118th Congress Commerce
H.R. 7984: Rural Small Business Resilience Act
Passed House
- Introduced (completed)
- Passed House (completed)
- Passed Senate (not reached)
- To the President (not reached)
- Became law (not reached)
Summary
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.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Aaron Bean R-FLOriginal
- Jared Golden D-MEOriginal
- Tracey Mann R-KSOriginal
Who scored on this bill
- 1Chris Pappas SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced, marked up, reported, passed House5 events+68
- 2Aaron BeanCosponsored; cosponsored bill passed2 events+4
- 2Jared GoldenCosponsored; cosponsored bill passed2 events+4
- 2Tracey MannCosponsored; cosponsored bill passed2 events+4
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History
- Passed the House by voice vote.
- Introduced in the House by Chris Pappas.
Show the full action history (13 actions)
- Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
- Mr. Williams (TX) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3692-3693)
- DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 7984.
- Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3692)
- On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3692)
- Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Reported by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 118-537.
- Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 446.
- Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 0.
- Introduced in House
- Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.


