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.
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.
1. The Small Business Administration must take action within one year of the bill's enactment to enhance disaster assistance access for rural residents. 2. The bill defines 'rural areas' based on existing criteria in the Small Business Act, ensuring clarity on who qualifies for assistance. 3. The Associate Administrator of the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience will oversee the outreach efforts to rural individuals affected by disasters.
Individuals and small business owners located in rural areas affected by disasters.