Rural Small Business Resilience Act

7/9/2024, 6:56 PM

Rural Small Business Resilience Act

This bill requires the Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience to take necessary actions to ensure that individuals located in rural areas where a disaster has been declared have full access to disaster assistance. Such actions include providing targeted outreach and marketing materials to such individuals.

Congress
118

Number
HR - 7984

Introduced on
2024-04-15

# Amendments
0

Sponsors
+5

Cosponsors
+5

Variations and Revisions

6/12/2024

Status of Legislation

Bill Introduced
Introduced to House
Passed in House
Introduced to Senate
Senate to Vote

Purpose and Summary

Rural Small Business Resilience Act

This bill requires the Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience to take necessary actions to ensure that individuals located in rural areas where a disaster has been declared have full access to disaster assistance. Such actions include providing targeted outreach and marketing materials to such individuals.

Alternative Names
Official Title as IntroducedTo require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to improve access to disaster assistance for individuals located in rural areas, and for other purposes.

Policy Areas
Commerce

Potential Impact
Disaster relief and insurance
Rural conditions and development
Small business

Comments

Recent Activity

Latest Summary6/10/2024

Rural Small Business Resilience Act

This bill requires the Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience to take necessary actions to ensure that individuals located in rural areas where a disast...


Latest Action6/12/2024
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.