{"format":1,"id":"119-hr-804","congress":119,"number":"H.R. 804","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Rural Small Business Resilience Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"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.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"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."},{"type":"Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text","title":"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."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Rural Small Business Resilience Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Rural Small Business Resilience Act"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Rural Small Business Resilience Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Rural Small Business Resilience Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2025-01-28","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2025-02-25","vote":{"id":"119-2025-h49","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass","title":"Rural Small Business Resilience Act","result":"Passed","yea":415,"nay":8,"present":0,"not_voting":10,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/roll049.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"pending","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"not_yet","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.","date":"2025-02-26"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2025-01-28","stage":"Introduced in House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Rural Small Business Resilience Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill requires the Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience to take necessary actions to ensure that individuals located in rural areas where a disaster has been declared have full access to disaster assistance. Such actions include providing targeted outreach and marketing materials to such individuals."}],"words":54},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Requires the Small Business Administration to take actions so that individuals in rural areas covered by a disaster declaration have full access to disaster assistance under section 7(b) of the Small Business Act.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/804/text/eh#HE8711DF48A744C0EB28D2EBC8585CD75"}]},"core_areas":["Small Business Administration disaster assistance access in rural areas"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Requires the Administrator of the Small Business Administration, not later than one year after enactment, to ensure the Associate Administrator of the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience takes actions necessary for full access to disaster assistance.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/804/text/eh#HE8711DF48A744C0EB28D2EBC8585CD75"}},{"text":"Applies this requirement to individuals located in rural areas, as defined in section 7(b)(16) of the Small Business Act, for which a disaster declaration has been made under section 7(b).","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/804/text/eh#HE8711DF48A744C0EB28D2EBC8585CD75"}},{"text":"Lists targeted outreach and marketing materials for these individuals as one way to provide the required access.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/804/text/eh#HE8711DF48A744C0EB28D2EBC8585CD75"}},{"text":"Redesignates the second paragraph (16) of section 7(b) of the Small Business Act, relating to the statute of limitations, as paragraph (17).","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/804/text/eh#HEF8379114CD24FB9A186CB662CA0014B"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2025-02-25","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/804/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-09-29","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/804","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/804/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/119-hr-804.png","v":"a045cf2ad8e8","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 804, 119th Congress: Rural Small Business Resilience Act. House: 415 Yea, 8 Nay. Senate: not yet considered. Outcome: Passed House, 25 Feb 2025."}}