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SBA Disaster Transparency Act

S. 371 To require certain reports on small business disaster assistance to be published on the website of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes.

Introduced Feb 3, 2025

Latest action (Mar 4, 2025) Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 23.

Referred to
Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee
Policy area
Commerce
Issues
Economy & Taxes
Legislative subjects (4)
Disaster relief and insuranceGovernment information and archivesInternet, web applications, social mediaSmall business

Summary

This bill requires the Small Business Administration to publish disaster assistance reports on its website, in addition to submitting them to Congress as currently required. The bill applies the publication requirement to multiple existing reports on small business disaster assistance that were previously available only through congressional submission. The measure increases public access to information about how disaster assistance is being distributed to small businesses.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
6 cosponsors

Actions (5)
  1. Mar 4, 2025 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 23. · senate
  2. Mar 4, 2025 Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Reported by Senator Ernst without amendment. Without written report. · senate
  3. Feb 12, 2025 Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. · senate
  4. Feb 3, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. · senate
  5. Feb 3, 2025 Introduced in Senate

More bills on these subjects (8)

Other bills that carry the most legislative subjects in common with this one (topical discovery — distinct from the procedural related bills above).

  • HR 7006 — Financial Services and General Government and National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 4 subjects)
  • HR 3838 — Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (shares 4 subjects)
  • HR 5166 — Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 4 subjects)
  • HR 1 — An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14. (shares 4 subjects)
  • HR 191 — Inflation Reduction Act of 2025 (shares 4 subjects)
  • HR 4238 — DLARA (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 7148 — Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 3 subjects)
  • S 861 — Disaster Assistance Simplification Act (shares 3 subjects)

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • HR 1475 — SBA Disaster Transparency Act · Introduced Feb 21, 2025 · Cong. 119 86%
  • S 1698 — Small Business Disaster Coordination Act · Introduced May 8, 2025 · Cong. 119 69%
  • S 397 — Small Business Disaster Damage Fairness Act of 2025 · Introduced Feb 4, 2025 · Cong. 119 67%
  • S 1619 — Post-Disaster Assistance Online Accountability Act · Introduced May 6, 2025 · Cong. 119 66%
  • S 300 — DLARA · Introduced Mar 4, 2025 · Cong. 119 65%
  • HR 8879 — Oversight and Transparency for Small Business Certifications Act of 2026 · Passed House Jun 24, 2026 · Cong. 119 63%

Full text

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

February 3, 2025

Mr. Scott of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Budd, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Scott of Florida, and Mr. Warner) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship

March 4, 2025

Reported by Ms. Ernst, without amendment

A BILL

To require certain reports on small business disaster assistance to be published on the website of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “SBA Disaster Transparency Act”.

SEC. 2. PUBLICATION OF REPORTS ON DISASTER ASSISTANCE.

Section 12091 of the Small Business Disaster Response and Loan Improvements Act of 2008 (15 U.S.C. 636k) is amended—

(1) in subsection (a)—

(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting “and publish on the website of the Administration” after “Representatives”; and

(B) in paragraph (2), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting “and published” after “submitted”;

(2) in subsection (b)—

(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting “and publish on the website of the Administration” after “Representatives”; and

(B) in paragraph (2), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting “and published” after “submitted”;

(3) in subsection (c)—

(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting “and publish on the website of the Administration” after “Representatives”; and

(B) in paragraph (2), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting “and published” after “submitted”; and

(4) in subsection (e)—

(A) in paragraph (1)—

(i) by striking “a report”; and

(ii) by inserting “and publish on the website of the Administration a report” after “Representatives”; and

(B) in paragraph (2), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting “and published” after “submitted”. Calendar No. 23

119th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 371

A BILL

To require certain reports on small business disaster assistance to be published on the website of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes.

March 4, 2025

Reported without amendment

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