. 7984 (118th Congress) — To improve access to disaster assistance for individuals located in rural areas
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The introduced text of H. R. 7984, a bill of the 118th Congress, 2d Session, to require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to improve access to disaster assistance for individuals located in rural areas. The bill was introduced in the House of Representatives on April 15, 2024, by Mr. Pappas, for himself, Mr. Bean of Florida, Mr. Golden of Maine, and Mr. Mann, and was referred to the Committee on Small Business. Section 1 gives the short title Rural Small Business Resilience Act. Section 2 requires the Administrator, not later than one year after enactment, to ensure that individuals in rural areas for which a disaster declaration has been made have full access to assistance, including targeted outreach and marketing materials. Section 3 is a technical amendment.
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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 Com-
mittee on Small Business
A BILL
To require the Administrator of the Small Business Adminis-
tration to improve access to disaster assistance for indi-
viduals located in rural areas, and for other purposes.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Rural Small Business
5 Resilience Act’’.
6 SEC. 2. ACCESS TO DISASTER ASSISTANCE FOR INDIVID-
7 UALS LOCATED IN RURAL AREAS.
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8 Not later than one year after the date of the enact-
9 ment of this Act, the Administrator of the Small Business
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1 Administration shall ensure that the Associate Adminis-
2 trator of the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience
3 of the Administration takes such actions as necessary to
4 ensure that individuals located in rural areas (as defined
5 in paragraph (16) of section 7(b) of the Small Business
6 Act (15 U.S.C. 636(b)(16))) for which a disaster declara-
7 tion has been made under such section 7(b) have full ac-
8 cess to assistance provided under such section, including
9 by providing targeted outreach and marketing materials
10 to such individuals.
11 SEC. 3. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.
12 The second paragraph (16) (relating to statute of
13 limitations) of section 7(b) of the Small Business Act (15
14 U.S.C. 636(b)) is redesignated as paragraph (17).
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