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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION .
Calendar No. 278
117TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session SENATE 117-103
DISASTER ASSISTANCE FOR RURAL COMMUNITIES ACT
MAY 3, 2022.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. CARDIN, from the Committee on Small Business and
Entrepreneurship, submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany S. 1617]
The Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, to
which was referred the bill (S. 1617) to modify the requirements for
the Administrator of the Small Business Administration relating to
declaring a disaster in a rural area, and for other purposes, reports
favorably thereon, with an amendment in the nature of a sub-
stitute, and recommends that the bill, as amended, do pass.
I. INTRODUCTION
A bill to authorize the SBA to declare a disaster in rural areas
where significant damage has been incurred to provide disaster as-
sistance was introduced by Senators Jim Risch, Jeanne Shaheen,
Maggie Hassan, John Kennedy, and Mike Braun on May 13, 2021.
This bill allows the Administrator to declare a disaster in a rural
area for which a major disaster was declared by the President
under section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act, and for which individual assistance was
not authorized, if the Governor of the State or the Chief Executive
of the Indian tribal government in which the rural area is located
requests such a declaration; and any home, small business concern,
private nonprofit organization, or small agricultural cooperative
has incurred significant damage in the rural area.
The bill requires SBA to issue annual reports, including the
number of requests for assistance under this Act, and any changes
to regulations that affect rural disaster assistance. This bill re-
quires regulations to be promulgated within 120 days to carry out
the Act. The bill also mandates GAO issue a report within 1 year
of enactment detailing any unique circumstances rural commu-
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