119-hr3556

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3556 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 3556

 To amend the Small Business Act to modify application deadlines and 
 communication requirements for certain disaster assistance, and for 
 other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 May 21, 2025

Mr. Neguse (for himself and Mr. Edwards) introduced the following bill; 
 which was referred to the Committee on Small Business

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 A BILL

 To amend the Small Business Act to modify application deadlines and 
 communication requirements for certain disaster assistance, 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. MODIFICATION TO APPLICATION DEADLINES AND COMMUNICATION 
 REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN DISASTER ASSISTANCE.

 

Section 7

    (b) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636

    (b) ) is 
amended--

    (1) in paragraph

    (4) --
        (A) in subparagraph
        (A) --
            (i) by striking ``correspond with 
 application deadlines'' and inserting ``end on 
 the date that is 60 days after any application 
 deadlines that are''; and
            (ii) by striking ``, or as'' and inserting 
 ``or that are'';
        (B) by adding at the end the following new 
 subparagraphs:
 ``
            (C) Late applications.--The Administrator may 
 accept an application for disaster relief relating to a 
 major disaster under this paragraph at any time after 
 the deadline in subparagraph
        (A) if the applicant 
 demonstrates good cause for the late submission.''; and
            (C) in subparagraph
        (B) , in the matter preceding 
 clause
            (i) , by striking ``and the Committee on Small 
 Business of the House of Representatives'' and 
 inserting ``, the Committee on Small Business of the 
 House of Representatives, and each office of a Member 
 of Congress that represents a district in which a major 
 disaster has occurred''; and

    (2) in paragraph

    (5) , in the matter preceding subparagraph
        (A) , by inserting ``and to communicate to each office of a 
 Member of Congress that represents a district in which a major 
 disaster has occurred,'' after ``web-based outlets,''.
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