S397-119

In Committee

Small Business Disaster Damage Fairness Act of 2025

119th Congress Introduced Feb 4, 2025

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Small Business Disaster Damage Fairness Act of 2025, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators. The main policy domain is Government Operations, Finance, Transportation.

Who Benefits and How

federal agencies and legislative administrators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section id22d7439d-3ab5-4a22-90c1-834e3e7ad0ed: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Small Business Disaster Damage Fairness Act of 2025.
  • Section ided993f2b-282e-466f-8d17-d3778c4b75bb: 2. Collateral requirements for disaster loans Section 7(d)(6) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(d)(6)) is amended, in the second sentence, in the third...
  • Section id507eb3ad84fc42169c7e4b5488c621f8: 3. GAO report on default rates Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the...
  • Section idab40b89e0db748c98517742617352376: 4. Distinguishing between rural and urban communities in marketing and outreach In this section: The term Administration means the Small Business...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Small Business Disaster Damage Fairness Act of 2025, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Key Policy Areas

Government Operations, Finance, Transportation

Primary Purpose

This bill, Small Business Disaster Damage Fairness Act of 2025, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Policy Domains

Government Operations Finance Transportation

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • federal agencies and legislative administrators
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federal agencies and legislative administrators: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
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federal implementing agencies: ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Feb 4, 2025

Mr. Kennedy (for himself, Mr. Booker, and Ms. Hirono) introduced …

Feb 4, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business …

Feb 4, 2025

Introduced in Senate

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Government Operations Finance Transportation
Actor Mappings
"administrator_of_sba"
→ Administrator of the Small Business Administration

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