This bill amends the Small Business Act and the Small Business Disaster Response and Loan Improvements Act of 2008. It lets the Small Business Administration (SBA) authorize its resource partners to give advice, information, and assistance to small businesses that are outside the partners’ normal service area after a disaster. That outside assistance must be coordinated with the resource partner that serves the affected area. The bill sets a general limit of 2 years for such assistance after a disaster, but allows the SBA Administrator to extend that period. It also asks resource partners to try to maintain continuity of their usual services and allows their personnel to use SBA-designated sites or facilities to provide disaster help. In addition, the bill requires the SBA to include links to resource partner websites in disaster loan information, to share disaster loan information with resource partners so they can help spread awareness, and to include resource partners in disaster planning activities.
No publicly available information on costs or budgetary effects is included in the bill text or the provided metadata.
No publicly available information on proponents’ stated reasons, detailed arguments, or expected benefits appears in the bill text or the provided metadata.
No publicly available information on opposition, objections, or expected harms appears in the bill text or the provided metadata.