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Small Business Wildfire Smoke Recovery Act

S. 4532 · 119th Congress · May 14, 2026 · Lineage

A BILL

To include smoke in the definition of disaster in the Small Business Act, and for other purposes.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Small Business Wildfire Smoke Recovery Act”.

Sec. 2 Definition of disaster

Section 3(k)(2) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(k)(2)) is amended—
(1)
in subparagraph (B), by striking “and” at the end;
(2)
in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and
(3)
by adding at the end the following:

“(D) smoke.”