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Senate Bill 1703
119th Congress(2025-2026)
Rural Small Business Resilience Act
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Introduced in Senate on May 8, 2025
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S. 1703 (Reported-in-Senate)

Calendar No. 131

119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1703


To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to improve access to disaster assistance for individuals located in rural areas, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

May 8, 2025

Ms. Klobuchar (for herself and Mr. Sheehy) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship

July 29, 2025

Reported by Ms. Ernst, without amendment

A BILL

To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to improve access to disaster assistance for individuals located in rural areas, 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 “Rural Small Business Resilience Act”.

SEC. 2. Access to disaster assistance for individuals located in rural areas.

Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Small Business Administration shall ensure that the Associate Administrator of the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience of the Administration takes such actions as necessary to ensure that individuals located in rural areas (as defined in paragraph (16) of section 7(b) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(b)(16))) for which a disaster declaration has been made under such section 7(b) have full access to assistance provided under such section, including by providing targeted outreach and marketing materials to those individuals.

SEC. 3. Technical amendment.

The second paragraph (16) (relating to the statute of limitations) of section 7(b) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(b)) is redesignated as paragraph (17).

Calendar No. 131

119th CONGRESS
     1st Session
S. 1703
A BILL
To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to improve access to disaster assistance for individuals located in rural areas, and for other purposes.
July 29, 2025
Reported without amendment