In the Senate of the United States, 

October 21, 2015. 

Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 208) entitled ‘‘An Act to improve the disaster assistance programs of the Small Business Administration.’’, do 

pass with the following 

AMENDMENTS: 

1 Ω1æOn page 2, strike lines 1 through 5 and insert the 

2 following: 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Re5 covery Improvements for Small Entities After Disaster Act 

6 of 2015’’ or the ‘‘RISE After Disaster Act of 2015’’. 

7 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

8 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

DIVISION A—SUPERSTORM SANDY RELIEF AND DISASTER LOAN 

PROGRAM IMPROVEMENTS 

Sec. 1001. Short title. 

Sec. 1002. Findings. 
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TITLE I—DISASTER ASSISTANCE IMPROVEMENTS 

1101. Revised disaster deadline. 

1102. Use of physical damage disaster loans to construct safe rooms. 

1103. Reducing delays on closing and disbursement of loans. 

1104. Safeguarding taxpayer interests and increasing transparency in loan approvals. 

1105. Disaster plan improvements. 

DIVISION B—RECOVERY IMPROVEMENTS FOR SMALL ENTITIES 

Sec. 2001. Short title. 

TITLE I—IMPROVEMENTS OF DISASTER RESPONSE AND LOANS 

Sec. 2101. Additional awards to small business development centers, women’s 

business centers, and SCORE for disaster recovery. 

Sec. 2102. Collateral requirements for disaster loans. 

Sec. 2103. Assistance to out-of-State business concerns to aid in disaster recovery. 

Sec. 2104. FAST program. 

Sec. 2105. Use of Federal surplus property in disaster areas. 

Sec. 2106. Recovery opportunity loans. 

Sec. 2107. Contractor malfeasance. 

Sec. 2108. Local contracting preferences and incentives. 

Sec. 2109. Clarification of collateral requirements. 

TITLE II—DISASTER PLANNING AND MITIGATION 

Sec. 2201. Business recovery centers. 

TITLE III—OTHER PROVISIONS 

Sec. 2301. Increased oversight of economic injury disaster loans. 

Sec. 2302. GAO report on paperwork reduction. 

Sec. 2303. Report on web portal for disaster loan applicants. 

1 DIVISION A—SUPERSTORM 

2 SANDY RELIEF AND DISASTER 

3 LOAN PROGRAM IMPROVE4 MENTS 

5 SEC. 1001. SHORT TITLE. 

6 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Superstorm Sandy 

7 Relief and Disaster Loan Program Improvement Act of 

8 2015’’. 

9 SEC. 1002. FINDINGS. 

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1 TITLE I—DISASTER ASSISTANCE 

2 IMPROVEMENTS 

3 SEC. 1101. REVISED DISASTER DEADLINE. 

4 Ω3æOn page 3, line 14, insert ‘‘nonprofit entity,’’ after 

5 ‘‘homeowner,’’. 

6 Ω4æOn page 4, line 9, strike the quotation marks and the 

7 second period and insert the following: 

8 ‘‘(C) INSPECTOR GENERAL REVIEW.—Not 

9 later than 6 months after the date on which the 

10 Administrator begins carrying out this author11 ity, the Inspector General of the Administration 

12 shall initiate a review of the controls for ensur13 ing applicant eligibility for loans made under 

14 this paragraph.’’. 

15 Ω5æOn page 4, line 10, strike ‘‘SEC. 4.’’ and insert ‘‘SEC. 

16 1102.’’. 

17 Ω6æOn page 4, line 24, insert ‘‘, if such safe room or simi18 lar storm shelter is constructed in accordance with appli19 cable standards issued by the Federal Emergency Manage20 ment Agency’’ after ‘‘disasters’’. 

21 Ω7æOn page 5, strike lines 1 through 21 and insert the 

22 following: 
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1 SEC. 1103. REDUCING DELAYS ON CLOSING AND DISBURSE2 MENT OF LOANS. 

3 Section 7(b) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

4 636(b)) is amended by inserting before the undesignated 

5 matter following paragraph (9) the following: 

6 Ω8æOn page 5, line 22, strike ‘‘(11)’’ and insert ‘‘(10)’’. 

7 Ω9æOn page 6, strike lines 5 through 8 and insert the 

8 following: 

9 SEC. 1104. SAFEGUARDING TAXPAYER INTERESTS AND IN10 CREASING TRANSPARENCY IN LOAN APPROV11 ALS. 

12 Section 7(b) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

13 636(b)) is amended by inserting before the undesignated 

14 matter following paragraph (10), as added by section 1103 

15 of this Act, the following: 

16 Ω10æOn page 6, line 9, strike ‘‘(12)’’ and insert ‘‘(11)’’. 

17 Ω11æBeginning on page 6, strike line 14 and all that fol18 lows through page 7, line 20, and insert the following: 

19 SEC. 1105. DISASTER PLAN IMPROVEMENTS. 

20 Ω12æBeginning on page 8, strike line 6 and all that follows 

21 through page 9, line 6, and insert the following: 
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1 DIVISION B—RECOVERY IM2 PROVEMENTS FOR SMALL EN3 TITIES 

4 SECTION 2001. SHORT TITLE. 

5 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Recovery Improve6 ments for Small Entities After Disaster Act of 2015’’ or 

7 the ‘‘RISE After Disaster Act of 2015’’. 

8 TITLE I—IMPROVEMENTS OF 

9 DISASTER RESPONSE AND 

10 LOANS 

11 SEC. 2101. ADDITIONAL AWARDS TO SMALL BUSINESS DE12 VELOPMENT CENTERS, WOMEN’S BUSINESS 

13 CENTERS, AND SCORE FOR DISASTER RECOV14 ERY. 

15 Section 7(b) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

16 636(b)) is amended by inserting before the undesignated 

17 matter following paragraph (11), as added by section 1104 

18 of this Act, the following: 

19 ‘‘(12) ADDITIONAL AWARDS TO SMALL BUSINESS

20 DEVELOPMENT CENTERS, WOMEN’S BUSINESS CEN21 TERS, AND SCORE FOR DISASTER RECOVERY.— 

22 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Administration 

23 may provide financial assistance to a small 

24 business development center, a women’s business 

25 center described in section 29, the Service Corps 
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1 of Retired Executives, or any proposed consor2 tium of such individuals or entities to spur dis3 aster recovery and growth of small business con4 cerns located in an area for which the President 

5 has declared a major disaster. 

6 ‘‘(B) FORM OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.— 

7 Financial assistance provided under this para8 graph shall be in the form of a grant, contract, 

9 or cooperative agreement. 

10 ‘‘(C) NO MATCHING FUNDS REQUIRED.— 

11 Matching funds shall not be required for any 

12 grant, contract, or cooperative agreement under 

13 this paragraph. 

14 ‘‘(D) REQUIREMENTS.—A recipient of fi15 nancial assistance under this paragraph shall 

16 provide counseling, training, and other related 

17 services, such as promoting long-term resiliency, 

18 to small business concerns and entrepreneurs im19 pacted by a major disaster. 

20 ‘‘(E) PERFORMANCE.— 

21 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator, 

22 in cooperation with the recipients of finan23 cial assistance under this paragraph, shall 

24 establish metrics and goals for performance 

25 of grants, contracts, and cooperative agree-
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1 ments under this paragraph, which shall in2 clude recovery of sales, recovery of employ3 ment, reestablishment of business premises, 

4 and establishment of new small business 

5 concerns. 

6 ‘‘(ii) USE OF ESTIMATES.—The Ad7 ministrator shall base the goals and metrics 

8 for performance established under clause (i), 

9 in part, on the estimates of disaster impact 

10 prepared by the Office of Disaster Assist11 ance for purposes of estimating loan-making 

12 requirements. 

13 ‘‘(F) TERM.— 

14 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The term of any 

15 grant, contract, or cooperative agreement 

16 under this paragraph shall be for not more 

17 than 2 years. 

18 ‘‘(ii) EXTENSION.—The Administrator 

19 may make 1 extension of a grant, contract, 

20 or cooperative agreement under this para21 graph for a period of not more than 1 year, 

22 upon a showing of good cause and need for 

23 the extension. 

24 ‘‘(G) EXEMPTION FROM OTHER PROGRAM

25 REQUIREMENTS.—Financial assistance provided 
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1 under this paragraph is in addition to, and 

2 wholly separate from, any other form of assist3 ance provided by the Administrator under this 

4 Act. 

5 ‘‘(H) COMPETITIVE BASIS.—The Adminis6 tration shall award financial assistance under 

7 this paragraph on a competitive basis.’’. 

8 SEC. 2102. COLLATERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR DISASTER 

9 LOANS. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 7(d)(6) of the Small Busi11 ness Act (15 U.S.C. 636(d)(6)) is amended in the third pro12 viso— 

13 (1) by striking ‘‘$14,000’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘$25,000’’; and 

15 (2) by striking ‘‘major disaster’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘disaster’’. 

17 (b) SUNSET.—Effective on the date that is 3 years 

18 after the date of enactment of this Act, section 7(d)(6) of 

19 the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(d)(6)) is amended 

20 in the third proviso— 

21 (1) by striking ‘‘$25,000’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘$14,000’’; and 

23 (2) by inserting ‘‘major’’ before ‘‘disaster’’. 

24 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days before the date 

25 on which the amendments made by subsection (b) are to 
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1 take effect, the Administrator of the Small Business Admin2 istration shall submit to Committee on Small Business and 

3 Entrepreneurship of the Senate and the Committee on 

4 Small Business of the House of Representatives a report on 

5 the effects of the amendments made by subsection (a), which 

6 shall include— 

7 (1) an assessment of the impact and benefits re8 sulting from the amendments; and 

9 (2) a recommendation as to whether the amend10 ments should be made permanent. 

11 SEC. 2103. ASSISTANCE TO OUT-OF-STATE BUSINESS CON12 CERNS TO AID IN DISASTER RECOVERY. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 21(b)(3) of the Small Busi14 ness Act (15 U.S.C. 648(b)(3)) is amended— 

15 (1) by striking ‘‘(3) At the discretion’’ and in16 serting the following: 

17 ‘‘(3) ASSISTANCE TO OUT-OF-STATE SMALL BUSI18 NESS CONCERNS.— 

19 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—At the discretion’’; and 

20 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘(B) DISASTER RECOVERY ASSISTANCE.— 

22 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—At the discretion of 

23 the Administrator, the Administrator may 

24 authorize a small business development cen25 ter to provide advice, information, and as-
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1 sistance, as described in subsection (c), to a 

2 small business concern located outside of the 

3 State, without regard to geographic prox4 imity to the small business development 

5 center, if the small business concern is lo6 cated in an area for which the President 

7 has declared a major disaster. 

8 ‘‘(ii) TERM.— 

9 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—A small busi10 ness development center may provide 

11 advice, information, and assistance to 

12 a small business concern under clause 

13 (i) for a period of not more than 2 

14 years after the date on which the Presi15 dent declared a major disaster for the 

16 area in which the small business con17 cern is located. 

18 ‘‘(II) EXTENSION.—The Adminis19 trator may, at the discretion of the Ad20 ministrator, extend the period de21 scribed in subclause (I). 

22 ‘‘(iii) CONTINUITY OF SERVICES.—A 

23 small business development center that pro24 vides counselors to an area described in 

25 clause (i) shall, to the maximum extent 
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1 practicable, ensure continuity of services in 

2 any State in which the small business devel3 opment center otherwise provides services. 

4 ‘‘(iv) ACCESS TO DISASTER RECOVERY

5 FACILITIES.—For purposes of this subpara6 graph, the Administrator shall, to the max7 imum extent practicable, permit the per8 sonnel of a small business development cen9 ter to use any site or facility designated by 

10 the Administrator for use to provide dis11 aster recovery assistance.’’. 

12 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

13 that, subject to the availability of funds, the Administrator 

14 of the Small Business Administration should, to the extent 

15 practicable, ensure that a small business development center 

16 is appropriately reimbursed for any legitimate expenses in17 curred in carrying out activities under section 21(b)(3)(B) 

18 of the Small Business Act, as added by subsection (a). 

19 SEC. 2104. FAST PROGRAM. 

20 (a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 34(a) of the Small Busi21 ness Act (15 U.S.C. 657d(a)) is amended— 

22 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (9) 

23 as paragraphs (4) through (10), respectively; and 

24 (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol25 lowing: 
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1 ‘‘(3) CATASTROPHIC INCIDENT.—The term ‘cata2 strophic incident’ means a major disaster that is com3 parable to the description of a catastrophic incident 

4 in the National Response Plan of the Administration, 

5 or any successor thereto.’’. 

6 (b) PRIORITY.—Section 34(c)(2) of the Small Business 

7 Act (15 U.S.C. 657d(c)(2)) is amended— 

8 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

9 the end; 

10 (2) in subparagraph (B)(vi)(III), by striking the 

11 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

12 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘(C) shall give special consideration to an 

14 applicant that is located in an area affected by 

15 a catastrophic incident.’’. 

16 (c) ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE.—Section 34(c) of the 

17 Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657d(c)) is amended by add18 ing at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(5) ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR CATA20 STROPHIC INCIDENTS.—Upon application by an ap21 plicant that receives an award or has in effect a coop22 erative agreement under this section and that is lo23 cated in an area affected by a catastrophic incident, 

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1 ‘‘(A) provide additional assistance to the 

2 applicant; and 

3 ‘‘(B) waive the matching requirements 

4 under subsection (e)(2).’’. 

5 SEC. 2105. USE OF FEDERAL SURPLUS PROPERTY IN DIS6 ASTER AREAS. 

7 Section 7(j)(13)(F) of the Small Business Act (15 

8 U.S.C. 636(j)(13)(F)) is amended— 

9 (1) by inserting ‘‘(i)’’ after ‘‘(F)’’; and 

10 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(ii)(I) In this clause— 

12 ‘‘(aa) the term ‘covered period’ means 

13 the 2-year period beginning on the date on 

14 which the President declared the applicable 

15 major disaster; and 

16 ‘‘(bb) the term ‘disaster area’ means 

17 the area for which the President has de18 clared a major disaster, during the covered 

19 period. 

20 ‘‘(II) The Administrator may transfer tech21 nology or surplus property under clause (i) on a 

22 priority basis to a small business concern located 

23 in a disaster area if— 

24 ‘‘(aa) the small business concern meets 

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1 out regard to whether the small business 

2 concern is a Program Participant; and 

3 ‘‘(bb) for a small business concern that 

4 is a Program Participant, on and after the 

5 date on which the President declared the ap6 plicable major disaster, the small business 

7 concern has not received property under 

8 this subparagraph on the basis of the status 

9 of the small business concern as a Program 

10 Participant. 

11 ‘‘(III) For any transfer of property under 

12 this clause to a small business concern, the terms 

13 and conditions shall be the same as a transfer to 

14 a Program Participant, except that the small 

15 business concern shall agree not to sell or trans16 fer the property to any party other than the Fed17 eral Government during the covered period. 

18 ‘‘(IV) A small business concern that receives 

19 a transfer of property under this clause may not 

20 receive a transfer of property under clause (i) 

21 during the covered period. 

22 ‘‘(V) If a small business concern sells or 

23 transfers property in violation of the agreement 

24 described in subclause (III), the Administrator 

25 may initiate proceedings to prohibit the small 
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1 business concern from receiving a transfer of 

2 property under this clause or clause (i), in addi3 tion to any other remedy available to the Admin4 istrator.’’. 

5 SEC. 2106. RECOVERY OPPORTUNITY LOANS. 

6 Section 7(a)(31) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

7 636(a)(31)) is amended— 

8 (1) in subparagraph (A)— 

9 (A) by redesignating clauses (i), (ii), and 

10 (iii) as clauses (ii), (iii), and (iv), respectively; 

11 and 

12 (B) by inserting before clause (ii), as so re13 designated, the following: 

14 ‘‘(i) The term ‘disaster area’ means the 

15 area for which the President has declared a 

16 major disaster, during the 5-year period be17 ginning on the date of the declaration.’’; 

18 and 

19 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(H) RECOVERY OPPORTUNITY LOANS.— 

21 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator 

22 may guarantee an express loan to a small 

23 business concern located in a disaster area 

24 in accordance with this subparagraph. 
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1 ‘‘(ii) MAXIMUMS.—For a loan guaran2 teed under clause (i)— 

3 ‘‘(I) the maximum loan amount is 

4 $150,000; and 

5 ‘‘(II) the guarantee rate shall be 

6 not more than 85 percent. 

7 ‘‘(iii) OVERALL CAP.—A loan guaran8 teed under clause (i) shall not be counted in 

9 determining the amount of loans made to a 

10 borrower for purposes of subparagraph (D). 

11 ‘‘(iv) OPERATIONS.—A small business 

12 concern receiving a loan guaranteed under 

13 clause (i) shall certify that the small busi14 ness concern was in operation on the date 

15 on which the applicable major disaster oc16 curred as a condition of receiving the loan. 

17 ‘‘(v) REPAYMENT ABILITY.—A loan 

18 guaranteed under clause (i) may only be 

19 made to a small business concern that dem20 onstrates, to the satisfaction of the Adminis21 trator, sufficient capacity to repay the loan. 

22 ‘‘(vi) TIMING OF PAYMENT OF GUARAN23 TEES.— 

24 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 

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1 quest for purchase is filed with the Ad2 ministrator, the Administrator shall 

3 determine whether to pay the guaran4 teed portion of the loan. 

5 ‘‘(II) RECAPTURE.—Notwith6 standing any other provision of law, 

7 unless there is a subsequent finding of 

8 fraud by a court of competent jurisdic9 tion relating to a loan guaranteed 

10 under clause (i), on and after the date 

11 that is 6 months after the date on 

12 which the Administrator determines to 

13 pay the guaranteed portion of the loan, 

14 the Administrator may not attempt to 

15 recapture the paid guarantee. 

16 ‘‘(vii) FEES.— 

17 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—Unless the Ad18 ministrator has waived the guarantee 

19 fee that would otherwise be collected by 

20 the Administrator under paragraph 

21 (18) for a loan guaranteed under 

22 clause (i), and except as provided in 

23 subclause (II), the guarantee fee for the 

24 loan shall be equal to the guarantee fee 

25 that the Administrator would collect if 
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1 the guarantee rate for the loan was 50 

2 percent. 

3 ‘‘(II) EXCEPTION.—Subclause (I) 

4 shall not apply if the cost of carrying 

5 out the program under this subsection 

6 in a fiscal year is more than zero and 

7 such cost is directly attributable to the 

8 cost of guaranteeing loans under clause 

9 (i). 

10 ‘‘(viii) RULES.—Not later than 270 

11 days after the date of enactment of this sub12 paragraph, the Administrator shall promul13 gate rules to carry out this subparagraph.’’. 

14 SEC. 2107. CONTRACTOR MALFEASANCE. 

15 Section 7(b) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

16 636(b)) is amended by inserting before the undesignated 

17 matter following paragraph (12), as added by section 2101 

18 of this Act, the following: 

19 ‘‘(13) SUPPLEMENTAL ASSISTANCE FOR CON20 TRACTOR MALFEASANCE.— 

21 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If a contractor or other 

22 person engages in malfeasance in connection 

23 with repairs to, rehabilitation of, or replacement 

24 of real or personal property relating to which a 

25 loan was made under this subsection and the 
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1 malfeasance results in substantial economic dam2 age to the recipient of the loan or substantial 

3 risks to health or safety, upon receiving docu4 mentation of the substantial economic damage or 

5 the substantial risk to health and safety from an 

6 independent loss verifier, and subject to subpara7 graph (B), the Administrator may increase the 

8 amount of the loan under this subsection, as nec9 essary for the cost of repairs, rehabilitation, or 

10 replacement needed to address the cause of the 

11 economic damage or health or safety risk. 

12 ‘‘(B) REQUIREMENTS.—The Administrator 

13 may only increase the amount of a loan under 

14 subparagraph (A) upon receiving an appropriate 

15 certification from the borrower and person per16 forming the mitigation attesting to the reason17 ableness of the mitigation costs and an assign18 ment of any proceeds received from the person 

19 engaging in the malfeasance. The assignment of 

20 proceeds recovered from the person engaging in 

21 the malfeasance shall be equal to the amount of 

22 the loan under this section. Any mitigation ac23 tivities shall be subject to audit and independent 

24 verification of completeness and cost reasonable25 ness.’’. 
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1 SEC. 2108. LOCAL CONTRACTING PREFERENCES AND IN2 CENTIVES. 

3 Section 15 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644) 

4 is amended by inserting after subsection (e) the following: 

5 ‘‘(f) CONTRACTING PREFERENCE FOR SMALL BUSI6 NESS CONCERNS IN A MAJOR DISASTER AREA.— 

7 ‘‘(1) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 

8 ‘disaster area’ means the area for which the President 

9 has declared a major disaster, during the period of 

10 the declaration. 

11 ‘‘(2) CONTRACTING PREFERENCE.—An agency 

12 shall provide a contracting preference for a small 

13 business concern located in a disaster area if the 

14 small business concern will perform the work required 

15 under the contract in the disaster area. 

16 ‘‘(3) CREDIT FOR MEETING CONTRACTING

17 GOALS.—If an agency awards a contract to a small 

18 business concern under the circumstances described in 

19 paragraph (2), the value of the contract shall be dou20 bled for purposes of determining compliance with the 

21 goals for procurement contracts under subsection 

22 (g)(1)(A).’’. 

23 SEC. 2109. CLARIFICATION OF COLLATERAL REQUIRE24 MENTS. 

25 Section 7(d)(6) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

26 636(d)(6)) is amended by inserting after ‘‘which are made 
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1 under paragraph (1) of subsection (b)’’ the following: ‘‘: 

2 Provided further, That the Administrator, in obtaining the 

3 best available collateral for a loan of not more than 

4 $200,000 under paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (b) relat5 ing to damage to or destruction of the property of, or eco6 nomic injury to, a small business concern, shall not require 

7 the owner of the small business concern to use the primary 

8 residence of the owner as collateral if the Administrator de9 termines that the owner has other assets of equal quality 

10 and with a value equal to or greater than the amount of 

11 the loan that could be used as collateral for the loan: Pro12 vided further, That nothing in the preceding proviso may 

13 be construed to reduce the amount of collateral required by 

14 the Administrator in connection with a loan described in 

15 the preceding proviso or to modify the standards used to 

16 evaluate the quality (rather than the type) of such collat17 eral’’. 

18 TITLE II—DISASTER PLANNING 

19 AND MITIGATION 

20 SEC. 2201. BUSINESS RECOVERY CENTERS. 

21 Section 7(b) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

22 636(b)) is amended by inserting before the undesignated 

23 matter following paragraph (13), as added by section 2108 

24 of this Act, the following: 

25 ‘‘(14) BUSINESS RECOVERY CENTERS.— 
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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator, act2 ing through the district offices of the Administra3 tion, shall identify locations that may be used as 

4 recovery centers by the Administration in the 

5 event of a disaster declared under this subsection 

6 or a major disaster. 

7 ‘‘(B) REQUIREMENTS FOR IDENTIFICA8 TION.—Each district office of the Administration 

9 shall— 

10 ‘‘(i) identify a location described in 

11 subparagraph (A) in each county, parish, 

12 or similar unit of general local government 

13 in the area served by the district office; and 

14 ‘‘(ii) ensure that the locations identi15 fied under subparagraph (A) may be used 

16 as a recovery center without cost to the Gov17 ernment, to the extent practicable.’’. 

18 TITLE III—OTHER PROVISIONS 

19 SEC. 2301. INCREASED OVERSIGHT OF ECONOMIC INJURY 

20 DISASTER LOANS. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 7(b) of the Small Business 

22 Act (15 U.S.C. 636(b)) is amended by inserting before the 

23 undesignated matter following paragraph (14), as added by 

24 section 2201 of this Act, the following: 
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1 ‘‘(15) INCREASED OVERSIGHT OF ECONOMIC IN2 JURY DISASTER LOANS.—The Administrator shall in3 crease oversight of entities receiving loans under 

4 paragraph (2), and may consider— 

5 ‘‘(A) scheduled site visits to ensure borrower 

6 eligibility and compliance with requirements es7 tablished by the Administrator; and 

8 ‘‘(B) reviews of the use of the loan proceeds 

9 by an entity described in paragraph (2) to en10 sure compliance with requirements established by 

11 the Administrator.’’. 

12 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS RELATING TO USING EXIST13 ING FUNDS.—It is the sense of Congress that no additional 

14 Federal funds should be made available to carry out the 

15 amendments made by this section. 

16 SEC. 2302. GAO REPORT ON PAPERWORK REDUCTION. 

17 Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 

18 this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall 

19 submit to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepre20 neurship of the Senate and the Committee on Small Busi21 ness of the House of Representatives a report evaluating 

22 steps that the Small Business Administration has taken, 

23 with respect to the application for disaster assistance under 

24 section 7(b) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(b)), 

25 to comply with subchapter I of chapter 35 of title 44, United 
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1 States Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Paperwork Reduc2 tion Act’’) and related guidance. 

3 SEC. 2303. REPORT ON WEB PORTAL FOR DISASTER LOAN 

4 APPLICANTS. 

5 Section 38 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657j) 

6 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘(c) REPORT ON WEB PORTAL FOR DISASTER LOAN

8 APPLICATION STATUS.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 

10 the date of enactment of this subsection, the Adminis11 trator shall submit to the Committee on Small Busi12 ness and Entrepreneurship of the Senate and the 

13 Committee on Small Business of the House of Rep14 resentatives a report relating to the creation of a web 

15 portal to the track the status of applications for dis16 aster assistance under section 7(b). 

17 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—The report under paragraph 

18 (1) shall include— 

19 ‘‘(A) information on the progress of the Ad20 ministration in implementing the information 

21 system under subsection (a); 

22 ‘‘(B) recommendations from the Adminis23 tration relating to the creation of a web portal 

24 for applicants to check the status of an applica25 tion for disaster assistance under section 7(b), 
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1 including a review of best practices and web por2 tal models from the private sector; 

3 ‘‘(C) information on any related costs or 

4 staffing needed to implement such a web portal; 

5 ‘‘(D) information on whether such a web 

6 portal can maintain high standards for data 

7 privacy and data security; 

8 ‘‘(E) information on whether such a web 

9 portal will minimize redundancy among Admin10 istration disaster programs, improve manage11 ment of the number of inquiries made by disaster 

12 applicants to employees located in the area af13 fected by the disaster and to call centers, and re14 duce paperwork burdens on disaster victims; and 

15 ‘‘(F) such additional information as is de16 termined necessary by the Administrator.’’. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 
114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H.R. 208 

AMENDMENTS