This bill improves access to disaster assistance for people in rural areas after a disaster declaration. It requires the Small Business Administration to provide targeted outreach and marketing materials to ensure these individuals know about the assistance available to them.
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None of the 8 members who voted no spoke in the House debate. The House passed it 415 to 8.
Rural Small Business Resilience Act 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.
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