Rural Small Business Resilience Act
When natural disasters strike rural areas, residents and small business owners often face difficulties finding and applying for federal aid. This bill requires the Small Business Administration to launch targeted outreach and distribute marketing materials specifically tailored to rural communities after a declared disaster. These efforts are designed to ensure rural victims know about and can readily apply for federal disaster recovery loans.
What this bill touches.
Who it helps · who it burdens.
Who it helps
- Individuals and business owners in rural disaster areasReceives targeted outreach, marketing materials, and agency efforts to ensure full access to SBA disaster loans and assistance programs under section 7(b) of the Small Business Act (Sec. 2).
Who it burdens
- Small Business Administration (Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience)Must take steps within one year of enactment to ensure rural disaster victims have full access to assistance programs, including developing and distributing targeted outreach and marketing materials (Sec. 2).
The provisions, in plain language.
Requires the Small Business Administration, within one year of enactment, to take steps to ensure that people and business owners in rural disaster areas have full access to disaster assistance programs, including through targeted outreach and informational materials.
How your members of Congress line up
How members voted on Rural Small Business Resilience Act.
Recorded roll calls on this bill, most recent first. Open one to see each member's position.
How it moved.
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- Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
- Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- 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)
- 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)
- Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H824)
- 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.
- Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
- Introduced in House
- Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
- Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- 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)
- 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)
- Introduced in House
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Sources & provenance
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Civic Herald. “Rural Small Business Resilience Act (H.R. 804, 119th Congress).” https://civicherald.app/bills/119-hr-804. Congress.gov record as of Jul 13, 2026.