S. 3278 · 116th Congress
Disaster Assistance for Rural Communities Act
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This bill expands the availability of Small Business Administration (SBA) disaster assistance for rural small businesses.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Feb 12, 2020
Disaster Assistance for Rural Communities Act
This bill expands the availability of Small Business Administration (SBA) disaster assistance for rural small businesses.
Currently, the declaration of a disaster by the SBA is contingent upon a certain number of homes or businesses being damaged or economically injured (e.g., at least 25 homes or 25 businesses are damaged). The bill authorizes the SBA to declare a disaster in a rural area if any home, small business, private nonprofit, or small agricultural cooperative located in such area has incurred significant damage.
The bill defines a rural area as an area with a population of less than 200,000 outside an urbanized area.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Disaster Assistance for Rural Communities Act
Latest action (Feb 12, 2020): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Policy area: Commerce · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Feb 12, 2020
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.