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HR 804 · in committee · significant

Rural Small Business Resilience Act

What this bill does

  • The bill requires the Small Business Administration to ensure rural residents can fully access disaster assistance.
  • Small business owners and individuals in rural areas affected by declared disasters are directly affected.
  • The SBA must conduct targeted outreach and marketing to inform eligible rural residents about available aid.

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  1. 01

    How would the SBA's targeted outreach to rural areas differ from its current disaster assistance notification methods?

  2. 02

    What specific barriers prevent rural small business owners from accessing disaster aid, and how does this bill address them?

  3. 03

    What funding or staffing resources would the SBA need to expand disaster assistance outreach in remote or underserved rural communities?

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Kelly Morrison

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Introduced 2025-02-26

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-02-26 · senate · IntroReferral

    Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

  2. 2025-02-25 · house · Floor

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  3. 2025-02-25 · house · Floor

    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 415 - 8 (Roll no. 49). (text: 2/24/2025 CR H746)

  4. 2025-02-25 · Floor

    Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 415 - 8 (Roll no. 49). (text: 2/24/2025 CR H746)

  5. 2025-02-25 · house · Floor

    Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H824)

  6. 2025-02-24 · house · Floor

    At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.

  7. 2025-02-24 · house · Floor

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 804.

  8. 2025-02-24 · house · Floor

    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H745-746)

  9. 2025-02-24 · house · Floor

    Mr. Williams (TX) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.

  10. 2025-01-28 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.

  11. 2025-01-28 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  12. 2025-01-28 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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