A bill to provide disaster relief to small businesses, and for other purposes.

United States115th CongressS-1853Senate
Updated: Sep 25, 2017

Summary

Small Business Disaster Relief Act of 2017 This bill amends the Small Business Act to authorize the Small Business Administration (SBA) to exceed the $100,000 limit on small business development center assistance grants to accommodate extraordinary occurrences having a catastrophic impact on small business concerns in a community. The bill amends the Disaster Relief Act of 1970 to permit: (1) the use of SBA and Farm Service Agency (formerly, Farmers Home Administration) loans for enterprises that are vital to recovery efforts in a disaster area (including debris removal services, manufactured housing, gasoline, telecommunications, or building materials); and (2) such loans to waive any required evaluation of creditworthiness in exchange for a fee set by the SBA or the Farm Service Agency.

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HR-4148: To provide disaster relief to small businesses, and for other purposes.

Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.

  1. Introduced in Senate

  2. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

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