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Senate Bill 1853
115th Congress(2017-2018)
Small Business Disaster Relief Act of 2017
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Sep 25, 2017
Overview
Text
Introduced
Sep 25, 2017
Latest Action
Sep 25, 2017
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
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Bill Number
1853
Congress
115
Policy Area
Commerce
Commerce
Primary focus of measure is business investment, development, regulation; small business; consumer affairs; competition and restrictive trade practices; manufacturing, distribution, retail; marketing; intellectual property. Measures concerning international competitiveness and restrictions on imports and exports may fall under Foreign Trade and International Finance policy area.
Sponsorship by Party
Democrat
Bill Nelson
Florida
Republican
Marco Rubio
Florida
Senate Votes (0)
House Votes (0)
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
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.

Text (1)
Introduced in Senate
September 25, 2017
Related Bills (1)
Oct 26, 2017
Introduced in House
9
Sponsorship
House Bill 4148
Small Business Disaster Relief Act of 2017
Introduced
Type
Identical Bill
Identical Bill
A bill that is word-for-word identical to another bill. Bills are characterized as identical to each other at the introduced stage only, even though a later (e.g., reported or passed) version of a bill might meet the same criteria for text similarity. Companion measures, procedurally-related measures, and legislation with text similarities are other related bill types.
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CRS
Actions (2)
09/25/2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
09/25/2017
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:38:33 PM
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