S. 1703, Rural Small Business Resilience Act (119th Congress)
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S. 1703 is a bill introduced in the Senate on May 8, 2025 by Ms. Klobuchar (for herself and Mr. Sheehy) and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Its short title is the Rural Small Business Resilience Act. Not later than 1 year after enactment, the Administrator of the Small Business Administration is to ensure that the Associate Administrator of the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience takes necessary actions so that individuals located in rural areas, for which a disaster declaration has been made under section 7(b) of the Small Business Act, have full access to assistance, including targeted outreach and marketing materials. A technical amendment redesignates the second paragraph (16) of section 7(b) as paragraph (17).
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119TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
S. 1703
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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MAY 8, 2025
Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. SHEEHY) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business
and Entrepreneurship
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 1 year after the date of enactment
9 of this Act, the Administrator of the Small Business Ad-
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1 ministration shall ensure that the Associate Administrator
2 of the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience of the
3 Administration takes such actions as necessary to ensure
4 that individuals located in rural areas (as defined in para-
5 graph (16) of section 7(b) of the Small Business Act (15
6 U.S.C. 636(b)(16))) for which a disaster declaration has
7 been made under such section 7(b) have full access to as-
8 sistance provided under such section, including by pro-
9 viding targeted outreach and marketing materials to those
10 individuals.
11 SEC. 3. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.
12 The second paragraph (16) (relating to the statute
13 of limitations) of section 7(b) of the Small Business Act
14 (15 U.S.C. 636(b)) is redesignated as paragraph (17).
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