119 S1703 RS: Rural Small Business Resilience Act U.S. Senate 2025-07-29 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

IICalendar No. 131119th CONGRESS1st SessionS. 1703IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESMay 8, 2025Ms. Klobuchar (for herself and Mr. Sheehy) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and EntrepreneurshipJuly 29, 2025Reported by Ms. Ernst, without amendmentA BILLTo 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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Short title

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

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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.

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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).

July 29, 2025Reported without amendment