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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Small Business Disaster Recovery Improvement Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Small Business Administration to provide a designated percentage of disaster loan program funding that is available in a given year to assist the disaster recovery and growth of small businesses in an area where the President has declared a major disaster.</p>]]></text>
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