Introduced in House

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 804 Introduced in House (IH)] 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 804 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 January 28, 2025 Ms. Morrison (for herself, Mr. Downing, Mr. Pappas, and Mr. Bean of Florida) 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.

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

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 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.

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

section 7(b) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(b)) is redesignated as paragraph (17).