To require certain reports on small business disaster assistance to be published on the website of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
The SBA Disaster Transparency Act requires the Small Business Administration to publish disaster assistance reports on its public website. Currently, the SBA only submits these reports to Congress. This bill adds a requirement to make the same reports publicly available online.
Who Benefits and How
The general public, small businesses, researchers, journalists, and government watchdog organizations all benefit from easier access to information about SBA disaster assistance programs. Instead of having to request reports through FOIA or other channels, anyone can view them directly on the SBA website to understand how disaster relief is being distributed and which businesses are receiving assistance.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The Small Business Administration faces a minor additional administrative burden to publish reports on its website. However, this burden is minimal since the reports are already being prepared for Congressional submission - the agency just needs to also post them online.
Key Provisions
- Requires SBA to publish on its website all disaster assistance reports currently submitted to the House and Senate Small Business Committees
- Applies to reports under four different subsections of existing law covering various types of disaster assistance
- Makes these transparency requirements part of the Small Business Disaster Response and Loan Improvements Act of 2008
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
Requires the Small Business Administration to publish disaster assistance reports on its website in addition to submitting them to Congress
Policy Domains
Legislative Strategy
"Improve transparency and public access to SBA disaster assistance data by requiring online publication of reports already submitted to Congress"
Likely Beneficiaries
- General public seeking disaster assistance information
- Small businesses affected by disasters
- Researchers and journalists tracking disaster response
- Government accountability advocates
Likely Burden Bearers
- Small Business Administration (minor administrative burden to publish reports online)
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_administration"
- → Small Business Administration (SBA)
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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