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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 1021
5	5	To amend the Small Business Act to increase the minimum disaster loan
6	6	amount for which the Small Business Administration may require collat-
7	7	eral, and for other purposes.
8	8	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
9	9	FEBRUARY5, 2025
10	10	Mr. N
11	11	EGUSE(for himself and Mr. OBERNOLTE) introduced the following bill;
12	12	which was referred to the Committee on Small Business
13	13	A BILL
14	14	To amend the Small Business Act to increase the minimum
15	15	disaster loan amount for which the Small Business Ad-
16	16	ministration may require collateral, and for other pur-
17	17	poses.
18	18	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
19	19	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
20	20	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
21	21	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Small Business Dis-4
22	22	aster Damage Fairness Act of 2025’’. 5
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26	26	SEC. 2. COLLATERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR DISASTER 1
27	27	LOANS. 2
28	28	Section 7(d)(6) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 3
29	29	636(d)(6)) is amended, in the second sentence, in the third 4
30	30	proviso— 5
31	31	(1) by striking ‘‘$14,000’’ and inserting 6
32	32	‘‘$50,000’’; and 7
33	33	(2) by striking ‘‘major disaster’’ and inserting 8
34	34	‘‘disaster’’. 9
35	35	SEC. 3. GAO REPORT ON DEFAULT RATES. 10
36	36	Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment 11
37	37	of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 12
38	38	shall submit to the Committee on Small Business and En-13
39	39	trepreneurship of the Senate and the Committee on Small 14
40	40	Business of the House of Representatives a report on the 15
41	41	performance, including the default rate, of loans made 16
42	42	under section 7(b)(1) of the Small Business Act (15 17
43	43	U.S.C. 636(b)(1)), and the impact of the amendments to 18
44	44	collateral amounts made under section 2 of this Act on 19
45	45	the performance of those loans, during the period— 20
46	46	(1) beginning on September 30, 2020; and 21
47	47	(2) ending on the date on that is 2 years after 22
48	48	the date of enactment of this Act. 23
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52	52	SEC. 4. DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN RURAL AND URBAN 1
53	53	COMMUNITIES IN MARKETING AND OUT-2
54	54	REACH. 3
55	55	(a) D
56	56	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 4
57	57	(1) A
58	58	DMINISTRATION.—The term ‘‘Administra-5
59	59	tion’’ means the Small Business Administration. 6
60	60	(2) A
61	61	DMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-7
62	62	trator’’ means the Administrator of the Administra-8
63	63	tion. 9
64	64	(3) A
65	65	SSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR .—The term 10
66	66	‘‘Associate Administrator’’ means the Associate Ad-11
67	67	ministrator of the Office of Disaster Recovery and 12
68	68	Resilience of the Administration. 13
69	69	(4) C
70	70	OVERED PROGRAM .—The term ‘‘covered 14
71	71	program’’ means the disaster loan program author-15
72	72	ized by section 7(b) of the Small Business Act (15 16
73	73	U.S.C. 636(b)). 17
74	74	(b) R
75	75	EQUIREMENT.—Beginning on the date of enact-18
76	76	ment of this Act, consistent with the recommendations of 19
77	77	the Government Accountability Office in the report enti-20
78	78	tled ‘‘Small Business Administration: Targeted Outreach 21
79	79	about Disaster Assistance Could Benefit Rural Commu-22
80	80	nities’’ (GAO–24–106755) (February 22, 2024), the Ad-23
81	81	ministrator shall ensure that the Associate Adminis-24
82	82	trator— 25
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86	86	(1) distinguishes between rural and urban com-1
87	87	munities in the outreach and marketing plan of the 2
88	88	Administration with respect to the covered program; 3
89	89	and 4
90	90	(2) incorporates actions to mitigate challenges 5
91	91	encountered by rural communities in accessing loans 6
92	92	under the covered program. 7
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