[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[S. 1703 Reported in Senate (RS)]

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                                                       Calendar No. 131
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.


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                   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

                             July 29, 2025

                Reported by Ms. Ernst, without amendment

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                                 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.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Rural Small Business Resilience 
Act''.

SEC. 2. ACCESS TO DISASTER ASSISTANCE FOR INDIVIDUALS LOCATED IN RURAL 
              AREAS.

    Not later than 1 year after the date of 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, including 
by providing targeted outreach and marketing materials to those 
individuals.

SEC. 3. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.

    The second paragraph (16) (relating to the statute of limitations) 
of section 7(b) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(b)) is 
redesignated as paragraph (17).
                                                       Calendar No. 131

119th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                S. 1703

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                                 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.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             July 29, 2025

                       Reported without amendment