A Democratic bill with 2 Republican cosponsors · See all 4 cosponsors
Last activity — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
In the other chamber's committee
Passed one chamber and has been handed to a committee in the other.
The committee decides whether it goes any further, and most bills that reach a committee never leave it. A committee that simply does nothing kills a bill without anyone ever voting against it, so no news from here is usually the news.
Its path through Congress
- Introduced
- Passed House 415–8
- In Senate committee
What this bill would do
This Act, known as the "Rural Small Business Resilience Act," aims to improve disaster assistance access for people in rural areas. It requires the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to take action within one year of enactment. The Associate Administrator of the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience must ensure individuals in rural areas where a disaster declaration has been made have full access to assistance. This includes providing targeted outreach and marketing materials. Additionally, the bill includes a technical amendment to the Small Business Act.
Yes· 3 of 5
- Scored +7
Would people in rural areas be better off under this?
The bill provides essential disaster relief access specifically targeted at rural populations.
- Scored +6
Does this improve help for people hit by a disaster?
The bill specifically directs SBA actions to improve disaster relief accessibility for rural individuals.
- Scored +6
Does this make it easier to run a small business?
The bill enhances disaster assistance access for small businesses in rural areas through targeted outreach.
The opposite
No question was scored the opposite.
What Congress actually voted on
One recorded vote has been taken on this bill.
- The House: a fast-track vote, needing two-thirds to pass The House sets aside its normal procedure to move quickly: no amendments, little debate, and a two-thirds bar instead of a simple majority. It is used for measures expected to be uncontroversial, so a bill that fails here failed despite broad expectations that it would not. Passed 415 yes · 8 no
02/25/2025 · Roll call 49 · recorded as “On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass”
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Improved Access to Assistance: The bill ensures that individuals in rural areas have full access to assistance when a disaster declaration is made (Section 2).
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Increased Awareness: By requiring targeted outreach and marketing materials, the bill helps ensure rural residents know about the help available to them (Section 2).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- No negative impacts are explicitly stated in the provided text.
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Tap or hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Would people in rural areas be better off under this? — The bill provides essential disaster relief access specifically targeted at rural populations. Would business owners be better off under this? — Small business owners in rural areas will benefit from better disaster assistance outreach.
- Environment Energy And Infrastructure
- Does this improve help for people hit by a disaster? — The bill specifically directs SBA actions to improve disaster relief accessibility for rural individuals. Does this invest in rural communities? — The bill supports rural economic resilience by ensuring access to disaster assistance.
- Economy And Finance
- Does this make it easier to run a small business? — The bill enhances disaster assistance access for small businesses in rural areas through targeted outreach.
- 2/26/2025
- Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
- 2/25/2025
- Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 415 - 8 (Roll no. 49). (text: 2/24/2025 CR H746)
- On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 415 - 8 (Roll no. 49). (text: 2/24/2025 CR H746)
- Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H824)
- 2/24/2025
- At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
- DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 804.
- Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H745-746)
- Mr. Williams (TX) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 1/28/2025
- Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
- 3 Cosponsors added.
- Introduced in House
One bill Congress.gov lists as related to this one — companions in the other chamber, earlier versions, and bills this one absorbed or was folded into.
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Troy DowningRepublican · Montana
Maggie GoodlanderDemocrat · New Hampshire
Chris PappasDemocrat · New Hampshire