HR804-119

Passed House

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.

119th Congress Introduced Jan 28, 2025

Legislative Progress

Passed House
Introduced Committee Passed
Feb 26, 2025

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Small …

Feb 26, 2025 (inferred)

Passed House (inferred from eh version)

Jan 28, 2025

Ms. Morrison (for herself, Mr. Downing, Mr. Pappas, and Mr. …

Summary

What This Bill Does

Requires SBA to ensure rural areas have full access to disaster assistance, including targeted outreach and marketing materials within one year of enactment.

Who Benefits and How

Rural businesses and residents gain improved disaster assistance access. Underserved areas receive targeted outreach.

Who Bears the Burden and How

SBA Office of Disaster Recovery must conduct targeted rural outreach.

Key Provisions

  • SBA must ensure full disaster assistance access for rural areas
  • Targeted outreach and marketing required
  • One-year implementation deadline
  • Technical fix to section numbering
Model: claude-opus-4
Generated: Jan 9, 2026 15:15

Evidence Chain:

This summary is derived from the structured analysis below. See "Detailed Analysis" for per-title beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

Primary Purpose

Improves SBA disaster assistance access for rural areas

Policy Domains

Disaster Relief Small Business Rural Development

Legislative Strategy

"Close rural disaster assistance gap"

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Disaster Relief Small Business Rural Development
Actor Mappings
"the_administrator"
→ SBA Administrator

We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.

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