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Recovery Improvements for Small Entities After Disaster Act of 2015

114th Congress · Approved Nov 25, 2015 · 129 Stat. 686

An Act

To improve the disaster assistance programs of the Small Business Administration.

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

SECTION 1. Short Title; Table of Contents.

(a)
Short Title.— This Act may be cited as the “Recovery Improvements for Small Entities After Disaster Act of 2015” or the “RISE After Disaster Act of 2015”.
(b)
Table of Contents.— The table of contents for 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.

TITLE I— DISASTER ASSISTANCE IMPROVEMENTS

Sec. 1101. Revised disaster deadline.

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

Sec. 1103. Reducing delays on closing and disbursement of loans.

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

Sec. 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.