Small Business Wildfire Smoke Recovery Act
This bill amends the Small Business Act to explicitly include "smoke" from wildfires as a qualifying disaster for small business assistance. It directly affects small businesses in areas impacted by wildfire smoke, expanding their eligibility for existing SBA disaster relief programs. The key mechanism is adding "smoke" to the definition of "disaster" under the law, allowing affected businesses to qualify for aid they previously could not access.
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May 2023
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Introduced May 31, 2023
Last action May 31, 2023
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May 31, 2023
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
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May 31, 2023
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upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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Catherine Cortez Masto
DDemocratic
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