119-s1698

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1698 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 1698

To amend the Small Business Disaster Response and Loan Improvements Act 
of 2008 to require the Small Business Administration to coordinate with 
resource partners with respect to disaster planning activities, and for 
 other purposes.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 May 8, 2025

 Mr. Risch (for himself, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Bennet, and Mr. 
 Peters) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
 referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship

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 A BILL

To amend the Small Business Disaster Response and Loan Improvements Act 
of 2008 to require the Small Business Administration to coordinate with 
resource partners with respect to disaster planning activities, 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 ``Small Business Disaster Coordination 
Act''.

SEC. 2. COORDINATION IN DISASTER RESPONSE AND DISASTER PLANNING.

    (a) Disaster Response Coordination.--The Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is amended--

    (1) in 

section 4 (15 U.S.C. 633), by adding at the end the 
 following:
 ``
            (i) Disaster Recovery Assistance From Resource Partners.--
 ``

    (1) Authorization.--At the discretion of the 
 Administrator, the Administrator may authorize a resource 
 partner of the Administration to provide advice, information, 
 and assistance to a small business concern located outside of 
 the area of service in which that resource partner provides 
 services, without regard to geographic proximity to that 
 resource partner, if--
 ``
        (A) the small business concern is located in an 
 area with respect to which loans under 

section 7

    (b)

    (2) may be made; and
 ``
        (B) in providing that advice, information, and 
 assistance, the resource partner coordinates with 
 another resource partner that serves the area in which 
 the small business concern is located.
 ``

    (2) Period of assistance.--
 ``
        (A) In general.--A resource partner of the 
 Administration may provide advice, information, and 
 assistance to a small business concern under paragraph

    (1) for a period of not more than 2 years after the 
 date on which the applicable disaster has been 
 determined to exist.
 ``
        (B) Extension.--The Administrator may, at the 
 discretion of the Administrator, extend the period 
 described in subparagraph
        (A) .
 ``

    (3) Continuity of services.--A resource partner of the 
 Administration that provides counselors to an area pursuant to 
 an authorization under paragraph

    (1) shall, to the maximum 
 extent practicable, ensure continuity of services in any area 
 of service in which that resource partner otherwise provides 
 services.
 ``

    (4) Sites and facilities.--For purposes of this 
 subsection, the Administrator shall, to the maximum extent 
 practicable, permit the personnel of a resource partner of the 
 Administration to use any site or facility designated by the 
 Administrator for use to provide disaster recovery 
 assistance.'';

    (2) in 

section 7

    (b)

    (5) (15 U.S.C. 636

    (b)

    (5) )--
        (A) by redesignating subparagraphs
        (A) through
        (G) as clauses
            (i) through
            (vii) , respectively, and 
 adjusting the margins accordingly;
        (B) by striking ``If a disaster'' and inserting the 
 following:
 ``
        (A) In general.--If a disaster'';
            (C) in subparagraph
        (A) , as so redesignated--
            (i) in clause
            (vi) , as so redesignated, by 
 striking ``and'' at the end;
            (ii) in clause
            (vii) , as so redesignated, 
 by striking the period at the end and inserting 
 ``; and''; and
            (iii) by adding at the end the following:
 ``
            (viii) links to websites of resource 
 partners of the Administration.''; and
            (D) by adding at the end the following:
 ``
        (B) Provision of information to resource 
 partners.--In carrying out subparagraph
        (A) , the 
 Administrator shall make all information communicated 
 under that subparagraph available to resource partners 
 of the Administration so that those resource partners 
 can assist in amplifying public awareness regarding 
 relevant information needed by disaster loan 
 applicants.''; and

    (3) by amending 

section 40

    (a)

    (2)
            (D) (15 U.S.C. 
 657l

    (a)

    (2)
            (D) ) to read as follows:
 ``
            (D) guidelines pursuant to which the 
 Administration will coordinate with other Federal 
 agencies, State, local, and regional authorities, and 
 resource partners of the Administration to best respond 
 to the demand described in subparagraph
        (B) and to best 
 use the resources described in that subparagraph.''.

    (b) Disaster Planning Coordination.--

Section 12073
            (c) of the Small 
Business Disaster Response and Loan Improvements Act of 2008 (15 U.S.C. 
636h
            (c) ) is amended--

    (1) in paragraph

    (2) , by striking ``and'' at the end;

    (2) by redesignating paragraph

    (3) as paragraph

    (4) ; and

    (3) by inserting after paragraph

    (2) the following:
 ``

    (3) resource partners of the Administration; and''.
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